Noctua NH-D12L, Low-Height Dual-Tower CPU Cooler (120mm, Brown)

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Topped off with the renowned SecuFirm2 mounting system, Noctua’s award-winning NT-H1 thermal compound and a 6-year manufacturer’s warranty, the NH-D12L is the perfect choice for applications that require serious cooling performance but cannot fit the larger NH-U12A.

Noctua boasts this is widely considered the best fan on the market, and such a tower will need this type of a workhorse to keep up with what it needs to do. I would like to note that the fastening is convenient, the pressure is strong, no metal elements scratch the board.Thanks to its single-fan configuration and asymmetrical fin stacks, the NH-D12L provides 100% RAM compatibility on AMD AM4/AM5 and LGA1700/1200 by staying clear of the memory slots.

C result, we increased the fan speed by nearly 700 RPM, and the noise jumps, but not to an absurd level as many others tend to.Sure enough the Noctua NH-D12L installed fine within the Rosewill 4U chassis with just enough room to close the lid. Thanks to its interesting design and high-end fan, this cooler should offer very solid cooling effectiveness.

As it’s shorter, Noctua has opted for 38 aluminium fins per tower, which is a fair few less than normal.

On LGA2066, the rear fin stack will overhang the RAM slots on the left-hand side of the socket, so RAM modules must not exceed 45mm height. With the NH-D12L, we see the heat pipe count and dual tower design mentioned, the round framed NF-A12 PWM fan, RAM compatibility, the inclusion of the LNA, SecuFirm2 hardware, NT-H1 thermal paste, and the six-year warranty are pasted on the front.

This makes it an ideal cooling solution for smaller cases, but also for servers with a height of 4U. As well, this was not on their roadmap to my knowledge, but this should not take anything away from the NH-D12L.

With the Noctua NH-D12L, we have another cooler in review and examine how well it copes with the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X. At the same time, its five heatpipe dual-tower design and state-of-the-art NF-A12x25r 120mm fan allow it to achieve a level of efficiency that surpasses many full-height 120mm models. g. NH-D15 or NH-U14S TR4-SP3) may overhang the RAM slots and that this can cause compatibility issues if RAM modules taller than 32mm are used. Up to this point the Core i9 12900K was being cooled by a Noctua NH-U9S with a dual fan configuration due to 4U height requirements not allowing a larger heatsink/fan.