- Review -

27.07.2010 DreamwareComputers.com

What impressed me most was the noise level to performance ratio of this cooler. I wasn't sure what results I'd see after first putting on the U.L.N.A adapter because I had never cooled my CPU with a fan running so slowly before. I monitored the temperatures closely, expecting a huge jump when I started the stress testing. To my surprise, the temperatures still stayed lower than my average stress test temperatures with other much louder coolers. With both fans spinning around 900 RPM, I could not hear them above the fans on my GPU cooler, which are now the loudest in the system. Due to the dual-fan design of the NH-U12P, I also decided to try shutting off my rear exhaust fan entirely to see the results. To my surprise the numbers barely changed and I was able to squeeze even a little more noise reduction out of my already silent system!

"After testing the NH-U12P SE2, this cooler has now found a permanent home in my system. I'm a silent PC component fanatic and this is simply the quietest CPU cooler I have laid hands on to date. Not only is it the quietest, but it's the highest performing cooler I've ever tested in the way of silent CPU cooler products." (Steve Blackwell, DreamwareComputers.com)