Black versions of the Noctua NH-12A CPU cooler, and the NF-12x25 fans are now available. These 'chromax.black' products have been on Noctua's roadmap for quite some time but, eagerly anticipated as they are, have only just been released to retail. On the delay, Noctua commented that changing a product colour isn't as trivial as it sounds, especially when it is "fine-tuned to the most minute details". Furthermore, it had to face pandemic-related delays. Bit-Tech reviewed the Noctua NH-U12A in its traditional brown and cream livery in May 2019 (where it gained a 'Bit-Tech Exceptional' star rating. Noctua says that this is the very same product "fusing best-in-class cooling performance with superb quietness of operation and outstanding compatibility," just this time it is in black - all black – that includes fans, plastics, and metal parts. As we near the Intel ADL-S era, Noctua assures us that its latest SecuFirm2 multi-socket mounting system supports not only AM4, and LGA1200, but LGA1700, too.…