Noctua NH-L12S

In summary, this is a very well manufactured and very well designed cooler and, as of the time of this review being released, it can be found for abou...

Even idle, the fan was audible from across the room, and certainly not something I'd want to listen to in my living room. Under load it managed to kee...

And we get a tube of thermal paste, like the usual stuff. But okay, this should sum it up for the noctua NH-L12S. At this point, I would like to thank...

Nevertheless, I did it and it proved that the NH-L12S will offer a good cooling and it is ideal for a small form factor system.

This thing is quiet and runs great! I love how quiet this GPU is. The pump is nice and quiet as well. I tried the Noctua nh-l12s, Blackridge with 25mm fan, the Thermalright axp-100 pure copper with 25mm fan, and this AIO.

Be aware: Technically: While this mounted fine on my intel 1151 socket, it did block access to my ram. I had to mount the low-profile fan in PUSH, as it totally interferes with A1 and B1 slots in the PULL mounting... seriously, it totally blocks those closer two RAM slots with the Fan in the underfa...

***Cooling*** I think is pretty OK. I don't have a beefy CPU, because I'm shallow and sort of care more about the design and finish of a build than incredible performance. I have a big Noctua NH-L12S heatsink with a Noctua 92 mm NF-A9 9 fan under it. Had to bend the heatsink somewhat to make it work with my motherboard's IO shield.

I will start this review by saying I love Noctua products. They always seem to have superior materials and quality for the price. However I can't recommend this cooler unless you have VERY specific needs. I was building a gaming pc in a silverstone case which was the smallest that could fit a micro ...

Nice, this looks really good for an HTPC or LAN parties. I'll remember this when low profile GPUs become even better. Looks like the perfect case for a Noctua L12S or Scythe Big Shuriken 3 too with that CPU clearance height.

Quiet, and cools very well-looks like at least 10 or 15C better than my Intel stock cooler, but there may have been too much thermal paste used on the Intel. Packaging is great and they include thermal paste. Noctua always uses these ugly brown and tan fans, but that doesn't bother me personally. As...