OC3D Review: Noctua NH-C12P CPU cooler (UK Exclusive)

[llwyd]

We take a look at the new low profile NH-C12P released today from Noctua. Check it out.

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[ali_james]

Nice review That looks really really nice, I reckon it might be worth getting one of them myself rather than spending maybe half as much trying to sort out the mounting on my scythe. Good to see a decent mounting mechanism with no stupid pushy pins.

How do you reckon it would fair on top of a quad?

Nice one, Cheers!

 

[usman.zx10]

pretty cool. looks good. what is the $ tag for it?

 

[llwyd]

Says in the conclusion, between £45 and £50 ish, will add to the review when prices are confirmed by retailers

 

[ionicle]

looks like a fine heatsink

good review btw

i think, if a company did 6 heatpipes, and put 3 coming up on one side, and 3 on the other, it might help with keeping temps down more....

but then it would be more difficult to mount on motherboards with more stuff on them...

but ah well...

 

[llwyd]

Well for the size and design of it, it's a fantastic cooler. The only thing in my eyes that stops it from being a great cooler for all applications is the price. Youre paying for the performance to size ratio.

 

[JN]

Great review mate. Very nice looking cooler.

@usman, Noctua said that the cooler should roughly be $50..so pretty much 1:1 with the UK price.

 

[Nick R]

A heatsink with that design just can't be optimized, which seems to show . Good for lan parties I suppose

 

[daniel-kun]

When will Noctua finally drop their colors and paint their products black...

The noctuas on my external watercooler look so ugly

Yet, you can't hear them at all.

 

[llwyd]

I love the colour scheme, it's grown on me a lot. I was thinking of theming a rig around them