“Noctua’s NH-U12F CPU cooler is a high-performance heatsink that uses eight heatpipes to get the heat off your processor. The included fan is of the 120 mm variant and is fairly quiet. If you need to reduce the fan noise even more you can use the included Ultra Low Noise Adapter which makes the fan almost inaudible.”Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
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Powerful cooling that won’t deafen you
Up for review at TechPowerUp! is the Noctua NH-U12F, a large (640g) cooler with 120mm fan and a few neat tricks. It will fit on any current processor socket and has a rather innovative screw design that will keep you from over tightening them when attaching it and cracking your core. The cooling performance is quite impressive at 27dB and the included adapter to slow down the fan makes it much quieter, albeit with reduced cooling capacity.