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Performance

I used SiSoftsandra’s built in Burn in tool to stress the system and the idle temperatures were measured during internet browsing and minor computer activity.

• All the temperatures were measured using Speed fan.
• All these temperatures were measured with a room temperature of around 21 degrees Celsius.
• And the results are displayed in Celsius

System used

• Intel Pentium E6300 with Arctic Silver 5
• Asus P5B
• 2x 1GB PC6000 CL4.0 HyperX
• Sapphire X1950Pro with Arctic Silver Ceramic
• 1x 74gb WD Raptor HDD
• 1x NEC DVD Burner

The Noctua NH-C12P can be compared with the Enzotechnology Ultra-X which we reviewed in the past (link). The Noctua NH-C12P performs similar to the Enzotech Ultra-X at low speed, it’s dead on but it comes a bit short when the Ultra-X is spinning at full speed. The Ultra-X spits out 82CFM at its highest speed (with more noise though) and the Noctua fan only 54CFM. But the Noctua NH-C12P is much more quiet of course. Overall the Noctua C12P performs really well and does that at almost no noise at all!

*No over clocking temperatures were added, the results are identical to this graph, but only higher.

Overall the Noctua is a solid performer at almost no noise at all. It’s barely hearable and that’s what I like about this cooler. The Noctua NH-C12P looks the part and it comes with all the bits and pieces to make it work with any modern motherboard out there. The level of cooling is similar for each of these coolers and especially on higher end systems it’s more of an issue how much can a cooler like this take, without having to increase the rpm of the fan. The E6300 that I’m using is nothing compared to the much hotter quad cores but if you’re looking for a high quality cooler that’s able to keep up with any cpu that’s out there with almost no noise than this is the way to go.

Final Verdict

• Easy Installation
• The Looks
• High quality finish
• High compatibility
• Dead silent
• Extra’s are useful (TIN, (U)L.N.A cables)