Noctua NH-D12L, Low-Height Dual-Tower CPU Cooler (120mm, Brown)

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With a reputation forged by amazing performance, exceptional quality, and ultra-low noise levels, Noctua remains a premier manufacturer of PC-cooling products. It is something most PC enthusiasts will recognize by just a quick glance, and that awareness paired with the knowledge that they offer some of the best warranty and after-sales support of any PC-cooling company means they remain a quintessential enthusiast favorite. When it comes to high-performance air coolers in the PC sector, Noctua is a household name for most people, because the manufacturer has been supplying very high-quality and high-performance coolers for years.

Noctua NH-U9S 2-Fans Auto - The prior configuration of this Core i9 12900K Alder Lake Linux system with the cooler using two fans and in the default auto PWM mode. However, the front tower is significantly thinner than the rear one to avoid physical conflict between the heatsink and the DIMM slots for RAM on Intel LGA 115x/1200/1700 or AMD AM4 socket boards (including the already announced future AM5 support).Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable).

The Unofficial Noctua Subreddit was created as a place for users to find information, share and discuss Noctua products. However, taking into account the design, already at this stage it is possible to “assume” that the additional fan, will add very little, if any. To see our testing methodology and to find out what goes into making our charts, please refer to our 2020 CPU Cooler Testing and Methodology article for more information. Removing it from the center of the cooler allows us to see the sticker with its specifications and shows how the rounded frame offers more clearance than a typical square-framed model, and we see that the cable is sleeved. These fans use an SSO bearing for support and are housed in a round frame to help limit the tower's overall height.We also noticed the fan is lower than the pipe tips, which is where Noctua measures, getting the 145mm height from the bottom of the base to the top of those tips. So, if you are looking for a powerful tower cooler that also comes with high compatibility, you can grab the Noctua NH-D12L without hesitation. In addition to the compact design, this ensures high compatibility with almost all common sockets from AMD and Intel, including LGA1700 and even AM5. In most instances, if adding another fan, we would suggest putting it on the back, but we can see that access to the 8-pin is somewhat limited now. A thick single tower with a pair of fans to cool it, a single tower with a single fan, and even some C-style additions for good measure, but they always seemed to find their niche in the market.