- Review -
NH-L12
Looking first at our stock settings test, we can see that the Noctual NH-L12 measured in at 51 degrees under full load. This puts it right around the middle of our chart, but considering all the other coolers that I’ve tested have been twice as large as this cooler means that the Noctua NH-L12 performed exceptionally well for its size! [...] Noctua has definitely done their homework with the NH-L12 low profile CPU cooler. With such a small footprint it’s surprising how well it was able to cool my Intel Core i5 2500k. The performance was on par with some much larger, and noisier, CPU coolers that I’ve tested lately. Throughout my testing of the NH-L12, the fans were never noticeably loud. You could hear them spin up, but it was never anything that was unbearably loud.
"If you’re in the market for a low profile, low noise CPU cooler look no further than the Noctua NH-L12. It’s very easy to install, performs very well, and was virtually inaudible during my testing." (Michael Thomas Lewis, CustomPCReview.com)
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