- Review -

21.10.2009 Bigbruin.com

As you can see from the chart below, the Noctua cooler wins hands down in the CPU thermal test. Even with the U.L.N.A. adapter installed it is a solid 8 degrees lower when idle, although when there is a full load it is only 3 degrees cooler. The core temperature readings were done from the highest reading out of the four cores. Again the NHC12P comes out on top, with the closest race being the U.L.N.A. readings, 11 degrees cooler at idle and 7 degrees at load.

"The Noctua NH-C12P CPU cooler and NF-S12B FLX Fan wound up being a perfect choice for the small form factor system I was assembling, and would probably be a great choice for many others. [...] Both the cooler and fan are high quality products that do an exceptional job at cooling, and do so without making much noise at all. Whether you use the L.N.A., U.L.N.A., or no noise adapter, the fan is very quiet. Even with the cooler running outside of a case it is very hard to notice the fan noise." (Michael Fiss, Bigbruin.com)