Noctua NH-L12 Ghost

SPECIFICATIONS

CPU COOLER	NH-L12 Ghost Edition
DIMENSIONS	150 x 128 x 66 (D x W x H)
MATERIALS	Aluminium (cooling fins) Copper (base and heat-pipes)
COMPATIBILITY	Intel: 115X/1200/1700 AMD: AM4
FANS	1x Noctua NF-B9x25
RAM CLEARANCE	48mm
THERMAL COMPOUND (INCLUDED)	NT-H2

The Noctua NH-L12 Ghost Edition is 66mm tall low profile cooler with 48mm of RAM clearance, thanks to the included 92x25mm fan.

BOX CONTENTS

TEST SYSTEM

Testing was completed on BC1T Open Testbench using the following hardware in 20°C room ambient temperature. CPU cooler fans were set to fixed 35dB(a) noise level at distance of 50cm.

CASE	BC1T Open Testbench
MOTHERBOARD	MSI MAG B660M Mortar WiFi DDR4 (paid link)
CPU	Intel 12700K (paid link)
CPU COOLER	Noctua NH-L12 Ghost Edition (paid link)
PSU	Corsair SF 600 Platinum (paid link)
RAM	Crucial Ballistix, 16GB (2x8GB), 3600MHz, CL16 (paid link)

THERMAL BENCHMARKS

CONCLUSION

Noctua NH-L12 Ghost has good build quality, and has straightforward mounting system. Unfortunately, we found it rather difficult to achieve consistent CPU contact on LGA1700. In some cases resulting in more than 5°C temperature increase vs good mount.

It has quiet operation thanks to the 92x25mm NF-B9 fan. During normal use it was barely audible and even at full speed stayed reasonably quiet.

Noctua includes NT-H2 thermal paste in the box which is very useful and reliable thermal compound.