Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler
Conclusion
Published: 19th November 2007 | Source: Noctua | Price: £41 |
The Noctua NH-U12P performs very well, even against some of the top-rated heatsinks on the market. When I pulled the cooler out of the box I was initially impressed with build quality and then once it was in use I was highly impressed with it's cooling ability, as well as the performance of the excellent NF-P12 fans. Add in the fact that Noctua include some top-end thermal paste and we're onto a winner.
There are two slight down points to the cooler. Installation isn't particularly an easy affair with a bit of fiddling involved and taking out your motherboard can be a bit of a pain. The price is fairly high at an RRP of £41 although this does include and incredible bundle and a simply awesome fan and isn't really too much more than the other coolers out there. Noctua said that the heatsink will be available at their UK Distributer www.quietpc.co.uk and that the street price may be slightly lower at some other e-tailers.
Would I recommend the Noctua NH-U12P? If you don't mind a slighty fiddly installation then undoubtedly: yes.
For an excellent performance and an almost silent noise output, the Noctua NH-U12P gets a "Best in Class" Award.
The Good
+ Very quiet
+ Very well built
+ Great performance
+ Good looking
+ Excellent bundle
The Mediocre
* Slightly fiddly installation
* Price
The Bad
- You have to take out your motherboard for installation
Thanks to Noctua for the review sample
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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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