Noctua Announces Low-Profile NH-L12 CPU Cooler

[Guest]

Austrian cooler company Noctua announced a new low-profile cooler designed for small form factor Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX computers as well as home theater PCs.

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[verbalizer]

same Noctua look with the colors, I bet same awesome quality as well.

 

[11796pcs]

This looks fantastic for some of those stubborn (small) mini-ITX builds in which you want to put some crazy hot processor in a case the size of a briefcase.

 

[phump]

It's interesting that they have non-identical fan sizes. I've been wondering if that is beneficial or not, thinking that different fans could create some kind of canceling effect reducing the cooling potential.

 

[-Fran-]

Uhm... It might be the ideal for my low profile HTPC case... The A8 heats up like a lighter.

We'll need some benchies on that, please 8)

Cheers!

 

[JohnnyLucky]

A technical review is definitely a good idea. Show us what the cooling capabilities are like.

 

[omega21xx]

I'm also interested in seeing how this performs to other HTPC sized coolers as well as a good tower size cooler just to put it in perspective
I could go for one of these in the new build I just made for my girlfriend.

 

[cbrunnem]

[citation][nom]phump[/nom]It's interesting that they have non-identical fan sizes. I've been wondering if that is beneficial or not, thinking that different fans could create some kind of canceling effect reducing the cooling potential.[/citation]
ram clearance

 

[rocknrollz]

They have always made nice quality products. My only complaint on them is the beige and brown. I really don't like it.

 

[CaedenV]

This would be great for HTPCs with grill tops... but if your ventilation is rear only then this design could really suck. Only Noctua could design a low profile CPU cooler that dwarfs even stock coolers lol

 

[aliened]

[citation][nom]phump[/nom]It's interesting that they have non-identical fan sizes. I've been wondering if that is beneficial or not, thinking that different fans could create some kind of canceling effect reducing the cooling potential.[/citation]

lol?

 

[SchizoFrog]

I'm not convinced that only 4 heatpipes with such a small amount of total fin area to dissipate the heat will be that affective in spite of the extra fan underneath. Will look forward to a review on other sites.

 

[cmcghee358]

[citation][nom]schizofrog[/nom]I'm not convinced that only 4 heatpipes with such a small amount of total fin area to dissipate the heat will be that affective in spite of the extra fan underneath. Will look forward to a review on other sites.[/citation]

Considering this is a preview, and not a review I will look forward to a review on tomshardware.

 

[nebun]

is this a joke?....i love my H2O system

 

[hmp_goose]

Grab some of those Cooler Master Geminii, get a Cooler Master 360, maybe a Silverstone Grandia GD01B-R, see if any of them will work *fan-less* with a Pentium G620 or so: Call it a BBQ.

 

[__-_-_-__]

this is a great cooler but way too expensive. for that price you can get a micro watercooling rig