Black variations of the Noctua NH-12A CPU cooler, and the NF-12×25 followers at the moment are obtainable. These ‘chromax.black’ merchandise have been on Noctua’s roadmap for fairly a while however, eagerly anticipated as they’re, have solely simply been launched to retail. On the delay, Noctua commented that altering a product color is not as trivial because it sounds, particularly when it’s “fine-tuned to essentially the most minute particulars”. Moreover, it needed to face pandemic-related delays.
Bit-Tech reviewed the Noctua NH-U12A in its conventional brown and cream livery in Could 2019 (the place it gained a ‘Bit-Tech Distinctive’ star score. Noctua says that that is the exact same product “fusing best-in-class cooling efficiency with excellent quietness of operation and excellent compatibility,” simply this time it’s in black – all black – that features followers, plastics, and steel components.
As we close to the Intel ADL-S period, Noctua assures us that its newest SecuFirm2 multi-socket mounting system helps not solely AM4, and LGA1200, however LGA1700, too. In keeping with a current video from AMD, AM5 will not want any completely different cooling mounts both.
The Noctua NH-U12A comes with twin NF-A12x25 followers, and within the case of the chromax.black model of the cooler these would be the new NF-A12x25 PWM chromax.black.swap fashions, which have additionally been launched to purchase individually.
Noctua’s black NF-A12x25 followers are mentioned to hold ahead the unique product’s efficiency and noise traits, in fact. This NF-A12x25 PWM chromax.black.swap comes with swappable pink, white, blue, inexperienced, gray, yellow and black anti-vibration pads – good for color matching in numerous build-schemes you would possibly dream up. In case you are fascinated by white followers from Noctua, the roadmap signifies that it’s readying some such merchandise for Q1 2022.
In addition to the above black components, Noctua has introduced new NA-HC7 and NA-HC8 heatsink covers for the NH-U12A and NH-U12A chromax.black. The NA-HC7 comes with swappable color inlays in black, blue, inexperienced, pink, yellow and white; and the NA-HC8 is available in black or white.
Noctua advises that you may purchase all of the above new chromax merchandise by way of its Amazon net shops, which cowl many world areas.
