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

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Phoronix Premium allows ad-free access to the site, multi-page articles on a single page, and other features while supporting this site's continued operations. The NF-A12x25r 120mm fan supplied with the NH-D12L supports PWM for convenient automatic speed control through the motherboard: full performance under load, virtually silent at idle! You can add a fan on the front if you wish, but RAM height and overall height of the fan compared to the cooler may negate the reason for it, in the first place, to stay at 145mm in size.

Regardless of the hues, end-users are prepared to look aside since the quality of the coolers themselves is simply too amazing. My current case only has 155mm of CPU cooler clearance, essentially ruling out every high end Noctua air cooler besides the NH-D12L. In addition to the compact design, this ensures high compatibility with almost all common sockets from AMD and Intel, including LGA1700 and even AM5. For example, my favorite SFF case Cooler Master NR200P comes to mind, where this cooler fits like a glove even if you equip this case with a TG panel. 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.Even if you do not look at the products of other companies, and only consider Noctua, for this money there is a more advanced model NH-U12A. The only notable exclusion from this list is AMD's TR4 or Threadripper 4 socket, which is understandable considering how much larger the integrated heatspreader and CPU itself is. First, the front tower is much thinner than the back one, helping with RAM clearance while not offsetting the pipes. Also included in the package is a tube of NT-H1 thermal paste that will last you for several applications and of course detailed instructions for installing the cooler.

If you have the room, you can also locate the larger and somewhat stronger Noctua NH-D15, or for a little less money, the be silent! Noctua includes their standard six-year warranty with this cooler, which is one of the lengthier ones in the market. This enables it to accommodate a wide range of 4U rackmount server cases and many tower-style enclosures that are too narrow for 158 mm units and several bigger SFF and Mini-ITX chassis. In addition to keeping our test setup consistent for all CPU cooling tests, we also always use the same thermal paste rather than any that comes supplied or pre-applied. The fins, thirty-eight in each stack, are aluminum, left that way, are soldered to the heat pipes, and speaking of them, five 6mm diameter pipes are used in this design.This temperature is deducted from the current room temperature and our final delta temperature is provided. Noctua NH-D12L 2-Fans Full - Rather than using the auto PWM mode, switching over to the full/100% speed configuration for both of these CPU heatsink fans. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

The time-tested and user-friendly SecuFirm2™ mounting system has now been updated to support the LGA 1700 socket. Thanks to Noctua’s SecuFirm™ ecosystem, the NH-D12L can be made compatible with the older LGA1366 and LGA775 sockets using the optional NM-I3 mounting kit, which is provided free of charge. When you login first time using a Social Login button, we collect your account public profile information shared by Social Login provider, based on your privacy settings. As such, we played a game to guess what would be in the next aisle based on the current aisle we were in. The lender had no influence on this review, nor did the manufacturer receive a copy of this review before publication.While many will offset the design to allow for RAM clearance, Nopctua said how about no, we use a single fan, and here we have it. Noctua’s SecuFirm2™ mounting systems have become synonymous with quality, safety and easy installation. The Unofficial Noctua Subreddit was created as a place for users to find information, share and discuss Noctua products. In addition to the heatsink, Noctua also graciously sent us a separate Noctua NF-A12x25r fan used to mount onto the NH-D12L. What you will see is Noctua not only staying relevant in a market full of murdered-out color applications and ARGB, sticking their foot back in the door with a tower meant for specific instances, but in reality, this is a cooler for the everyman out there looking for a beefy solution they know they can trust.

Noctua boasts this is widely considered the best fan on the market, and such a tower will need this type of a workhorse to keep up with what it needs to do. We have seen quite a few 120mm air coolers, including the NH-U12A and NH-U12S, so it was a bit of a surprise to see yet another one from this Austrian brand.If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag. It is difficult for NH-D12L to compete with the full-size models, nevertheless, its key advantage is compactness. Dave Hicks noctua-nh-d12l-review Anyone who has ever heard of Noctua will expect the NH-D12L to perform well and it did! The NH-D12L hits an unusual segment of the market of narrow cases, where previously you had a choice of either 92-mm fan or top-flow design coolers, which are inferior to the Noctua. Inside, the kit is enclosed in a separate box, and the radiator and fan are protected by thick cardboard spacers.

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