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Noctua NH-U12P CPU cooler review |
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Written by Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a. Veseliq
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Sunday, 07 September 2008 |
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Usually when talking about extreme overclock, we are talking about extreme cooler too. The well known Austrian fellows from Noctua send us NH-U12P, a cooler that tries to supply extreme cooling while remaining silent. Well, our previous experience with this brand suggests that they know how to do it, but let's see what will the direct contact show.
Noctua is a company with history and traditions in designing and manufacturing coolers. The company emerges as the result of the cooperation between the Austrian Rascom Computerdistribution Ges.m.b.H institute and the Taiwanese Koolink (the products of which are known to the end user by the famous Coolink brand, an excellent coolers that we had previously tested on more than one occasion here at ModReactor). All Noctua products are designed, tested and approved in Austria, thus the end user receives only approves and well crafted products. This is one of the reasons that I was so exited upon receiving the NH-U12P. The second is that the cooler is based on the famous high-performance coolers from the NH-U series and uses the magnificent Noctua - NF-P12 fan, that we already reviewed here at ModReactor about two months agoHERE.
But instead of detailed descriptions let's see the cooler specifications:
Noctua NH-U12P specifications
| Compatibility |
Intel Socket LGA 775, AMD AM2 & AM2+,
Intel Xeon upon requesting,
AMD K8 (754, 939, 940) & Socket F upon requesting
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| Height (without fan) |
158 mm |
| Width (without fan) |
126 mm |
| Depth (without fan) |
71 mm |
| Height (with fan) |
158 mm |
| Width (with fan) |
126 mm |
| Depth (with fan) |
95 mm |
| Weight (without fan) |
600 gram |
| Weight (with fan) |
770 gram |
| Material |
Copper (base and heatpipes), aluminum (plates), soldered connections with nickel plating |
| Application |
Intel & AMD at any frequency |
| Fan compatibility |
120x120x25 mm / 120x120x38 mm (two fans can be mounted simultaneously) |
| The box also contains |
- Noctua NF-P12 fan
- Brackets for attaching two fans
- Low and Ultra low noise adapter
- High class Noctua NT-H1 thermal paste
- SecuFirm™ system for attaching at LGA & AM2(+) sockets
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| Warranty |
6 years |
Specification of the Noctua NF-P12 fan
| Bearing |
SSO-bearing |
| Geometry and propeller design |
Nine Blade Design |
| RPM (+/- 10%) |
1300 RPM |
| RPM with L.N.A. (Low Noise Adapter) (+/- 10%) |
1100 RPM |
| RPM with U.L.N.A. (Ultra Low Noise Adapter) (+/- 10%) |
900 RPM |
| Air flow |
92,3 cubic meter/hour |
| Air flow with L.N.A. (Low Noise Adapter) |
78,5 cubic meter / hour |
| Air flow with U.L.N.A. (Ultra Low Noise Adapter) |
63,4 cubic meter / hour |
| Acoustic noise |
19,8 dB(A) |
| Acoustic noise with L.N.A. (Low Noise Adapter) |
16,9 dB(A) |
| Acoustic noise with U.L.N.A. (Ultra Low Noise Adapter) |
12,6 dB(A) |
| Power consumption |
1,08W |
| Acceptable voltage |
12V |
| Life expectancy |
> 150 000 hour |
So far the Noctua NH-U12P has all the potential becoming the first choice of many computer enthusiasts.
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