Noctua NH-U12F heatsink

[adeno]

Browsing around for heatsinks on Jab-tech, I notice this thing which I've never heard of before - the Noctua NH-U12F. Anyone here use this and have anything to say about it? The price appears to be just the same as the other upper end CPU heatsinks available now.

I found this review of the NH-U12F from Bjorn3D and it does better than the Zalman 9500 and Scythe Ninja. With an 8 dbA fan :Q at the lowest setting, is this the cooler for silent systems?

Post your experiences please if you have any. TIA

 

[Shadowknight]

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article295-page1.html This appears to be a review of the same heatsink with a different fan, so you might want to look at the SPCR review anyway.

 

[acegazda]

The noctua is significantly more expensive however. You can get a scythe mine, equivelent to the ninja, for $35 shipped @ newegg.

 

[adeno]

Thanks for that link. Using a different fan, it appears to be not as effective as with Noctua's own fan.. strange. Makes me wonder how other high end heatsinks fare when paired up with the Noctua fan..