Some mATX operating theatre mITX cases may undergo clearance issues with taller heatsinks measuring more or less 165mm like the Noctua N-U14S and Noctua New Hampshire-D15 we have lately reviewed. This is confirmed by our friend o'er at NLT, where his SilverStone RL05 has just sufficiency clearance for the Noctua N-D15. The Noctua NH-U12S, is Noctua's classic 120mm cooler, measuring just 158mm which should fit in most PC cases. With a smaller heatsink size and fan diam, Lashkar-e-Taiba cheque the cooling performance of the Noctua NH-U12S.
Unboxing
The box is even littler and lighter compared to the Noctua NH-U14S. The print at the top and front of the box is similar, highlight key features of the Noctua NH-U12S.
At the back of the box we have Genus Noctua's company introduction for the cooler in multiple languages.
Along some side of the corner we have the elaborate selective information around the Noctua New Hampshire-U12S and specifications tables for the cooler and the included lover. Unlike the Noctua NH-U14S that uses a Noctua NF-A15 PWM fan, Noctua N-U12S comes with a smaller 120mm Noctua NF-F12 PWM fan.
Tidy like the rest of Noctua's coolers, we have two isolated box seat, one for the ice chest's accessories and the other one for the cooler and temperature reduction fan itself.
Inside the accessories box, we have the necessary mounting kit out screws, Noctua NT-H1 thermal paste, Noctua metal badge, abject noise fan adapter, fan mouting wires, Anti-vibration pads and drug user lead. If you planning to use Genus Noctua NH-U12S with your new AMD AM4 setup, you can request the AMD AM4 socket directly from Genus Noctua.
Inside the other box, we have the Noctua NH-U12S sitting securely in the box with its pre-installed Noctua NF-F12 PWM fan.
Visual aspect
With its small and close-packed heatsink design and 120mm chilling fan, the Noctua NH-U12S absolutely has nobelium compatibility matter regarding its height or with the PCIe slot and memory modules clearances. If you are doubtful about this cooler's TDP capability, you can concern to the Genus Noctua TDP Maneuver.
Without whatever fan mounted on the heatsink we rear end clearly envision the how the heatpipes is nicely arranged in symmetry. On the side view, Noctua NH-U12S is way slimmer compare to the Noctua NH-U14S, with only at 45mm thickness, there's no way this ice chest has retentiveness clearance issue even with three-fold fan configuration.
To pass to a greater extent suitable for mainstream processors, Noctua NH-U12S only comes with quint heatpipes. This do me wonder its cooling performance with our 140W CPU.
The baseplate finishing on the Noctua N-U12S is smoother equate to the rest Genus Noctua's coolers I reviewed before. The baseplate and heatpipes is actually copper but coated with Ni for corrosion ohmic resistanc. This might be one of the reason why Genus Noctua provide 6-year warranty policy.
Just wish what we did in our review of the Noctua NH-U14S, we will ravel the Noctua Granite State-U12S with two different fan setups. We got an supererogatory Noctua NF-F12 PWM fan, which we bequeath put to usance for this try out.
Inwardly the retail packaging for the fan, we get the Noctua NF-F12 fan on with a Y-splitter, extender cable, low fan noise transcriber, vibration compensators, screws and some documentation for the fan.
This winnow has its have unique features. It's particularly designed for static pressure-demanding applications such as heatsinks and radiators. The Convergent Flow™ inning features xi stator guide vanes that straighten, canalise and centerin the airflow, which allows the NF-F12 to rival the carrying out of conventional fans running at much quicker speeds.
With one fan mount, the total cooler heaviness is at 71mm while on push pull configuration the thickness is at 97mm. Technically, you still bequeath non have any memory clearance issues even with the thicker push pull setup.
Installation
The Genus Noctua NH-U12S is going to be tasked with cooling the Intel Core i7 5820K in our bench articulated lorry. The installation with Noctua's SecureFirm 2 kit is identical easy, even easier than installing the Granite State-D15 cod to the much more compact dimensions.
The mount bracket installation is wrong here, it should be inverted. XD
As the ASUS X99 Deluxe uses a square Independent Loading Mechanism (ILM), mounting the cooler would constitute even easier with Noctua's SecureFirm 2 mounting system. All I needed to do was install the bolts onto the frame of the LGA 2011 socket.
Above is the shot of Noctua NH-U12S in two different winnow configurations.
There is no PCIe lane headroom problem at every last.
Specification
Cooler Specification
Buff Specification
Test Machine
Hardware
| Central processing unit | Intel Core i7-5820K |
| Motherboard | ASUS X99-Elegant |
| Computer storage | Avexir Blitz 16GB DDR4 |
| Storage | Sandisk Immoderate II 256GB |
| Power Furnish | Cooler Master V850 |
Software package
| OS | Windows 10 64bit Annivesary |
| Utilities | LinX, OCCT, Intel XTU, RealTemp, CPU-Z, HWMonitor |
We are testing the Noctua NH-U12S on our official Pokde's rig. With an Intel Core i7 5820K with a 140W TDP, it terminate pose a dispute for whatsoever cooler to tame the heat energy turnout when all the cores are under load. The Central processor testament be running [email protected] and also overclocked to 4.1 [electronic mail protected] Turbo Promote is disabled and SpeedStep enabled in some BIOS and OS. For the testing form, I wish also beryllium using tercet different tools to stress the CPU cores to the max: LinX, Intel XTU and OCCT. The tests are run for an 60 minutes from each one.
Our target is to monitor how high the temperatures can get up during the test. We also monitor nearly during the test to check if any thermal throttling happens when the temperature hit the Processor's Tjmax of 105°C. If it is scarcely a spike in that respect will be no caloric throttling unless it stays at the temperature for a certain period of time. This is just to escort the supreme potential of the cooling system performance of any CPU cooler. The fan speed settings are remaining at default. The system runs in an open test bench, with ambient temperatures of 25°C.
Noctua said that the NT-H1 doesn't need any cure time, but I believe that IT can get wagerer after extraordinary thermal cycling. So, after applying new thermic paste, I ran a accentuate test for 1 hour before letting IT sit out for more than 12 hours. After the inactive catamenia, I stressed it again for 1 hour ahead shutting down the computer completely for to a higher degree 6 hours before I starting signal recording the temperatures.
Special causa for the cooler followup, I will test on two variant fan configurations which is with single fan and duple fan configuration.
Performance
I manually band the Tjmax at 105°C in RealTemp, and for the results, I picked the level bes reading from HwMonitor. The highest temperature I got with the Noctua New Hampshire-U12S in both single and dual fan configurations was 103°C when running LinX. Thermal throttling was unfortunately detected when stressing the CPU in LinX, even at stock clocks.
Broth Clock
Overclock
Noctua NH-U12S cooling performance is just as I unsurprising it to be. From the graph, exploitation two fans did so improve the temperature for both idle and load. However, the Noctua NH-U12S still struggles to keep the temperatures below 100°C in LinX.
Unlike the Noctua NH-U14S heatsink which alone get a bit warm during load, the Noctua NH-U12S gets cordial during idle and can tone discomfited to come to when under load.
Advisable CPU:
Intel : LGA 1150, 1151, 1155, 1156, processors
AMD: AM3+, AM4, FM2+ processor
Recommended form factor:
mATX, ATX
Conclusion
With less area to fritter heat, we knew that it definitely will non get on equality with the coolers we have previously reviewed. Based along my observation, the Noctua NH-U12S is more suited for LGA 115X and AMD AM4 processors with take down TDPs. In term of build esthetics, Noctua New Hampshire-U12S volition wait great in mATX cases with its rather compact dimensions.
Noctua NH-U12S backed with 6-year warranty and priced at RM 305, which is a bit bit pricey. Adding a second lover will be a must if you are looking for more performance, and the Genus Noctua NF-F12 PWM leave cost you another RM90. In my persuasion, the Noctua NH-U14S is a better investment for overall performance if you do not have austere space constraints.
Founded on its overall performance and factor, I honour the Noctua NH-U12S with our Bronzy Pokdeward.
Our thanks to Noctua for providing U.S. with the Noctua NH-C14S to review articl!
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