Noctua quality and performance, Well made, Quiet, Cools well, Looks cool, Small size, Fairly easy installation, Extras included, Small size makes it very compatible, Excellent performance
Installation can be tricky in tight cases, Installation in recommended position might not work on all setups
The Noctua NH-C12P is a great choice for those looking for a small CPU cooler, it offers a nice combination of performance and silence, it could be perfect for an HTPC case or desktop style case. Considering its performance though, the NH-C12P is idea...
Overall I am more impressed with the Noctua cooler than I had expected. When I received the cooler I was fully aware of the performance levels achieved with previous Noctua products that have passed through Overclock3D. In the back of my head I feared tha...
The Noctua NH-C12P has proven to be a worthy competitor. Knocking a good 21 degrees off of the load temperature of the stock cooler, the NH-C12P definitely gives you some extra overclocking headroom. When compared with the Gelid Silent Spirit the Noctu...
quality thermal Past in the NTH1 highgrade thermal compound, Excellent cooling combined with low noise. The NFP12 Fan, ensures minimum noise while giving good cooling performance at around 1,000rpm less than other fans, making a significant contribution...
Lets get the bad news out the way first - Put simply, the level of quality that Noctua provides doesnt come cheap.Street Price:NH-C12P - £54.12($70 ex tax)NH-U12P - £59.44($77 ex tax)If youre running with a tower case and an i7 then the NH-U12P...
Abstract: Round-up Intel’s standard CPU cooler for the Core i7 family looks like a slightly bigger version of the cooler that we're used to seeing on LGA775 Pentium D and Core 2 chips. It works well at the standard speed but lets the side down when you start ove...
With the NH-C12P Noctua has a very powerful top flow cooler in its portfolio which is able to come third in all our chartlists.[en] [en]The very well thought mounting concept allows the installation of the NH-C12P with backplate not only on Intel platf...
Extremely Quiet, Outstanding performance, Looks good, Easy to fit.
Expensive (but then quality never is cheap), Intel users will need to remove motherboard to fit (AMD users may not).
The Noctua NH-C12P has exceeded ALL my expectations by quite some margins, I have tested a few coolers for XtremeComputing and this is the best by a LONG way. It’s easy to fit, assuming you are fortunate enough so you don’t have to remove the...
The NH-C12P is most definately an achievement. Noctua have once again impressed us with another outstanding CPU Cooler. Its also worth noting that this company does not shy away from change, they have developed a brand new design here and this has bee...
From this review, it’s clear to say that top-down format coolers are not out of the performance league by any standard. In fact, the Noctua NH-C12P has proven to be almost on par with the Xigmatek S1283 in thermal outputs. It’s also a very qui...
Effective heat removal, Very quiet, Easy to install with clear instructions, Good quality accessories: thermal grease and adaptor, Also cools motherboard fixtures