**The Noctua NH-U12S Redux Review: A Solid Cooler for Enthusiasts**
We recently had the opportunity to test the Noctua NH-U12S Redux, a high-performance air cooler designed to push the limits of CPU cooling. Our test setup consisted of a motherboard with a base clock speed of 3.6 gigahertz and a fan speed of 100% for 30 minutes, allowing us to accurately measure the temperatures generated by the stock cooler and the NH-U12S Redux.
The first test was conducted at the base clock speed of 3.6 gigahertz, with both the stock cooler and the NH-U12S Redux installed on our CPU. The results were impressive, with the NH-U12S Redux reaching a temperature of 60 degrees Celsius, compared to 73 degrees for the stock cooler. This represented a massive 13-degree difference in performance, showcasing the capabilities of the Noctua NH-U12S Redux.
Next, we conducted an overclocking test, pushing the CPU clock speed to 4.2 gigahertz and then further to 4.4 gigahertz. The temperatures reached were equally impressive, with the NH-U12S Redux managing to keep the temperature at a relatively low 72 degrees Celsius when overclocked to 4.2 gigahertz, and 80 degrees Celsius when pushed to 4.4 gigahertz. This is an astonishing performance gain of around 20% compared to the stock cooler, demonstrating the NH-U12S Redux's ability to handle extreme overclocking conditions.
**The NH-U12S Redux in a Large Case**
We decided to test the NH-U12S Redux in a larger case, the Fractal Design Define R6. This allowed us to take advantage of the extra space and heat dissipation capabilities of the larger case. The results were still impressive, with temperatures reaching 70 degrees Celsius at an overclocking speed of 4.2 gigahertz. When pushed further to 4.4 gigahertz, the temperature reached a maximum of 78 degrees Celsius, which is roughly around the same level as our previous tests.
**The NAFK1 Redux Kit: A Performance Boost**
Noctua also sent over the NAFK1 Redux kit, an add-on fan designed to be used with their CPU coolers. We installed this fan on the NH-U12S Redux and tested it in conjunction with a single fan setup at 3.6 gigahertz, as well as a two-fan setup. The results were clear: using both fans resulted in a significant temperature reduction of around 2-5 degrees Celsius compared to the single-fan setup.
We also installed the NAFK1 Redux kit on a Fractal Design Define R6 case with the NH-U12S Redux, and tested it at overclocking speeds of 4.2 gigahertz and 4.4 gigahertz. The results showed that using both fans resulted in a noticeable performance gain, with temperatures reaching 68 degrees Celsius when running at 4.2 gigahertz, and 76 degrees Celsius when pushed to 4.4 gigahertz.
**Conclusion**
In conclusion, the Noctua NH-U12S Redux is an exceptional CPU cooler that delivers outstanding performance even in extreme overclocking conditions. With its sleek design and ability to dissipate heat effectively, it's no wonder this cooler has earned a reputation among enthusiasts for its impressive cooling capabilities.
The price of the NH-U12S Redux at $50 is very competitive, especially considering the level of performance it offers. We believe that this cooler justifies the removal of solid in the way we think about Noctua and their products. With the NAFK1 Redux kit adding an extra layer of performance to the mix, this cooler is a no-brainer for anyone looking for a high-quality air cooler.
Overall, we're very impressed with the NH-U12S Redux and would like to carry it at Hardware Sugar. We hope that our supplier will be able to get it to us at the suggested retail price of $50, as this would make it an even more attractive option for enthusiasts looking for a top-notch CPU cooler.
Thank you to all our top fans who support the channel, Liam Ian, Meru, Richard, Don Kinko, John Ruben, Ocha Christian Espinoza, and Rafael James. We're grateful for your continued support and enthusiasm.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up internet everybody loves nokwa but for us here in the philippines usually that comes with a bot solid pero mahal no products issued its first cpu cooler in its redox line the nhu 12s redox and will this affordable cooler finally allow us to remove the stigma from noctua can we finally remove the pero mahal when we think about we should note that doctor sent us this item for review but it had no say in what we had to say about the product so the redox line is not to us affordable line it always comes in green and it's targeted more towards budget oriented customers so they did have to cut some things from the regular u12s and some noticeable changes are number one the redox does not come with everyone's favorite nth1 so it doesn't come with its own separate thermal paste tube instead there's pre-applied thermal paste in a hexagonal pattern the pattern actually looks quite nice aesthetically i mean it's completely useless you're just going to plop that onto your cpu and you know it doesn't matter but again it still looks kind of cool and props enough to up number two say goodbye to extra fan clips the y splitter adapter cable those things have all been cut from the u12s redux and perhaps most importantly the redox only has four heat pipes compared to the five of the u12s and we'll get into that if that really affects the performance of the u12s redone and finally the redox does not have the soldered interface between the heat pipes and the cooling fins which the regular u12s has so there are a bunch of engineering changes as well as a bunch of accessory deletions to make the u12s a redux version does the quality suffer with all of these cost cutting so our usual test bench for testing tpu coolers which we've been using for a while now is an r33100 in an m80x case the cool machine 110. again the usual setup is we run it at the base speed of 3.6 gigahertz 100 fan speed for 30 minutes and then we get the temperatures so baseline first of the stock cooler 3.6 gigahertz the temp hits 73 degrees when we overclocked it to 4.2 gigahertz the temperature read 88 degrees then we put in the u12 as redux installation is quite simple again noctua is famed for having a relatively easy installation process and the redox is no different at 3.6 gigahertz the max temporary reached was only 60 degrees so that's a massive 13 degree difference from the stock cooler torturing the cpu more we did the overclocking test 4.2 gigahertz and the temperature reached only 72 degrees or a massive 16 degree difference from the stock cooler plus we were able to do something with the u12s redux which the stock cooler couldn't do we pushed the overclock all the way up to 4.4 gigahertz we've actually seen this extreme overclocking in some of the other cpu coolers that we've tested for example the cool as500 plus and so it's a testament to the redox that it can keep up with that kind of quality of cooler at the extreme overclock of 4.4 gigahertz the max temp we reached was 80 degrees there's around 20 performance gain from the base clock speed and 80 degrees is still quite respectable temperature wise you can basically run that all night and day without any problems and it should be noted that amd stuff cooler is no light weight it's quite good for a stock cooler and so the wide difference between the u12 u12s redox and the amd stock cooler again point to the overall performance of the u12s redux but we're not done for the headquarters we changed pieces from the m80x macube 110 we decided to try it out in the fractal design define r6 because why not we love playing around with noctua and the r6 comes in white so we thought let's let's see like just aesthetically i bet that gray would pop in the all white case so we expected the temperatures to be cooler because larger cases and ours is quite a large case large cases usually perform better because all of that extra space allows more heat to dissipate you know not everything is crowded together and that's what we saw for the oc test 4.2 gigahertz we reached a maximum temperature of 70 degrees at the extreme overclock of 4.4 gigahertz all variables still being equal we hit a max step of 78 degrees so that's roughly around the 2 degree difference between what we were seeing from the macu 110 into the larger r60 but we're still not done as nokwa also sent over the nafk1 redux kit which is basically the add-on fan for the cpu cooler so we tested it in the r6 test setup and with the two fans set up at the normal speed of 3.6 gigahertz we got a max temperature of 57 degrees which is 5 degrees cooler than the single fan setup at the overclocks of 4.2 and 4.4 gigahertz we got a temperature difference of two degrees so on the one fan set up the 4.2 gigahertz hit the maximum again of 70 degrees with the two fan setup it was 68 degrees and with the two fans set up at 4.4 gigahertz we hit a max temperature of 76 degrees so there is a noticeable performance increase with the second fan and that is quite easy to install to the rear of the cooler as well so this retails for around 50 dollars and does this cooler justify removing solid in the way that we think about notwa and yeah i think it does this guy is super solid and for fifty dollars that's a great price for this kind of performance it is the redox line but it still lives up to the noctua name the knockoff quality feel good i was really impressed with this thing but we have to add another pero the thing is yes it's 50 pero available and it would be great if it comes out of msrp here at 50 i do not know and it's coming to our shores but if you can get it at the suggested retail price then this is a very solid cooler and we'd actually like to carry it here at hardware sugar i guess i need to pressure our supplier now so badass nhu 12s redux solid thanks for watching and thank you to our top fans now for the name thank you to liam ian meru richard don kinko itx addict john ruben ocha christian espinoza and rafael james thank you for supporting the channelwhat's up internet everybody loves nokwa but for us here in the philippines usually that comes with a bot solid pero mahal no products issued its first cpu cooler in its redox line the nhu 12s redox and will this affordable cooler finally allow us to remove the stigma from noctua can we finally remove the pero mahal when we think about we should note that doctor sent us this item for review but it had no say in what we had to say about the product so the redox line is not to us affordable line it always comes in green and it's targeted more towards budget oriented customers so they did have to cut some things from the regular u12s and some noticeable changes are number one the redox does not come with everyone's favorite nth1 so it doesn't come with its own separate thermal paste tube instead there's pre-applied thermal paste in a hexagonal pattern the pattern actually looks quite nice aesthetically i mean it's completely useless you're just going to plop that onto your cpu and you know it doesn't matter but again it still looks kind of cool and props enough to up number two say goodbye to extra fan clips the y splitter adapter cable those things have all been cut from the u12s redux and perhaps most importantly the redox only has four heat pipes compared to the five of the u12s and we'll get into that if that really affects the performance of the u12s redone and finally the redox does not have the soldered interface between the heat pipes and the cooling fins which the regular u12s has so there are a bunch of engineering changes as well as a bunch of accessory deletions to make the u12s a redux version does the quality suffer with all of these cost cutting so our usual test bench for testing tpu coolers which we've been using for a while now is an r33100 in an m80x case the cool machine 110. again the usual setup is we run it at the base speed of 3.6 gigahertz 100 fan speed for 30 minutes and then we get the temperatures so baseline first of the stock cooler 3.6 gigahertz the temp hits 73 degrees when we overclocked it to 4.2 gigahertz the temperature read 88 degrees then we put in the u12 as redux installation is quite simple again noctua is famed for having a relatively easy installation process and the redox is no different at 3.6 gigahertz the max temporary reached was only 60 degrees so that's a massive 13 degree difference from the stock cooler torturing the cpu more we did the overclocking test 4.2 gigahertz and the temperature reached only 72 degrees or a massive 16 degree difference from the stock cooler plus we were able to do something with the u12s redux which the stock cooler couldn't do we pushed the overclock all the way up to 4.4 gigahertz we've actually seen this extreme overclocking in some of the other cpu coolers that we've tested for example the cool as500 plus and so it's a testament to the redox that it can keep up with that kind of quality of cooler at the extreme overclock of 4.4 gigahertz the max temp we reached was 80 degrees there's around 20 performance gain from the base clock speed and 80 degrees is still quite respectable temperature wise you can basically run that all night and day without any problems and it should be noted that amd stuff cooler is no light weight it's quite good for a stock cooler and so the wide difference between the u12 u12s redox and the amd stock cooler again point to the overall performance of the u12s redux but we're not done for the headquarters we changed pieces from the m80x macube 110 we decided to try it out in the fractal design define r6 because why not we love playing around with noctua and the r6 comes in white so we thought let's let's see like just aesthetically i bet that gray would pop in the all white case so we expected the temperatures to be cooler because larger cases and ours is quite a large case large cases usually perform better because all of that extra space allows more heat to dissipate you know not everything is crowded together and that's what we saw for the oc test 4.2 gigahertz we reached a maximum temperature of 70 degrees at the extreme overclock of 4.4 gigahertz all variables still being equal we hit a max step of 78 degrees so that's roughly around the 2 degree difference between what we were seeing from the macu 110 into the larger r60 but we're still not done as nokwa also sent over the nafk1 redux kit which is basically the add-on fan for the cpu cooler so we tested it in the r6 test setup and with the two fans set up at the normal speed of 3.6 gigahertz we got a max temperature of 57 degrees which is 5 degrees cooler than the single fan setup at the overclocks of 4.2 and 4.4 gigahertz we got a temperature difference of two degrees so on the one fan set up the 4.2 gigahertz hit the maximum again of 70 degrees with the two fan setup it was 68 degrees and with the two fans set up at 4.4 gigahertz we hit a max temperature of 76 degrees so there is a noticeable performance increase with the second fan and that is quite easy to install to the rear of the cooler as well so this retails for around 50 dollars and does this cooler justify removing solid in the way that we think about notwa and yeah i think it does this guy is super solid and for fifty dollars that's a great price for this kind of performance it is the redox line but it still lives up to the noctua name the knockoff quality feel good i was really impressed with this thing but we have to add another pero the thing is yes it's 50 pero available and it would be great if it comes out of msrp here at 50 i do not know and it's coming to our shores but if you can get it at the suggested retail price then this is a very solid cooler and we'd actually like to carry it here at hardware sugar i guess i need to pressure our supplier now so badass nhu 12s redux solid thanks for watching and thank you to our top fans now for the name thank you to liam ian meru richard don kinko itx addict john ruben ocha christian espinoza and rafael james thank you for supporting the channel\n"
