Inside the boxThe team at Noctua spend a good amount of time on the details of the contents of their product; the NH-U12P includes everything needed to install the heatsink, and then some.
The installation manual is in English (multi-lingual versions available online) and explains in detail how to get the heatsink installed on your platform of choice. The mounting materials for each platform are in a labelled plastic bag, you don’t have to sift through metal pieces to find the one you need, each bag holds the exact amount of screws/tools for each platform.
The “Common Parts” has a tube of Thermal Paste, 2 sets of fan clips, rubber anti-vibration strips,more mounting material and last but not least, Low Voltage 3-pin power cables to slow down a fan.
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A closer look at the 120mm fan reveals its unique fan blade design:
Closer LookThe heatsink has a copper base where 4 U-form heat pipes come together; the fins are sized up for 120mm fan support, these are aluminium, but everything is nickel plated so you can’t tell.
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Noctua stamped their logo in the middle of each fin as it stands out clearly when you look from the top:
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While the HSF is width enough for 120mm, its depth is considerably less, as thick as ~3x120mm fans:
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How does it compare to the original NH-U12, turn the page ->