NH-L9x65, Quiet High-Performance Low-Profile CPU Cooler

This replaced a Scythe Shuriken, in Silverstone ITX case, socket 1155, with a second generation i5 rated at 77 watts. The Scythe is also low profile but was large enough to touch the memory on one side, and it blocked the PCI slot at the other, thus making it impossible to install a graphics card. This comes in exemplary packaging, a sort of double box, which makes damage in transit just about impossible. It also includes a long screwdriver and thermal paste. There are two separate packages of materials, for AMD and for Intel. It turned out to be harder than expected to release the Scythe, which made me wonder how on earth I had managed to get it installed in the first place. You have to turn the usual plastic Intel rods anti-clockwise, and in the tiny space available this is quite awkward. The contrast with the Noctua system of fastening is very striking, and I will never use a cooler with the plastic push rod system again. I was thinking of using the Scythe on another build, but after seeing the contrast with the Noctua mounting system am having second thoughts and may drop it off at a charity shop instead! To install, you have to take everything out and lift up the main board enough to be able to fit the backplate. This is very simple, you just push the bolts up through the main board holes, then drop it back and attach the mounting strips on the top side using some knurled nuts, which you tighten up fairly gently with a cross head screwdriver. The result is a very solid mounting base. The instructions are very clear. The mounting strips can be installed on either pair of sides, and depending which way you do it, the heat sink will be differently oriented. The difference is that the heat pipes project a few mm on two of the sides, so if space is very crowded you might need to choose one way rather than the other. It is however so compact that at least on my own installation it comfortably cleared the memory and the PCI socket whichever way it was oriented. In terms of vertical clearance, my own installation is in a Sugo5 case, using a Silverstone power supply. This is a little larger than a standard ITX supply and projects out over the cpu. The Noctual fits with a couple of centimeters clearance under the PSU. The PSU is mounted with the fan at the top, so it vents externally through the top of the case. It also is just about silent. On the front of the case there is a large Noctua case fan, also very low noise. I cleaned off the old thermal paste from the processor using cotton buds and surgical spirit, then finished off with paper towel dipped in surgical spirit. Apply a small heap of the Noctual thermal past in the center of the processor, then remove the plastic cover on the contact plate and drop it onto the processor. The backplate and mounting strips are very robust, and the method of attaching the heat sink matches. There are two threaded rods which project upwards from the mounting strips. Two spring loaded sockets project downwards from the heat sink, and you attach these to the rods using a cross head screwdriver. It is not necessary to remove the fan for this, you can reach through the fan blades. To connect, you can use the low noise adaptor. I did not bother and doubt it will be necessary for many people. The reason I didn't is that the processor is a little out of spec for this cooler, high by about 12 watts. Its now mounted with plenty of space around it for access to the rest of the board, and the questions are noise and temperature. In terms of noise, its just about inaudible. I am not doing any very demanding graphics work or anything that will really stress the processor, but in normal use of office or home media applications its inaudible. So far its never risen to any audible level. Cooling is exemplary. Its at least as good as the Scythe, and quieter with it. Temps at idle are in the high thirties, rising to the low forties on one or two cores in use, and as I say, in just about complete silence. Writing this for instance the hottest cores are 38 and the cpu fan is at zero. If I were assembling an ITX today, I'd, get a Silverstone 13 case, mount the biggest Noctua fan it will take in the front, use a 35 watt processor, a smaller power supply, and cool it with one of these. It will be silent and low power and will last forever. Reservations? None. There is a comment in these reviews that the supplied screwdriver is chromed down to the tip, and that small bits peel off in use. It is indeed chromed, and just to be safe I used a standard cross head screwdriver with bare metal tip in most of the installation, but I used the supplied on on a couple of the heads with no problem. To anyone considering this I would say just get it. Its a real quality item, does exactly what its supposed to, well designed and built and great performance.

Used this on a small PC build, on a MATX motherboard. The cooler is nice and small, so fits anything. For my motherboard (an Asus) there was tons of room for the RAM and large heat-sinks the motherboard has. There was also plenty of clearance from the M2 slot, which makes a pleasant change. Being Noctua, it is expensive, but the quality is high. It arrived well packed, with everything you need, including a long reach screwdriver. There are instructions inside, and also plenty of videos online. Instructions are very clear and precise. It assembles easily and with little chance of a mistake. The backplate is metal, not cheap plastic. The only difficulty is trying to get the tension in the two main screws about the same. It mentions how to tighten up the screws in the video. In short, tighten them until they stop moving but do not use a lot of force. As soon as they stop moving, they are done. Everything does as it should. Mounted normally, the cooler blows air out of the left and right sides. But the fan slightly overlaps the top and bottom, so it blows some cold air down those sides too. So all sides get air, which is good for surrounding components, especially any M2 SSD you have fitted. I ended up replacing the 15mm fan with a 25mm fan. The Noctua NF-A9 PWM chromax black. It’s basically the same fan as supplied with the cooler, but 25mm thick instead of 15mm. It happened there was enough room, so why not? I didn’t measure the difference, but the NF-A9 Static Pressure is better than 50% more so it must make a significant difference. Oh, and by the way, 25mm fans do fit because Noctua are really clever and there are two sets of indents on the heat-sink so the fan clips work with both sizes of fan. This is a mid-range cooler, and I think it's real strength lies in the fact that it is so small, it won't have many compatibility issues. It is not the most powerful cooler, but for low power builds it's perfect. Highly recommended.

The Noctua NH-L9x65 is a high-performance CPU cooler that is perfect for use in small form factor (SFF) systems or any other system where space is at a premium. The NH-L9x65 is only 65mm tall and features a compact design that makes it easy to install in tight spaces. Despite its small size, the NH-L9x65 is able to provide excellent cooling performance. The cooler features a high-quality 92mm fan that runs at a low noise level and has a maximum speed of 2500 RPM. The cooler also comes with a low-noise adapter that can be used to reduce the fan's speed and noise even further. The build quality of the NH-L9x65 is also excellent, it's well-constructed and feels very sturdy. I've been using this cooler for a few months now and it's been working great, keeping my CPU cool and quiet. If you're looking for a high-performance, compact CPU cooler that is easy to install, I highly recommend the Noctua NH-L9x65.

Fantastic quality heatsink and fan as always from Noctua. I wouldn't buy anything else. All of my Noctua reviews will have a star knocked off until they stop including that terrible dangerous screwdriver. The included screwdriver is needed if you want to mount the heatsink to your motherboard without detaching the fan (as it's skinny and long). The problem is it has a very poor quality chrome plating that flakes off on the first use. If you're not very careful you'll end up with conductive chrome flecks on your motherboard just waiting to cause a short and kill it as soon as you power your nice new machine on. It didn't need the chrome coating - be careful. It's a shame as my first Noctua (over 3 years ago) also came with the same terrible screwdriver which flaked chrome that time as well so they've had long enough to fix it. You should still only buy Noctua.

Converted to the itx build life. Settled a while back on a wood build. This colour scheme from Noctua ticked all the boxes. Extremely impressed with the noise, size and overall performance of this cooler. Very happy with my purchase. Yes it’s more expensive then other options but couldn’t being happier with my choice.

I got this cooler as it was the latest cooler which has the best performance for its size. I am using it in a small form factor case, the cooler master elite 130, which only has a max clearance of actual measured 72mm from the motherboard to the top of the psu unit. Coolermaster states in the specs the max clearance for the cpu cooler is 65mm and this heatsink with the attached fan is 65mm tall, so this is the largest cooler you can fit in the elite130. The cooler is designed to sit in the Intel stock fan area of the motherboard, therefore it doesn't obstruct any ram slots or the PCI express slot, or any other components for that matter. The clearance from the ram slot on my asus z97i plus mini itx board is 2-3mm. I am getting idle temps at 3.1ghz of 37-39C, at heavy load non gaming max 60C and at full load with prime95 running at max 3.8ghz 91 to 92C, all within safe limits of my haswell i5. It's silent at idle, just about audible at load and loud at max throttle, which is as expected, I am running it in PWM standard mode. This is probably the best air cooler you can buy at 65mm tall, and that's exactly what I wanted, the best air cooler for the restricted space I had in the elite 130. I was initially going to buy the corsair h80i cooler but changed my mind as I wanted hassle free and long term reliability of an air cooler over a water cooler as I believe there's too many things that can go wrong over time in a water block such as pump failure, pump noise, leakage etc, besides this cooler is half the price of the h80i! Highly recommended small form factor cpu cooler! Coolermaster elite 130 Asus z97i plus mini itx motherboard Haswell i5 3.1ghz to 3.8ghz cpu Kingston hyperX savage 2x4gb 1866mhz Samsung 850evo 500gb ssd Corsair hx520 psu DVD writer W7 64bit

I have been recently racking up two I7 4790 setups and I was looking for a descent CPU fan. It had to be: - efficient in terms of cooling, - fairly low profile to suit 3U rack case, and - quiet. I was torn between Shadow Rock LP and Noctua NH-L9x65. I used Noctua's fans for case cooling in the past so I went for the latter. As I could expect it was a good choice. The fan comes with AMD/Intel mounting kits, thermal paste, extension and splitting cables and Noctua case badge. There are manuals of course to allow user properly assembly and fit the component. The heat sink is fairly heavy and the CPU contact area is generous. Mounting system, as advertised, fits different mother board layouts without problems. Cooling efficiency is very good. Both systems operate with CPU temp between 24C to 28C idle/light use (20C ambience temp). I have recorded maximum of 38C (CPU) when the systems were heavily stressed by Photoshop or Studio One/Cubase projects. At this point I would like to note that the noise levels were very low/low under the CPU stress test. I do not have time nor inclination for carrying out scientific test but having built many desktops over last 20 years I have to say that this one is a clear winner to me. I would recommend it without blinking an eye.

Maybe I have been too submersed in family life to not have noticed Noctua products before but WOW is all I can say. I have been building PC for friends and family for years now and I have used a variety of big brands but now my attention is drawn to Noctua. I wanted to transfer my old gaming machine into a HTPC unit so that I could use it in the livingroom. I needed to replace a Cooler Master Seidon 120V (water cooled heat-sink) as it was making a real din after only a year of light use. The Noctua NH-L9x95 was my choice this time after reading the reviews on here and I am glad I listened. From the packaging to build you will be impressed with it. Everything you need to install is in the box, top quality thermal paste, long reach screw driver, power cable couple (3 and 4 pin) and a choice of mounting options. The instructions are clear and concise making the product ideal for new builders to the experienced. The noise levels are extremely low and only on power on do you hear the fan stir into action. If you want quality and low noise levels then I cant recommend his enough. You even get a super cool Noctua metal case badge to wear with pride. Thank you Noctua !

Keeps the 5600G of my HTPC 7 decrees celsius colder than the stock cooler and is a lot quieter.

Uno dei dissipatori migliori a questo prezzo, forse non il più bello esteticamente, ma esiste anche la versione black per davvero pochi euro in più. Silenziosissimo, e rispetto al dissipatore stock a carico massimo ho in media poco più di 10 gradi in meno. Può essere utilizzato anche per un leggero overclock della cpu in qualche caso, ma per l'overclock si dovrebbe comprare il noctua che sta al doppio del prezzo e se si ha un case/scheda madre che consento il montaggio, è ingombrante. Io l'ho montato su una gigabyte z370, ci entra benissimo. Consiglio di montarlo in 2 persone, e se non avete il case aperto dietro, e avete già montato il pc, dovete smontare tutto, siccome ha la "griglia"dietro. Montaggio spiegato passo per passo davvero molto bene in un comodissimo e piccolo libretto di istruzioni. in oltre nel pacco sono inclusi anche il cacciavite e pasta termica della noctua, non la migliore in assoluto, ma comunque è davvero molto buona. Assolutamente consigliato come prodotto, silenziosità e basse temperature, uno dei migliori best buy, se non vi interessano colori e lucine, ma una dissipazione che funziona davvero.

元使っていたCooler Masterのクーラーが劣化のせいか、かなりの騒音を発するようになったのでこちらを購入 製品自体すごく静音でCPUもしっかり冷えますが… 製品の箱の角がちょーつぶれてて(結構な圧力が掛かった様な感じに)ちょービビった 梱包用の段ボール自体は変形したりしていなかったので発送する前につぶれたんですかね?? 気になる方は気を付けたほうがいいです

📝 DESCRIPCIÓN Disipador de alto rendimiento con diseño compacto y bajo perfil, ideal para sistemas pequeños y silenciosos. En Amazon hay otros modelo de la misma marca, con un perfil más bajo: https://amzn.to/3BxCGp8 🧾 ESPECIFICACIONES - Dimensiones: 95 x 95 x 65 mm (con ventilador) - Peso: 413 g (con ventilador) - Material: Base y heat-pipes de cobre, aletas de aluminio, niquelado - Velocidad máxima del ventilador: 2500 RPM - Nivel de ruido: 23,6 dB - Caudal de aire: 57,5 m³/h - Compatibilidad: Intel LGA1851, LGA1700, LGA1200, LGA115x; AMD AM5 y AM4 - Garantía: 6 años 📦 CONTENIDO - Ventilador NF-A9x14 PWM - Adaptador de reducción de ruido (L.N.A.) - Pasta térmica NT-H1 - Sistema de montaje SecuFirm2 para Intel y AMD - Case-Badge metálico de Noctua 💶 PRECIO - 9 de Diciembre de 2024: 59,90€ 🟢 PROS • Altura de 65 mm, ideal para cajas compactas. • Compatible con RAM y ranuras PCIe en ITX. • Funcionamiento silencioso con control PWM. • Materiales duraderos y de alta calidad. • Instalación sencilla con sistema SecuFirm2. 8️⃣ VALORACIÓN Este modelo es una muy buena opción para quienes necesiten un disipador compacto y eficiente. Tiene una altura de 65 mm, por lo que tiene una capacidad de refrigeración mayor que otros disipadores de perfil bajo como el NH-L9i, manteniendo unas dimensiones de 95 x 95 mm. Esta característica lo hace completamente compatible con módulos RAM de gran tamaño y con tarjetas PCIe en placas base mini-ITX. Este ventilador viene con control automático de velocidad que garantiza que la CPU se mantenga fresca sin generar ruido innecesario. La marca Noctua utiliza materiales de gran calidad, como la base de cobre, las aletas de aluminio y el niquelado, para asegurar una transferencia de calor y durabilidad. En el pack, nos viene un tubo de pasta térmica y el un sistema de colocación que se adapta tanto a procesadores Intel como AMD. ✅ CONCLUSIÓN Un disipador de bajo perfil robusto y silencioso, con excelente compatibilidad y calidad. Perfecto para sistemas compactos con cargas térmicas moderadas. 👍 RECOMENDABLE. ✳️ Espero que mi comentario ✍️ te haya podido servir de ayuda 😃

Everything is missing.. the toolkit was missing.. the screws were missing.. the cooler was used and had a thermal compound on it.. the thermal compound itself was missing ..n the main Mount was missing.. it shipped from Calcutta XRIG sales ..