Editors Liked
- Great performance in a standard 120mm cooler package
- Build quality
- Extremely quiet
- Can mount a second fan
- Six-year warranty
Editors Didn't Like
- Lives in the shadow of the larger NHU14S
- Expensive
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By TechSpot
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The Noctua NH-U12S comes with the SecuFirm2 mounting kit which allows for installation on the Intel LGA2011, LGA1156, LGA1155, LGA1150 & AMD AM2, AM2+, AM3, AM3+, FM1, FM2 (backplate required) platforms. At $70, the NH-U12S isn't exactly cheap, but premium parts rarely are.
By hardwarebbq.com
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Noctua NH-U12S is a tower-type CPU air cooler with 158mm in height. The cooler is designed with 45nm fin depth to ensure that the cooler does not block any of the DIMM slots for installing memory kits- with or without tall heatspreaders. The height of...
By reviewstudio.net
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Noctua is building coolers for every budget and today I've tested their NH-U12S model. Having the experience with the NH-U14S, I could say that U12S is the smaller version of its brother, sporting 5% (3C) less performance for 16% ($10 / €9) lower...
By Bit-tech.net
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Despite the clear appeal of having a super-quiet CPU cooler, they're still rare objects and sub £70 all-in-one liquid coolers and mammoth air coolers are much more popular for the simple reason many offer much better cooling and aren't completely...
By Ocaholic
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When it comes to highend after market coolers, Nocuta is one of the companies that manages to set the benchmark everytime they release a new cooler The NHU12S is no exception and therefore it's no surprise, the Austrians come up with yet another great...
By Benchmark Reviews
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Noctua does it again. I received the NH-U12S alongside its bigger brother, the 140mm NH-U14S. While the larger fans of the NH-U14S were obviously quieter due to their larger diameter (and lower RPMs), the 120mm NH-U12S wasn't too far behind. Designed to...
By ThinkComputers
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When it comes to choosing an aftermarket CPU cooler there are a lot of things to think about. One of the biggest concerns is if it will fit with your current memory. A lot of enthusiast memory has larger heatspreaders, which can get in the way of many...
By Overclock3D
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Unboxing a Noctua product is one of the truly great treats in the reviewers world. There's a real sense of quality and class from the outset, and although the inner boxing is brown card, even its thin sturdiness belies quality and simplicity rather...
By APH Networks
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Last week, I spent all afternoon playing volleyball with my friends in the gym. When night came, I took the opportunity to play some street hockey outside. While I was in the gym playing volleyball, I had to problems diving for the ball occasionally;...
By Kitguru.net
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Today we are going to look at one of the latest additions to Noctua’s range of high performance CPU coolers, the NH-U12S. This model is fairly compact and is designed for those users who are looking for decent cooling performance as well as...
By play3r.net
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Well having had the chance to give Noctua's latest range of CPU coolers a whirl, how did they do? We all know Haswell runs hot but as said once before, can it tame the flaming beast? The short answer is yes, they perform well. Compared to the last...
By DragonSteelMods
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Noctua is always innovating with new product designs and they've just introduced a new tower style cooler, the NH-U12S which is what I have for review today. This cooler is a thin design, it's only 45mm deep which makes it ideal for using with...
By techPowerUp!
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From the Noctua website: Designed in Austria, Noctua's premium cooling components are internationally renowned for their superb quietness, exceptional performance and thoroughgoing quality. Having received more than 1000 awards and recommendations from...
By uk.hardware.info
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A CPU cooler can be very cheap, very expensive and can even cost you up to 100 euros. For this article we tested 39 current CPU coolers and try to find out which one has the best cooling, is the quietest or ideally which one excels at both. Every...
By BCCHardware
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As I opened the box for the new NH-U14S and NH-U12S CPU coolers from Noctua I got to thinking about the past 6 years since I took a look at the Noctua NH-U12P cooler in April of 2008. I wasn't too sure what to expect from Noctua at that time. I'd heard...
By nikktech.com
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For good or bad Summer is finally here which would explain why all of our 4 test rigs have begun heating up a lot more during these past few days as would the fact that i can't seem to be able to stay in front of our 800W photo bench for more than 20...
By PCPer
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The Noctua NH-U12S CPU cooler is another design masterpiece for Noctua. The unit has a very modern aesthetic with all surfaces either shiny aluminum or nickel-plated for that shiny chromed look. The construction of the unit was top notch with all solder...
By LanOC Reviews
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When it comes down to it, the NH-U12S proved to be a very powerful tower cooler while managing to fit all of its performance in a smaller, lighter package than most of its competitors. The other knock against most performance tower coolers is the sheer...
By HardwareHeaven
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Today DaveChaos takes a look at some Noctua CPU coolers, including the NH-U12S, NH-U14S and...
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