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

I am a computer building novice. I have built a few before for my kids but never anything crazy. This cooler was really easy to install and paper guide in the box tells you EXACTLY what to do, and all the pieces are color coded for your benefit. You will get it!

It doesnt look as good an AIO in my opinion but still the chromax black edition doesnt look that bad compared to the brown original version.

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Quiet, effective and not a bad price.

Let me start by saying i got rid of a custom loop for this and i do not regret it one bit.

You better have a big enough ATX case for this cooler. I used it for almost 6 months. I got decent temps with the Noctua, CPU 43-45c at idle. However, I made two changes that dropped temp almost 10c on both CPU and GPU,. 1) AIO cooler for CPU and 2) Vertical riser and custom fans for GPU. The Noctua was like having a base board radiator in the case and it was heating the air in mid-case and restricting air flow. Maybe a bigger air flow case would have been better for the Noctua.

This out preforms my NZXT Kraken. Really quiet and no water inside my computer.

I use this cooler with an i7 12700K and it keeps it cool and quiet even when under 100% load my CPU stays at around 60C

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

Runs silent, keeps i7 12700 under 60c while gaming demanding titles. a tad expensive but well worth it. Cant see myself ever needing another air cooler for future builds.