The NH-U12A offers great thermal performance and noise levels, especially when you consider the size of this cooler. Not everyone will appreciate the colour scheme, and the price is not very encouraging either, but the product still clearly deserves the “Recommended” award as Noctua will be Noctua, offering really good gear.
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Premium cooling and unique presentation often dictates a premium price. The Noctua NH-U12A certainly checks each of those boxes, providing formidable thermal performance and a signature look, with a price tag of...
The NH-U12A is the evidence of Noctua's unparalleled reputation in the industry of cooling systems. It has an excellent construction high from every angle – the heatsink, the fans, mounting brackets, as well as its cables. With other superior features...
The NH-U12A offers great thermal performance and noise levels, especially when you consider the size of this cooler. Not everyone will appreciate the colour scheme, and the price is not very encouraging either, but the product still clearly deserves the “Recommended” award as Noctua will be Noctua, offering really good gear.
Anyone who has ever heard of Noctua will expect that the NH-U12A performs well…and it didn't let us down! There has never been an air cooler on our test bench that reached the thermal performance of this. Not only that, but it also beats a number of...
Noctua has always been our favorite when it comes to high performance CPU coolers. One thing we really like about them is that they are concerned with performance first. In the world of RGBs and everything else that we live in now it is great to see...
The next morning, I awoke to several notifications, including a message with a photo attached. After a quick glance, I laughed as it seemed my accomplice had accomplished their job. It turns out my smoke and mirrors paid off in distracting Ellen before...
The NH-D15 is undoubtedly one of the best air coolers you can find in the market and some even call it the king of air cooler because of its excellent performance. But things didn't stop just there yet, as Noctua has been continuously improving its...
While the Noctua NH-U12A might be a new cooler the design has been around for quite some time. According to the Noctua website this is a 5th generation cooler indicating that there have been several versions released before it. Some of you may remember...
Noctua NH-U12A performance:For the past several years I had the chance to test almost all of the coolers bearing the name Noctua and so far I was really impressed by only 2 models – Noctua U14s and Noctua U12s. Now, after I spent some time having fun...
Noctua designed the NH-U12A to cover a very specific portion of the market – users that want a top-tier air cooler but are limited by the space available in their systems. Although this rarely is a concern for home users with high-end ATX tower cases,...
If you have a computer case capable of fitting a heatsink that is 158mm tall, you may not find a better option than the NH-U12A. However, it has to be said that this heatsink costs an incredible $99.99, making it one of the most expensive heatsinks ever...
Noctua continues to set the standard for air cooling and in the NH-U12A it has released not just one of the best compact solutions in its arsenal, but one of the best CPU coolers to date.Offering outstanding performance from a 120mm unit, this...
The Noctua NH-U12A has an MSRP of $99.90/€99.90. Good performance Perfect socket clearance Good noise profile Exceptionally easy to install Good build quality No RGB will appeal to some Exceptional warranty Expensive for a standard tower cooler Brown...