NoctuaNH-L9i, Premium Low-Profile CPU Cooler for Intel LGA1200 & LGA115x (Brown)

This cooler is just absolutely brilliant, for this review i'm going to structure it abit more than my usual reviews, but i’ll starts from the box, all the way to the product/performanceBox/Unboxing: The box and unboxing experience is very premium, you get some high performance thermal paste to the right, a low noise adaptor on the left, a very very nice metal piece to stick on your case above the cooler, then the cooler itself in the middle with the four mounting screws below that.Thermal Paste: I didn’t use this as i’ve got some other stuff so unfortunately i can’t comment on it, but i looked it up and apparently it's actually pretty good compared to some mainstream pastes like the Arctic MX-4Low Noise Adaptor: Again, i don't use this, but, i can without a doubt say this is not needed at all. Don’t understand why they include this as the fan is by far the quietest fan i’ve ever seen (Or heard haha) im my life, but they do include performance metrics on the box for how the cooler performs with and without the adaptor, but honestly as i said, it's really not needed as the fan is already silent withoutMetal Peice: Not much to say about this, it's like a said really premium, unlike all other companies that just include a crappy sticker, this is actually a piece of metal with some 3m tape included already on the back, all you have to do is peel it and stick it.Cooler/Fan: Very nice fan, cannot put into words how quiet the fan is, i’ve used a lot of fans in my time being on pc and i’ve never heard one as quiet in my life, at 1200rpm you cannot hear it, over fans i’ve tried at that speed sound like jet engines.As for the cooler, it is also very nice and does a good job keeping my CPU cool, nice and low profile and fits perfectly in the Fractal Node 202.Mounting: The mounting process is really easy and simple and what i like best is that there is no backplate, never used a cpu cooler before that doesn’t have a backplate and i must say it's a luxury to havePerformance: As i’ve already said the fan is nice and quiet so i won’t talk about that anymore, so i will now move on to my temperatures.So i have this is the Fractal Node 202 which is a very small form factor case and the cpu fan is the only source of cooling the CPU gets , which by the way is the Intel Pentium G4600 so take those into account, also for thermal paste i'm using Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut and with all these factors in mind i get 30c at idle and at full load i get 60c, not even kidding i’ve never gone past 60c on this CPU which is insane for the setup i have.Overall: It's just a great cooler by a great company, it's very well thought out and you may think £36 is a lot for a CPU cooler but you get a lot included and as i said it's all very premium so when you take all that into account its actually a bargain! 10/10 Highly Recommended!

I first used this with my i5 4690k CPU (non-overclocked) and it made a very high-pitched whine with that CPU because it was at a higher wattage than the CPU was recommended for. I recently sold that and got an i3 instead though I might upgrade soon to Kaby Lake. Keeps my i3 around 50 watts during peak load which is quite good for a CPU though i3's are not especially hot. Even my i5 only reached around 65 degrees during full system load which was very impressive considering it was a 3 year old CPU by the time I got this and was not rated for that CPU initially. Still worked well although it was very noisy and would not recommend with that CPU for long periods of time unless you absolutely have to. The CPU cooler comes with very good thermal paste, a really long warranty, 4 screws, the heatsink and a noctua fan, a fan plug extension to make the cooler extra silent. And it also comes with a Noctua badge that is magnetic and a nice edition to your PC case if you are so inclined to use the badge. The CPU cooler is only 3.2 cm in height so it will fit into practically any PC case on the market. It's also designed to be fully compatible with every kind of ram and GPU out there since some ram sticks have high heatsinks on them which can interfere with wide CPU Cooler's. Basically it is 100% compatible with almost all components and I think it fits most modern motherboards such as AM3+, LGA 1150 and 1151, etc. It doesn't even need a backplate as it has 4 screws that you attach behind the motherboard and they are thumb screws so you don't even need a screwdriver to install it. The installation took me only a few minutes and went off with a hitch. If your case has a big enough motherboard cutout for the CPU cooler that would be even easier cause otherwise you'd have to remove your motherboard like I Did but that is no fault of the cooler manufacturers. Overall this is a very good CPU cooler and I would highly recommend it for Mini-ITX enthusiasts.

I was building a quiet PC for the living room and did not want to spend the money on a HTPC specific case with in-built cooling pipes. The stock cooler was too high and a cheaper small cooler was very loud.This cooler works well - 65W CPU never gets above 60deg even when 100% loaded. It is not absolutely silent, but the hard disk drive is louder!I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because it is expensive, but like me, you may not have a cheaper alternative if you need to fit a PC in a small quiet case.

The Noctua NH-L9i is a premium low-profile CPU cooler designed for Intel LGA115x/1200 sockets, perfect for compact builds like HTPCs and small form factor systems. With a height of only 37mm, it fits effortlessly into slim cases while ensuring excellent cooling performance. Its 95x95mm footprint avoids interference with tall RAM modules and PCIe slots, enhancing compatibility. Renowned for its quiet operation, the NH-L9i includes a high-quality NF-A9x14 fan and NT-H1 thermal paste, making it a reliable and efficient cooling solution for any compact build.modify the bracket and it fits in a Microserver Gen8. perfect for cooling that upgraded cpu

Top Quality cooler!! Even on higher speed its almost not noticable. And it keeps the CPU tempreture impressively under control especially considering its low profile size.Wouldn't use it for any Intel i7's or i9's, but if you looking for i5 cooler, you found it.