Testseek.com have collected 341 expert reviews of the Noctua NH-U12S CPU cooler and the average rating is 88%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Noctua NH-U12S CPU cooler.
August 2013
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The editors liked
Great performance
Upgrade-ability
Small Form Factor
Excellent Performance
Noctua Mounting System
Five Heatpipe Configuration
Dual Fan Options
Large Selection of Accessories
Available Colors
High Build Quality
Easy To Mount
Performance under all operating CPU and fan conditions
Build and machining quality of the cooler
Size compatibility with most motherboard configurations
Fan noise in all tested configurations
Manual quality
High performance
High quality
Compatible with tall memory modules
Quiet work
6-year warranty
Available accessories
Quiet even at max fan speed
Compatible with tall memory kits
Reasonable price
Excellent Build Quality
All Black Version
Size (Zero Interference)
Very Good Cooling Efficiency (For The Size)
Dual Fan Solution
Bundle
6 Years Warranty
Excellent cooling performance
Very low noise levels
Adjustable cooler base
Very quiet
Extras included for adding another fan
Very well made cooler
Great warranty
Small size for greater compatibility
Thin profile allows for large style ram use
Fairly easy installation
Noctua engineering
Highlevel engineering
Noise/Performance ratio beats anything out there
Premium technologies incrementally add up to great performance
Great performance in a standard 120mm cooler package
Compact size
Easy to install
Quiet operation
Accessories for every situation
excellent performance
Dead silent
Excellent price
The complete package
N00bfriendly and solid mounting system
No need to pair it with a second NFF12 fan for dual setup
Generous amount of NTH1 thermal paste
Mediumtolarge memory kit friendly
Uptodate Motherboard compatibility list
The metal case badg
Extremely quiet
Great performance for its size
Exceptional build quality
Anti-vibration fan mounts
Can mount a second fan
Six-year warranty
Dead Silent Fan/Low Power consumption (0.6W)
Super Easy to install thanks to the SecuFirm 2
Top-Notch Packaging and Accessories
Great Memory Compatibility Clearance
6 Year Warranty/MTBF 150
000 hours PWM fan
Amazing thermal c
Good performance
Easy installation
Quality made
Extras included
The editors didn't like
Size
Compatibility on our test system
Would have expected better overclocking performance (blame Ryzen)
Price (For Some)
Identical Fan Specifications With Normal Models
Slight Increase In CPU Cooler Size
Price to performance ratio
Cooler heat pipe width should fit
But may be tight
Nothing worth to mention
Premium pricing
Love-it-or-hate-it traditional Noctua color scheme
Price might be a bit high to some
Other manufacturers have developed better fan mounting systems
Lives in the shadow of the larger NHU14S…
…I still can't get over the color scheme…
$59.90 is more than many will want to pay for an air cooler
Abstract: Let's be honest, both some of the best heatsinks and fans are Noctua's, especially when you are looking for low noise output. The problem is they have been very stuck on their brown and tan color scheme. The benefit is that when you see them you know exac...
Published: 2018-03-12, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
Abstract: While Austrian PC cooling manufacturer Noctua is mostly known for their high-end enthusiast/gamer oriented cooling products, they do offer a line-up of heatsinks for both AMD Ryzen Threadripper and EPYC server processors. In this article we are trying out...
You probably will already have noticed it, but the U12S and U14S managed to cool better than the Kraken X40 LCS cooler, especially the U14S crunches down the cooling numbers. That's impressive, but also wasn't a very likely thing to happen. Here's my thou...
Compact size, Easy to install, Great performance, Quiet operation, 6-year warranty
$59.90 is more than many will want to pay for an air cooler, 1 2 3 4 5, Tags:AM4CoolingCPU CoolerHeatsinkNH-U12S SE-AM4NoctuaReviewRYZEN
When someone asks me about an air cooler Noctua is always at the top of my list, especially when it comes to performance. Noctua does air cooling right and has done it for a very long time. They don't need flashy designs or RGB's to sell their coolers, th...
Abstract: Introduction Welcome to yet another no-holds-barred CPU cooler shootout at the TBG corral! Believe it or not, this is the sixth multi-cooler shootout that The Tech Buyer's Guru has conducted over the past three years, and in fact the second 120mm CPU cool...
Published: 2017-11-10, Author: Gary , review by: overclock3d.net
Well, it's been a long time coming, but Noctua have finally realised that not everybody loves the plain aluminium aesthetic of their heat sinks, and the diarrhea brown coupled with prosthetic limb beige of their standard fans. yes it's taken a while, but...
It is shocking how well these three high-end heatsinks from Noctua handle AMD's TR4 and SP3 sockets for their latest Ryzen Threadripper (X399) and EPYC platforms. The new TR4-SP3 versions of the award-winning NH-U14S, NH-U12S and NH-U9 coolers perform so...
Small Form Factor, Excellent Performance, Noctua Mounting System, Five Heatpipe Configuration, Dual Fan Options
Would have expected better overclocking performance (blame Ryzen)
With the popularity of Ryzen there is a huge push to have plenty of cooling options on the market. What makes Ryzen so interesting is the 65w TDP making it one of the coolest performance CPUs on the market. This translates into systems that don't require...
Noctua NH-U12S SE-AM4 is well designed, high quality cooler which is one of the most interesting options for AMD Ryzen processors. It can handle 8 core processors without issues and at the same time keeps PC quiet. Users can't ask much more from a CPU coo...
Abstract: Introduction For the past few years, The Tech Buyer's Guru has been on a quest to find the very best CPU coolers on the market at every price point, and in every form factor. In mid-2015, we published a comprehensive guide to CPU coolers, benchmarking si...
