Noctua NH-U12F - Mishima Review!

Tried&Tested said:
Mine on stock cooler:

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Not a lot of difference if you ask me. In fact, my temps are a little cooler.
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What util produced those temps etc?
 
Here's some tat shots for you Big.Wayne taken off mine last night as Mishima didn't have any luck getting tat to work when he tryed it.
Their pretty good temps I reckon considering the hot weather though the idle temps I'm getting seem a bit to good to be true. I,ve refitted it a good few times now to check and I get pretty much the same results each time.
I need to stop being lazy and get around to overclocking this now :)

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Hi there sloth,

My NH-U12F isn't in the Zen anymore its in this Custom case. With the Zen there was about an inch to spare but with the custom case I would estimate at a few cm! This case is thinner in width.
 
I have just installed one of these on my E6600 and im getting a slightly wierd reading in the sense that one core is usually 1 degree higher tempwise?
Just running stock at the moment but i am tempted to overclock.. Is it viable to overclock and leave the settings once stable or is it more a case of push the components are far as possible then revert to normal settings?
 
Jaridan said:
I have just installed one of these on my E6600 and im getting a slightly wierd reading in the sense that one core is usually 1 degree higher tempwise?
Just running stock at the moment but i am tempted to overclock.. Is it viable to overclock and leave the settings once stable or is it more a case of push the components are far as possible then revert to normal settings?
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If you're running a C2D system, you should just be able to crank the FSB up a bit and get a good overclock without messing with your CPU vcore, you might have to tweak your RAM timings and/or voltages a bit though if you want them to overclock that too. In terms of temps, having a difference between the 2 cores is nothing uncommon, there's about a 5 degree temp difference between the cores on my current AMD system.
 
Jaridan said:
I have just installed one of these on my E6600 and im getting a slightly wierd reading in the sense that one core is usually 1 degree higher tempwise?
Just running stock at the moment but i am tempted to overclock.. Is it viable to overclock and leave the settings once stable or is it more a case of push the components are far as possible then revert to normal settings?
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As mentioned above by El Juimben its not uncommon or anything to worry about the core temps being slightly different. If the core's are dramatically different to the CPU temp itself then you should be worried. Increase the FSB, you should be able to hit 333 without having to alter the voltages. I would return RAM settings to default so that you can determine the best overclock on your CPU first. Anything above 3GHz and you probably are going to need to alter the voltage slightly - mine is 1.29 and my E6600 is at 3.5GHz.
 
Those are some sweet temps for the RPM that the fan is using, 2 degrees higher than what I get with my AF7 Pro @ 2700 RPM. Nice review
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Getting my Noctua on monday and I'm a little confused! :(


Where is the best place to put the fan, and in what direction?

(I'm using an Akasa Eclipse 62 case if that makes things any different)
 
mishima said:
Hi,

Sorry I haven't got back to you I was suspended from the forums for listing a competitor. I would have the fan closest to the RAM blowing across the heatsink in the direction of the exhaust.
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It's ok. To be honest I didn't think you would but I just noticed a reply now. Thanks for the info.
 
Dan7 said:
Getting my Noctua on monday and I'm a little confused! :(


Where is the best place to put the fan, and in what direction?

(I'm using an Akasa Eclipse 62 case if that makes things any different)
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Put the heatsink so its facing out the back, and with the fan on the right side.

And mount the heatsink inside the case, not on the motherboard tray, because it wont fit back in if you do :)

basically slide out your mobo tray, remove motherboard, then install mounting brackets, then put it back into case... THEN mount the heatsink.

i have the same case and it doesnt fit if you mount the full thing outside the case
 
Depending if it fits of course, like Hedge says. Always have the heatsink vertical if you can. So that you can mount the fan to blow onto the heatsink and away into the case exhaust fan. This will extract heat the quickest way.
 
Finally managed to fit it in (It only mounts so that the fans point up/down :E)


However I made a schoolboy error and accidently broke a fin on the fan :/

It's causing a fair bit of vibration and speedfan is reporting the Core at 51 degrees.

I've ordered a replacement fan (+ an extra one for the other side of the heatsink!), I'm thinking it's safe to carry on using the PC? (If the temps rise about 60 or so I'd start getting worried :P)
 
Dan7 said:
Finally managed to fit it in (It only mounts so that the fans point up/down :E)


However I made a schoolboy error and accidently broke a fin on the fan :/

It's causing a fair bit of vibration and speedfan is reporting the Core at 51 degrees.

I've ordered a replacement fan (+ an extra one for the other side of the heatsink!), I'm thinking it's safe to carry on using the PC? (If the temps rise about 60 or so I'd start getting worried :P)
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Why didnt you just do what i mentioned?

Putting the mounting bracket in place on the motherboard, then mount the hsf while its in the case.. easy peasy.
 
Just ordered myself one :)

How secure is this thing? Im worried that its just gonna tear out the entire socket when i transport my PC as i go to LANs and also travel between Leeds and Kent by train. Well at least it'll be more secure than my AC7...my last trip down to kent resulted in the CPU cooler coming loose and rolled around inside. I think it was because my clip was dodgy though...
 
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