Overall I am more impressed with the Noctua cooler than I had expected. When I received the cooler I was fully aware of the performance levels achieved with previous Noctua products that have passed through Overclock3D. In the back of my head I feared tha...
performance, Mirror Finish Base, Provides additional cooling for RAM and motherboard, SecuFirm mounting system works, Improved Installation over the NHU12P, 6 Year Warranty
Price, Incompatible with overly tall RAM (e.g. OCZ Reaper), Incompatible with HTPC cases, Installation still could be streamlined further
Reviewer Note:Over the past few years I have come across many myths (both good and bad) about downdraft coolers and while most have fallen by the wayside like thrown detritus from the cars speeding down the information superhighway; one seems particula...
Going into this review, from the time I opened the box until I verified my first performance numbers I wasn’t sure how the NH-C12P would perform. Maybe it was the change in design of the fact that we just tested two remarkable coolers, but I didn&rs...
The Noctua NH-C12P has proven to be a worthy competitor. Knocking a good 21 degrees off of the load temperature of the stock cooler, the NH-C12P definitely gives you some extra overclocking headroom. When compared with the Gelid Silent Spirit the Noctu...
quality thermal Past in the NTH1 highgrade thermal compound, Excellent cooling combined with low noise. The NFP12 Fan, ensures minimum noise while giving good cooling performance at around 1,000rpm less than other fans, making a significant contribution...
Lets get the bad news out the way first - Put simply, the level of quality that Noctua provides doesnt come cheap.Street Price:NH-C12P - £54.12($70 ex tax)NH-U12P - £59.44($77 ex tax)If youre running with a tower case and an i7 then the NH-U12P...
Abstract: Round-up Intel’s standard CPU cooler for the Core i7 family looks like a slightly bigger version of the cooler that we're used to seeing on LGA775 Pentium D and Core 2 chips. It works well at the standard speed but lets the side down when you start ove...
With the NH-C12P Noctua has a very powerful top flow cooler in its portfolio which is able to come third in all our chartlists.[en] [en]The very well thought mounting concept allows the installation of the NH-C12P with backplate not only on Intel platf...
Extremely Quiet, Outstanding performance, Looks good, Easy to fit.
Expensive (but then quality never is cheap), Intel users will need to remove motherboard to fit (AMD users may not).
The Noctua NH-C12P has exceeded ALL my expectations by quite some margins, I have tested a few coolers for XtremeComputing and this is the best by a LONG way. It’s easy to fit, assuming you are fortunate enough so you don’t have to remove the...
The NH-C12P is most definately an achievement. Noctua have once again impressed us with another outstanding CPU Cooler. Its also worth noting that this company does not shy away from change, they have developed a brand new design here and this has bee...
From this review, it’s clear to say that top-down format coolers are not out of the performance league by any standard. In fact, the Noctua NH-C12P has proven to be almost on par with the Xigmatek S1283 in thermal outputs. It’s also a very qui...
