- Review -
NH-L12S
When the NH-L12 low-profile CPU cooler was launched just over 5 years ago it was the only of its kind to feature two premium fans one 120mm (NF-F12) at the top and one 92mm (NF-B9) one at the bottom so performance although not stellar was far better compared to similar compact solutions. The only tiny drawback (if you can even call it that) the NH-L12 had was its height which with the top 120mm fan mounted came up to 93mm. The easy way to resolve that was to remove the top 120mm fan (in which case the height of the cooler fell to 66mm) but the bottom 92mm fan alone was not nearly enough to produce satisfying results (at least not when tested with our test rig). Since the new NH-L12S replaces the NF-B9 fan with Noctua's latest NF-A12x15 slim 120mm premium fan however it should offer better cooling efficiency.
"Sure there are many low-profile CPU coolers that cost less than the NH-L12S but you will have a really hard time finding one that combines its size, quality noise levels and performance which is also why we give it our Golden Award." (Nik Kastrantas, NikKTech.com)
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