With all of these accessories, you can mount the Noctua NH-D12L on Intel LGA1700, LGA1200, LGA115x, LGA2011, and LGA2066 sockets, as well as AMD AM5 and AM4 sockets. This makes it an ideal cooling solution for smaller cases, but also for servers with a height of 4U. The NH-D12L ships with a second pair of fan clips that can be used to install a second NF-A12x25r PWM fan either on the front or on the rear fin stack. The deep grooves are semi-circular in their cuts, while the center of the surface is slightly higher than the edges for added mounting pressure. Noctua has also included a long L-shaped Philips head screwdriver, a Y-fan splitter, two low noise adapters, and a tube of their NT-H1 thermal paste.

We will be taking a closer look at this fan later, as well as testing the heatsink with this second fan attached later in our review. Credit is provided by Novuna Personal Finance, a trading style of Mitsubishi HC Capital (UK) PLC, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. We do not throttle the processor to 230 watts to ensure the same starting conditions for direct comparison with the rivals.The limitations in case compatibility can be countered somewhat with the Noctua NH-D12L because, with a height of 145 millimeters, the model fits into far more cases than the exorbitantly large Noctua NH-D15. Caution: Please note that the fans of some tower coolers (especially larger models with 140mm fans, e.

The installation process for different sockets is well illustrated in the paper manual, in the electronic manual, and you can also watch the video here.It has an rpm range of 450-2000, but remember Noctua includes the NA-RC14 low-noise adapter if you wanted to keep things quieter at 1700rpm. Noctua is back with today’s review, and they have graciously sent over their new NH-D12L dual tower 120mm fan CPU cooler for us to take a look at, along with an additional NF-A12x25r fan just to see if it helps or not. If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag.

I also don’t plan on overclocking it given I run games almost well enough with my current CPU at base frequency, and this is a massive upgrade.Noctua has recently launched the Noctua NH-D12L, a fairly compact cooler with a height of just 145 millimetres. Volts / 4600 MHz temps remains okay, though not advised for long-term (hours and hours) CPU load, but is certainly comfortable enough for brief use spurts. Noctua's much-acclaimed NT-H1 is a pro-grade TIM solution that provides minimum thermal resistance, excellent ease of use and outstanding reliability.

This year, the product portfolio of the Austrian company Noctua was replenished with a very unusual solution – the Noctua NH-D12L. The heatsink easily attaches to the Secufirm 2 mounting kit using the 2 spring-loaded screws attached to the base of the cooler. To see our testing methodology and to find out what goes into making our charts, please refer to our 2020 CPU Cooler Testing and Methodology article for more information. Although the cooler is not very tall, only ~120mm from the mounting screw to the top edge, there is a gap of ~28mm between the radiator sections. The hole is due to needing access for the soldering process, while others simply press the fins on and hope for good thermal transfer.Testing was conducted both with one fan installed between the radiator sections, which ensures good compatibility with RAM modules, and with two fans. Removing it from the center of the cooler allows us to see the sticker with its specifications and shows how the rounded frame offers more clearance than a typical square-framed model, and we see that the cable is sleeved.