- Review -
NH-L12
For an ultra-low profile cooler, the NH-L12 performs admirably. Noctua's fans continue to push air at an industry-leading level of acoustic performance, and their coolers hold their own as well. Although it won't push the performance of other high-performance tower coolers, the NH-L12 does quite well, capable of holding our i5-2500K to a respectable 60°C at full load and 3.8GHz, leaving headroom for 4GHz overclocks, pretty good for its stature. Performance from the push/pull configuration loses its advantage as the heat is dialed up, and for full-load overclocked performance, having a single push fan performed essentially the same as both fans used concurrently, because the heatsinks began to bear most of the thermal load.
"If you're looking for a cooling solution at a scant 66mm clearance requirement, and would like some decent performance to come from it, the Noctua NH-L12 seems like a great choice. " (Evan Hiner, Tech-Kings.net)
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