Noctua NH-D12L chromax.black, Quiet High-Performance Dual-Tower CPU Cooler

Excellent cooler. Shoehorned into somewhere HP never intended a decent cooler to venture. Instant 10 degree temp drop. Which is very much the result I was hoping for.

Needed a compact cooler to fit an existing PC case this one had room to spare. Does what it is supposed to do and it's quiet. A water cooler would probably keep the cpu (rated at 120w) cooler but I didn't have room to mount it. No chance of leaking and although an extra fan can be added there is no sign this will be necessary

Finally found this cooler after a long search to cool an I9 processor in a small case. The low height is perfect and fit in the case with no modifications. Had to return two previous purchases as they wouldn’t quite fit in. Keeps an I9 at about 65 to 70 degrees whilst gaming.

Would defo buy again

Original product well packed. No problems

fits my nr200p case with asus X570i mobo... 5950X running at 100% managed to cool down till 40++ degree.. iam using noctua case fans as well.

Fungerar som tänkt. Enkel att installera.

I'm still running an i7 7700k. No overclock. It works good enough for me for now (waiting to see how Lunar Lake turns out in the next 6-8 months). Had an Intel TS15A cooler which was good enough 5-6 years ago. It has always given me about 90C temps under load. Recently started hitting 100c and throttling hard. Cleaned everything, still happened. Figured maybe it needed to be pulled and re-pasted. But then figured if I'm going through all that, I'll just upgrade the cooler. Went with the NH-D12L simply for the cost/performance ratio and not a size constraint. It's more than adequate for the 7700k. I pulled the Intel cooler off and the paste looked perfect. So I'm not really sure why the recent throttling. My case moves a ton of air. The only thing I can figure is it getting data faster from an NVMe drive upgrade. I put the Noctua on, reassembled, then put it under heavy load and haven't seen more than about 78C max temps. Plus the added benefit of much less fan noise.

Il Noctua NH-D12L chromax.black è un capolavoro di ingegneria termica. Questo dissipatore a doppia torre e basso profilo offre prestazioni incredibili pur mantenendo un design compatto che si adatta facilmente anche ai case più piccoli. La qualità costruttiva è impeccabile, come ci si aspetta da Noctua, e il rivestimento nero opaco aggiunge un tocco di eleganza che si integra perfettamente con qualsiasi build. La ventola NF-A12x25 inclusa è incredibilmente silenziosa anche sotto carico, pur garantendo un eccellente flusso d'aria per mantenere la CPU fresca anche durante sessioni di lavoro o gaming intense. L'installazione è semplice grazie al sistema di montaggio SecuFirm2, e la compatibilità con RAM alte è un altro grande vantaggio. Lo consiglio vivamente a chi cerca un dissipatore performante, silenzioso e con un’estetica curata. Noctua non delude mai! 🌟

I installed this cooler onto my Asus strix z690e as it is the largest air cooler that fits without modifications onto my board due to large vrm design. I was replacing a deepcool lt520 as I get weary with AIO coolers and enjoy the reliability of air coolers, let me just say …. Wow ! The quality of the cooler , instructions and fans is superb , it is barely audible even when gaming and it keeps my 12700k around 60c in super demanding games. I am waiting for some extra fan clips from Noctua to attach a second fan to the front for a push pull config but this is hands down the highest quality and best air cooler I have ever used.