Noctua NH-U12A chromax.Black, 120mm Single-Tower CPU Cooler (Black)

Initially I was disspointed because this appeared to not work better for me compared to a Noctua NH-U12S with one extra NF-F12 fan added for push-pull configuration. In time however I got to appreciate this cooler and what a good job it does keeping my i9-10900K super cool in all situations. Compact, does not block any RAM slots and super quiet.

Brittle connection to the connector. Wiring appeared stiff from old age.

It’s expensive, but it seems to be worth it. Dropped my cpu temps on a ryzen9 5900x by 10c.

Bought this cooler for my daughters PC, we were upgrading from an i5 (stock cooler) to an i9 with this bad boy. Went to install the new processor and this cooler and the PC would NOT boot! I thought I had messed something up, went through the whole install again and same result.

Cooler came in a Amazons box to protect retail box from getting any damage and potentially from cooler getting damaged.

Honestly the fact that there is a single tower cooler with the performance of a dual cooler setup was perfect for me. I have never used Noctua before so I had no expectations. I waited for the Chromax edition of the NH-U12A to become available as I had a specific black and white theme going. Mounting was super easy with instructions, and this particular model came with the universal mounting bracket for 12th get intel boards and CPUs which was awesome. It was also much easier to mount than the CM Hyper 212 Evo which has been my go-to previously. There was just so much less guesswork than you get with the spring mount on that cooler.

Seems a little louder than the bigger styles but fit and performs well.

Ich habe mit dem Neuen Lüfter in meinem Gaming PC die CPU Temperatur von 85Grad auf 51Grad Celsius

Has thermo paste and wrench. Totally worth extra buck that you pay compared to competitors.

Everything is good but the fans didnt match my build and no options to buy one from Noctua