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where?wolf
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Noctua have been busy. New cpu cooler

Post by where?wolf » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:09 am

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 SecuFirmâ„¢
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 SecuFirmâ„¢ 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=pro ... ucts_id=14
Specifications:
http://www.noctua.at./main.php?show=pro ... g=en&set=1
Photos: http://www.noctua.at./inc/imageviewer.p ... r=0&lng=en
Overclock3D.net Review (English):
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews.php? ... u_cooler/1
o.v.e.r.clockers.at Review (German):
http://www.overclockers.at/articles/noctua_nh-u12p

Felger Carbon
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Post by Felger Carbon » Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:40 pm

"Due to the psycho-acoustic optimizations of the NF-P12 fan"

Psycho-acoustic? :?:

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Post by jaganath » Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:53 pm

Felger Carbon wrote:"Due to the psycho-acoustic optimizations of the NF-P12 fan"

Psycho-acoustic? :?:
this is their jargon referring to the effect of the trailing edge notches; they are meant to make the noise less tonal and more broadband, and hence less perceptible and less annoying.

Jokoto
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Post by Jokoto » Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:05 pm

Felger Carbon wrote:Psycho-acoustic? :?:
Psychoacoustics is the study of the subjective human perception of sound.

Thus, the fan is perhaps just as noisy as before, but not as grating. :)

Otto69
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Post by Otto69 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:08 pm

Oh, I thought it meant that fan noise would drive you crazy :D

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Post by ghettojiggalo » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:19 pm

those results dont impress...its only slightly better than scyth infinity

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Post by djkest » Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:45 am

Is it just me, or is it a slightly revamped version of their old one, (which was pretty good!) with the lower fins removed and better thermal paste, and a diff fan?

Nick Geraedts
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Post by Nick Geraedts » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:10 am

djkest wrote:Is it just me, or is it a slightly revamped version of their old one, (which was pretty good!) with the lower fins removed and better thermal paste, and a diff fan?
Is it just me, or does that thing look like a TRU120E knock-off? :P

That's the first thing that came to mind when I saw it - that's almost my heatsink!

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Post by sheninat0r » Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:40 pm

Just because it's a silver heatsink with heatpipes and fins it's an Ultra-120 knockoff? Tower style heatsinks are pretty common nowadays...

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