Noctua NH-C12P CPU Cooler Review

Contents & Packaging

The packaging, as with all Noctua coolers, is very clean cut and stylish with their symbolism blue, brown and red colour scheme setting them apart from the competition. The front has a small window giving a glimpse of the NF-P12 fan inside.

The features are bullet pointed at the top and the side has a few diagrams on how to install the cooler.

The back has each of the six features in much more detail accompanied by small images and some information on the vortex cut notches of the NF-P12 below. The final side of the packaging is left for multi-lingual purposes with lots of translations and Noctua couldn’t help but put a big box at the bottom showing off all the awards the cooler has achieved!

The accessories come bundled into three different see through plastic sleeves: one for Intel CPU installation, one for AMD CPU installation and one for common parts such as the heat paste. Of course there is also a fold out step-by-step guide for installing the NH-C12P.

In the common parts back are the following bits and pieces:

• Noctua NT-H1 thermal paste
• Fan clips
• Rubber strips (for the fan installation)
• LNA and ULNA adapters
• Screws

The LNA (low-noise-adapter) and ULNA (ultra-low-noise-adapter) are Noctua’s alternative to a fan controller. Despite not having the versatility of a fan controller they are much simpler to use as they are simply resistance wires that restrict the voltage flow and thus reduce fan speeds. Also they do not need to be mounted in the case, like a fan controller does.