If you have a significant height restriction for the maximum CPU cooler that your case can accommodate (e.g. in HTPC cases), the Noctua NH-L12S, along with the NH-C14S, is the best option for cooling your processor. It comes with the classically efficient and at the same time...quiet Noctua fan, and the build quality is consistently flawless as we have come to expect from Noctua. The price is reasonable. I have no complaints whatsoever! It cools an Intel Core i5-9600K in a SilverStone Grandia HTPC case, which is accompanied by a GTX 1080 Ti, with the cooler fan running at only 50%, and even with 100% CPU load 24/7, no core ever exceeds 60C! The case is aided by just 2 SilverStone fans next to the processor, which are set at 45% to gradually dissipate the heat from inside. It is highly recommended for any case that cannot fit any of the U12S, D14, D15 coolers.

Her placement is a torture. I spat blood on the am4 socket, and I couldn't place it as I wanted. I changed its orientation, after repeated screwing and unscrewing, and with great difficulty, it finally fit. The screws with the springs it has don't hold. The problem is real and in the company's videos, they present everything very easily. No connection. After filling the CPU with paste from all the inserting and removing, since I don't know how much strain the processor and motherboard have endured, I consider this product unacceptable. I bought it considering it to be the most quality company from what I had read. I have no opinion on performance and I really don't care much. I don't know what damage all this trouble will have caused to my computer.