Cooling them Hotties

[Dirk Broer]

When my Ryzen 5 2400G arrived I double-checked whether I received the right cooler, as it was just so small...In fact smaller than the stock cooler that came with my Ryzen 5 3400G.
So I decided to buy a better cooler and let the 2400G cooler cool my A12-9800GE, because that came with an even smaller cooler -about the size of the coolers of the Asrock A300 barebone series (that have a maximum cooler height of just 46mm, you'd need to take off the outer ring from the 2400G cooler).
My choice fell on the Noctua NH-U12S SE-AM4 -the AM4 only version. For the future I think of buying the Noctua NH-U12S -for all contemporary consumer sockets, and the Noctua NH-U12S Redux as well to cool my other 65 Watt TDP AM4 systems. Linus Sebastian (of the YouTube Tech Tips) was very enthusiastic about the Noctua NH-U12S Redux -in Canada $20 cheaper than the standard version -but here it is just 10 Euro's difference for an extra heat pipe, less noise and more cables, amongst them the L.N.A. cable...the L.N.A. cable is included in the NA-FK1 Redux upgrade fan though, specially made for the NH-U12S Redux. There is also a Noctua NH-U12S Chromax Black, but that performs slightly less and costs 20 Euro's more.

Type	Fan Size in mm	Noctua's Standardised Performance Rating (NSPR)	Max. airflow m3/h	Max. airflow m3/h with L.N.A.	Max. acoustical noise dB(A)	Max. acoustical noise dB(A) with L.N.A.	Price in Euro's
Tower model coolers
NH-D15 SE-AM4	2x 140	183	140.2	115.5	24.6	19.2	100
NH-U14S 2x NF-A15 PWM	2x 140	179	140.2	115.5	24.6	19.2	104
NH-D15S	140	167	140.2	115.5	24.6	19.2	90
NH-U14S	140	162	140.2	115.5	24.6	19.2	80
NH-U12A	2x 120	169	102.1	84.5	22.6	18.8	109
NH-D12L	120	143	102.1	84.5	22.6	18.8	90
NH-U12S Redux+NA-FK1	2x 120	129+	120.2	115.5	25.1	19.2	72
NH-U12S SE-AM4	120	129	93.4	74.3	22.4	18.6	70
NH-U12S Redux	120	129	120.2		25.1		54
NH-D9L 3x NF-A9 PWM	3x 92	134+	78.9	62.6	22.8	16.3	87
NH-D9L 2x NF-A9 PWM	2x 92	134	78.9	62.6	22.8	16.3	68
NH-U9S 2x NF-A9 PWM	2x 92	118	78.9	62.6	22.8	16.3	77
NH-U9S	92	93	78.9	62.6	22.8	16.3	59
NH-D9L	92	88	78.9	62.6	22.8	16.3	50
Top-Down coolers
Noctua NH-C14S	140	119	140.2	115.5	24.6	19.2	75
Noctua NH-L12S	120	88	94.2	70.8	23.9	16.8	60
Noctua NH-L9x65 SE-AM4	92	67	57.5	40.8	23.6	14.8	60
NH-L9a-AM4	92	61	57.5	40.8	23.6	14.8	47

L.N.A.=Low Noise Adapter