Noctua NH-L9x65 chromax.black, Premium Low-Profile CPU Cooler (65mm, Black)

Used when putting an ITX board into a shuttle XPC case. It snuggled nicely under my power supply and is dealing quietly and very happily with my Intel i7-14000 processor when doing CAD and photo editing work. It looks really nice too which is a pity when I have hidden it away!

Small yet powerful, love it

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. 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.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. This was largely because “because I could”. 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.

Very quiet (as usual from Noctua) and no problems keeping an AMD Ryzen 7 - 7800X3D within temperature limits.

Product itself is perfect. One of the rib is kinda loose which might be because of shipping. It came long way to me in just product box. No extra protection which might be dangerous.

Better than the cheaper ones