Noctua launches its low profile NH-D12L dual tower cooler

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We’re big fans of Noctua coolers here at PC Gamer. The company’s coolers are usually among our top air-cooling picks(opens in new tab). The NH-P1 is a particular favourite(opens in new tab) of several of the PC Gamer team, myself included.

So it's easy to see why we're so excited that Noctua has launched its new NH-D12L dual tower cooler(opens in new tab). Its key characteristic is its reduced height. At 145mm tall, it’s a lot easier to incorporate it into builds compared to the 160mm NH-D15. The more compact NH-D12L is still able to include round frame 120mm fan support.

While the height of the cooler prevents it from fitting into a truly small form factor build, it’s compact enough to allow compatibility with many mITX and mATX cases, as its vertical height is less than or equal to most full size graphics cards once you factor in some additional clearance for PCIe power cables. Even some ATX cases that aren’t able to accommodate very large tower coolers should be able to fit the NH-D12L.

Interestingly, Noctua mentions compatibility with AMD's upcoming socket AM5(opens in new tab). It states compatibility with Intel LGA1700/LGA1200/LGA115x and AMD AM4/AM5 based motherboards thanks to its highly regarded SecuFirm2 multi-socket mounting system.

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The NH-D12L's twin towers are different sizes. The slimmer of the two is designed to allow compatibility with tall RAM modules. Noctua says that the NH-D12L is able to beat 92mm class coolers as well as larger 120mm designs such as the NH-U12S. All things considered, the NH-D12L