Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler
Installation
Published: 19th November 2007 | Source: Noctua | Price: £41 |
Installation is slightly trickier on the Noctua NH-U12P than it was on the Akasa Revo.
Ignoring the horrible amount of TIM on and around the CPU that I cleaned off just after I took this picture, the Noctua requires you install a backplate on the motherboard and these two retention clips on the motherboard top.
After this is complete you have to install two plates onto the cooler itself which act as retention plates for the two screws (one either side) to grip onto. Whilst the most fiddly bit of this is installing the backplate onto the motherboard, the whole thing took no longer than 20mins (including taking out the motherboard again as it's a bit of a tight fit to fit a fan in the A+ I was using.
As you can see, the fixing is very good and feels very solid. Certainly this is a better solution for retention than the standard 4 clips on socket 775. On the negative side, you have to put up with a slightly fiddly install, including taking out the motherboard if you're replacing another cooler.
Let's see what results we get.
Most Recent Comments
Nice one Kempez.. Does that out preform the giant Thermaltake?
Also is there a %age score?
Also is there a %age score?
There should be...
what about getting the NT-H1 on the base and retesting it?
I'd be glad to see what it actually does.
Imrahil
I'd be glad to see what it actually does.
Imrahil
The review was conducted with AS5 to give a fair comparison with all of the other coolers tested. When I install a new test rig next I am sure I could test it tho 
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Originally Posted by name='Kempez'
The review was conducted with AS5 to give a fair comparison with all of the other coolers tested. When I install a new test rig next I am sure I could test it tho
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I'd think that would be the easiest way
Imrahil
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Originally Posted by name='Imrahil'
No Chance to rerun the test with the Noctua itself and NT-H1 instead of AS5?
I'd think that would be the easiest way Imrahil |
Hello!
I'm new here and it's quite a big forum so i haven't found any thread about this yet so i'm asking u guys here instead. Does someone know what hight the Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler have from the motherboard to the fan (free space) cus that knowledge would really help me during if i can buy it or not. U see i have a motherboard full with this cooling metal stuff (sorry for the bad english) i'm from sweden, culdn't find a word for it :S Well i hope i can get an answear here cus i can't find it anywhere.
Thanx in advance? = ) bye
I'm new here and it's quite a big forum so i haven't found any thread about this yet so i'm asking u guys here instead. Does someone know what hight the Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler have from the motherboard to the fan (free space) cus that knowledge would really help me during if i can buy it or not. U see i have a motherboard full with this cooling metal stuff (sorry for the bad english) i'm from sweden, culdn't find a word for it :S Well i hope i can get an answear here cus i can't find it anywhere.
Thanx in advance? = ) bye
The clearance from the mobo to the bottom of the fan is about 37mm
Thanx alot my friends. That helped me sorter this out quite easy = )
Bye! And thanx again!
Bye! And thanx again!
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