Raised edges are integrated into the fin itself to secure the clips. It clips on the outside of the fan and goes around the side of the heatsink fins. This is the same fin system employed by Noctua for quite a while, as they keep the fan sturdily mounted to the heatsink. The single fan on the NH-U12S redux is held on with two wire clips that are easy to remove. The downside to this is you are not going to get much, if any, airflow in the area between the contact base and the first cooling fin generated by the intake fan, since it does not extend into this area.
#WIRE HANG REDUX FULL#
With a clearance of approximately 4cm from the bottom of the base to the lowest fin, Noctua mentions this cooler has full compatibility with the modern Intel and AMD sockets without any interference with memory modules. This CPU cooler is aligned, so when the single fan is attached in its default position, there is no part hanging over into other areas on the motherboard like the RAM slots or the first PCI Express slot underneath. The 0.54 square meters of surface area, combined with a NF-P12 redux fan, should be able to deliver very good heat dissipation performance, but we will see if this statement is true on the next page. The heatpipes are aligned in an alternating manner to spread out the heat in the single array of radiating fins. The heatpipes are supposed to efficiently lead the heat away from its source due to the low heat of vaporization, or phase change energy, of alcohol. This effectively makes eight heatpipes in total. From the base where the metal makes contact with the processor, four continuous U-shaped heatpipes lead away from the CPU contact, splitting into two sides of the same radiator to dissipate the heat. One change here is that Noctua reduced the number of heatpipes by one. The NH-U12S redux is symmetrical, as it is slim enough to avoid overhanging into the memory area.
At 158 mm in height, this is probably out of the question for use in slimmer media computer cases, but should be fine for most mid-tower ATX cases. With the single included fan installed, the depth increases to 71 mm. It measures 158 mm in height, 125 mm in width, and 45 mm in depth. Taking a step back, the Noctua NH-U12S redux dimensions are what you might expect. Most of the weight can be attributed to the material choices of the heatsink itself, as you will also find out later. For some perspective, a typical Intel stock cooler is a lightweight at 330g, while the AMD Wraith Prism stock cooler weighs 582g. From my calculation, the total surface area of the cooling fins combined is close to 0.54 square meters, which is unsurprisingly the same as the vanilla NH-U12S.Īt a total mass of 755g with the single included fan installed, the Noctua NH-U12 redux maintains the same weight as the original once again, which is not a surprise.
The spacing in between each fin is approximately 2.0mm. There is a total of fifty fins on the radiator. Both of these optimize the ability to permit airflow in between the fins while reducing the resistance and noise, all while only negligibly decreasing the heatsink surface area. There are also a few zigzagged teeth on both sides of the metal fin edges. There is a slight V-shaped slope towards the middle on both sides.
The heatsink is made out of aluminum, with some copper and nickel elements dispersed throughout the unit.įrom the top, Noctua has implemented a hybrid approach in the leading edges of the heatsink fans. I do appreciate the original silver look, but this also has no standard Noctua owl logo you would find on their standard and chromax.black lineup. As we have already reviewed the NH-U12S, the more subtle differences here start at the top with the extra aluminum plate at this top with the redux branding engraved on it. As such, this is like other U-series Noctua coolers, with a single stack of fins and several heatpipes going through it. Physical Look - Hardware InstallationĪs expected from the name and Noctua's press material, the Noctua NH-U12S redux is looks very similar to the original Noctua NH-U12S.
0 kommentar(er)
