Noctua NH-U12F

Ian Marsh

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Anyone using the Noctua NH-U12F CPU cooler ? I wanted the Tuniq Tower but its out of stock, and heard too many reports on the base of the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme not being flat, is a little off putting. Would the Noctua NH-U12F fit on the Abit IP35 Pro motherboard without covering any Memory slots or any other kind of modding to the motherboard or cooler ?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-002-NC&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=821

Thankyou. :)
 
This Link suggests ‘in horizontal position only (due to the height of the chipset cooler)’

It's the cooler I'm looking at albeit with a different MB.
 
I had a Tuniq Tower delivered this afternoon as my Thermalright base was pants and I cba with lapping so I sold it and brought a TT120 :)

Hope to drop my idle temps on my E6600 a bit - currently 45 idle and 60 load
 
I got one of these (not-so) little beauties for my IP35 Pro, it doesn't interfere with the ram but it does only fit horizontally.
Suits me perfectly as the fan blows through the cooler and into the output fan in the roof of my P182. All four dimm slots are occupied and no contact.
I was a little concerned as Noctua have some spin on how they machine the base of the cooler - so I didn't want to lap it and ruin the effect.
It sits over my 3.3GHz (9*370) Q6600 G0 at 33c idle and high 60s full-load (ambient-dependent naturally).
I'd recommend it.
 
Ian Marsh said:
Any chance of some photos please MK17 ? :)
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sorry mate, can't find my charger for the camera - recent move, everything's in boxes :) hopefully I'll dig it out over the weekend.

Admittedly there's not a huge amount of clearance between the fan in push configuration, and the northbridge cooler. But the whole assembly fits on with a backplate and its very secure, and very quiet, and I couldn't be happier with it.

Its about 15 degrees cooler on a 3.3 Q6600 than my X6800 (back to 2.93 stock) using an AC Freezer 7 Pro.
 
No problem mate. It does look one hell of a cooler, and all the reviews I read all say its excellent. Like I said though the Tuniq Tower is the one I want, but not in stock.
 
that's good bud, go with your personal preference tbh, anything goes wrong with a cooler you had doubts about and ..., well, you know :)
 
Someone on these forums reviewed the Noctua here.

I like their website....if that counts for anything, but it's nice to know what mobos it fits on.
I also like the mounting.
Not keen on the way some of these huge coolers hang on plastic pins.
 
split said:
Someone on these forums reviewed the Noctua here.

I like their website....if that counts for anything, but it's nice to know what mobos it fits on.
I also like the mounting.
Not keen on the way some of these huge coolers hang on plastic pins.
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Thanks, that was a very good review. You can see from those photos the way he had it on the motherboard was different. Oh and its MASSIVE too. :)
 
Very good cooler but not extreme as of fan is near silent.

Even if swapped over the fins are not densely packed as of inc fan is not that high pressure as of extra large gap from blade tips to housing (hense quiet).

I run 3.8GHZ on a E6850, I could do 4GHZ but its far too hot to even bench safely.
 
Ian Marsh said:
Thanks, that was a very good review. You can see from those photos the way he had it on the motherboard was different. Oh and its MASSIVE too. :)
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I was reading over here about the Tuniq tower 120..
I noticed...
Heatsink dimensions: 131mm (W) x 108mm (H) x 153mm (D);
 <not high at all.
Then it says...
Fan dimensions: 120mm (W) x 120mm (H) x 25mm (D);

Now I know the fan hangs below the cooler, so what the overall dimension?
here told me...
The Tower 120 is a mighty beast. It is 15.5 cm high

The Noctuma comes in at
Width (with fan) 126mm
Depth (with fan) 95mm
Height (with fan)155mm

To me the tuniq looks huge as well.
 
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