NOCTUA NH-U12A CPU Cooler 2x 120mm PWN Fan, 158mm Clearance, Support Intel LGA1851, LGA1700, LGA1200, LGA1156, LGA1155, LGA1151, LGA1150 and AMD AM5, AM4

I replaced a water cooler with this and it was quieter and cooler...water cooling being better than fan is a myth or maybe I just had a cheap water cooler.... I replaced a water cooler with this and it was quieter and cooler...water cooling being better than fan is a myth or maybe I just had a cheap water cooler....

Would liked to have rated this a 4.5 - works great and is very quiet. Only complaint is that installing it is a little weird. The clips holding it to the heat-sink can be fussy to attach (stretching it back and around) - makes it really easy to damage the rubber protectors on the corners. Would liked to have rated this a 4.5 - works great and is very quiet. Only complaint is that installing it is a little weird. The clips holding it to the heat-sink can be fussy to attach (stretching it back and around) - makes it really easy to damage the rubber protectors on the corners.

Perfect air cooler for I5's Perfect air cooler for I5's

A recently swapped out a number of items in my pc to make it perform better and quieter. With the noctua installed, it runs so quiet I could now hear the sound of my mechanical hard-drive spin up and down (which I subsequently replaced with NVME) From other reviews I was expecting better thermal performance than Im seeing with a 13700KF, however, we are in the middle of summer and it's getting really hot in the room. The asymmetrical design can cause install issues for the ininitiated. I thought I installed it in the wrong way. I flipped it 180 only to find I had it right the first time. A recently swapped out a number of items in my pc to make it perform better and quieter. With the noctua installed, it runs so quiet I could now hear the sound of my mechanical hard-drive spin up and down (which I subsequently replaced with NVME) From other reviews I was expecting better thermal performance than Im seeing with a 13700KF, however, we are in the middle of summer and it's getting really hot in the room. The asymmetrical design can cause install issues for the ininitiated. I thought I installed it in the wrong way. I flipped it 180 only to find I had it right the first time.

This was a good alternative to a water cooled AIO. The only slight problem was that the position of the fan on the ram side of the cooler had to be adjusted to clear the ram. This was a good alternative to a water cooled AIO. The only slight problem was that the position of the fan on the ram side of the cooler had to be adjusted to clear the ram.

This small, performant CPU cooler is on par with a 280 mm AIO I had previously. I switched out the Noctua fans with two Phanteks T30s and haven't looked back. It's even quieter than the AIO at every load level. The compact design and performance does come at a cost but well worth it. This small, performant CPU cooler is on par with a 280 mm AIO I had previously. I switched out the Noctua fans with two Phanteks T30s and haven't looked back. It's even quieter than the AIO at every load level. The compact design and performance does come at a cost but well worth it.

Brought this to replace my i712600 stock CPU Fan. The original cooler wasn’t cutting it and hitting 90 degrees even under lite workloads.

The NH-U12A was super easy to install, is super quite in operation and keeping my CPU at under 50 degrees even under very high workloads.

Definitely worth the investment. Brought this to replace my i712600 stock CPU Fan. The original cooler wasn’t cutting it and hitting 90 degrees even under lite workloads.

The NH-U12A was super easy to install, is super quite in operation and keeping my CPU at under 50 degrees even under very high workloads.

Definitely worth the investment.