Noctua or Noctua?

[nbat58]

Hey guys.

I can't decide between these two coolers (Noctua NH-C12P or NH-U9B SE2), I have a small case (Arctic Silentium T2) only 180mm wide, intending to use with Gigabyte EX58-UD3R and an Intel i7 920, hopefully overclocking.

The NH-U9B SE2 comes with two 92mm fans and the NH-C12P come with one 120mm, not sure which of the two perform better.

The reason I have chose the above is that they both are under 150mm high, welcome other suggestions.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Icejon]

I would go for the Noctua NH-C12P since it should be quieter with a single 120mm fan. I haven't had any experience with Noctua, but I generally don't like that they use wire clips for their fan mounting instead of rigid mounting.