Noctua introduces NH-U12P CPU cooler

[Spawne32]

http://www.noctua.at./images/products/fullsize/noctua_nh_u12p_2.jpg


Vienna, November 20th, 2007 - Noctua presented today the latest model of its successful NH-U series: The NH-U12P is equipped with the new NF-P12 fan as well as the NT-H1 premium-grade thermal compound and continues the legacy of Noctua's classic NH-U coolers, which won over 150 awards and recommendations from leading international websites and magazines.

"We continually work to further improve our successful products", explains Mag. Roland Mossig, Noctua CEO. "The NH-U12P doesn't only provide better mainboard compatibility, but thanks to the use of the new NF-P12 fan as well as the high-grade NT-H1 compound, the NH-U12P also brings its predecessors' much-acclaimed quiet cooling performance to a whole new level!"

While retaining the successful design and the well-proven SecuFirm™ mounting system, the NH-U12P offers improved compatibility with mainboards featuring very high chipset coolers thanks to its raised fin-stack. The NH-U12P comes with SecuFirm™ mounting-kits for socket LGA 775, AM2 and AM2+. Mounting-kits for Intel Xeon CPUs are available on request.

Fitted with the high-grade thermal compound NT-H1 and the new NF-P12 fan, which has been specifically developed for high-impedance applications like CPU cooling, the NH-U12P is a further improvement on the award-winning performance of the NH-U12F. Due to the psycho-acoustic optimizations of the NF-P12 fan, the NH-U12P provides the same degree of quietness that has made the NH-U series so popular among Silent-PC enthusiasts. The fan's well-proven SSO-Bearing guarantees maximum long-term stability and in conjunction with the NT-H1 high-end thermal compound, the NH-U12P is a quality package through and through, ensuring excellent performance and outstanding quietness for many years.

Price and availability
The NH-U12P will be available on November 28th at a recommended retail price of EUR 56.90 / USD 64.90.

Links
Details: http://www.noctua.at./main.php?show=productview&setlng=en&products_id=14
Specifications: http://www.noctua.at./main.php?show=productview&products_id=14&lng=en&set=1
Photos: http://www.noctua.at./inc/imageviewer.php?item=14&pnr=0&lng=en
Overclock3D.net Review (English): http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews.php?/cases_cooling/noctua_nh-u12p_cpu_cooler/1
o.v.e.r.clockers.at Review (German): http://www.overclockers.at/articles/noctua_nh-u12p

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

looks like a nice cooler, but these guys have to know most people won't justify $70 shipped for an air cooler.

Ryan

[GoThr3k]

and those colours make me want to puke http://www.100megsfree3.com/fwc493/SmileyDirectory5/E/BulletPukeL.gif

[G80]

Nice, if only they would replace that pig-skin housing and the brown fanblade with a more suiting color it would have a higher appeal to the market.

[BeardyMan]

wel to be honest it would be better to simply buy a high end cooler on ebay or such. Today's prices are just ridiculous .

[Miwo]

I'm a happy Noctua NH-U9 user, but TBH this looks pretty lame. They are pretty much milking the SilentPC crowd because the Noctua Fan has a very good rep for being extremely silent.

The heatsink looks exactly the same as the NH-U12, so I'm guessing that all they did was slap on a different thermal compound, include an updated fan, then charge a $30 premium. I'm sorry, but I really don't think that their fans are worth the price gouge you pay for them. Yate Loons are extremely competitive in price/performance/noise.

[Boogerlad]

Nice, but I'm not a fan of that colour. should perform well though.

[Sparky]

Couldn't you just take your old NH-U12 and put the newer fan on it and use MX-2 instead to get the same basic result? That is, if you had a NH-U12 already.

[Spawne32]

dont shoot the messenger

[Kunaak]

who cares what color the fan is.
a fan can be replaced.

what matters, is the heatsink itself, and how that stacks up to the competition.

[naokaji]

EUR 56.90 / USD 64.90

:rofl: at the euro / dollar conversion

they are in the price region of Thermalright, so that cooler would have to have a really good performance to be competitive.

[xenoasd]

i rather just take the fan and chuck the heatsink at someone :P

[ExodusC]

I have to admit, that is one ugly fan.

Hopefully it performs well, though.

[Calmatory]

Am I the only one who LIKES the fan colouring?

Like anyone really cares, like 70%+ put the damn cooler inside a closed case, and the rest want leds anyway.

[yonton228]

I just hope they decided to use a different mounting system. Because the other NH-U12 mounting sucked when it came to pressure. It just couldnt apply enough of it to the CPU IMO.





-yonton228/timmy

[Sparky]

dont shoot the messenger

not doing so, just posing the question :)

[Vapor]

who cares what color the fan is.
a fan can be replaced.

what matters, is the heatsink itself, and how that stacks up to the competition.The heatsink has been available for awhile w/o a fan (or with the old lackluster S-series fan)...it's okay (though fairly good with low airflow in comparison). What makes it new is the new P-series fan is included. :)

[Nanometer]

Too expensive!