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Nice review. The AM4 version comes with 2 sets of brackets so that the cooler can be rotated in 90 degree increments to ensure the heat pipes run horizontally with a vertical motherboard installation. With the Noctua A9x25 fan at 76 mm tall with a max 2000 RPM the cooler is even quieter and is my preferred configuration. One other nice feature is that the included fan clips work with both the A9x14 and A9x25 fans.
4:35 Do note supposedly AM4/AM5 mounting is identical, so when he says "grey for AM4, white for everything else" that means AM5 gets the same spacers as AM4, not that AM5 takes different spacers.
Upgraded to the 25mm high 65mm noctua fan on this (comes with a 15mm high 65mm fan stock), and I love it. And yes, it's freaking quiet. Works great, too. Use the noctua nh-2 thermal paste if you got a stick. Or kryonaut thermal grizzly.
Tried that once inside a case where the fan was sandwiched against the mesh panel. Wasn't such a good idea. If you upgrade to the thicker fan, you definitely need an air pocket in front of it
This isn't enormous at all compared to the tower coolers that have become the norm. I would much rather have a good "short" heatsink than put a big thing putting stress on the board and socket! Especially if the computer is going to be shipped or transported. Back in the day, all heatsinks were like this!
Maybe a 13700t with the 25mm high 65mm alternative fan, but that's just my guess. K series would allow you to drop the wattage anyhow. You could just get a 13700k or 13600k and drop the wattage until it's cool enough.
@@STSYT The more subs you get, the more budget you’ll have to review more interesting parts, so it kinda snowballs by itself if you have quality content
Mainly, it would look weird. No, PPC fans are 120/140 only. This is a 92mm fan. So most / a lot of the fan would just hang out of the heatsink. Though that isn't a real problem, it does open a gap for the air to escape without needing to go through a heatsink. So you would loose a significant chunk of "potential" performance. From there, who needs that extra fan performance if the heatsink cannot keep up anyway. We will do a "cpu cooler tuning" in the near future and smash one of Noctua's 25mm thick 92mm fans on this thing. I'm pretty sure that will also be the heatsink's limits. Think of it this way. The reason why there is no 3rd fan on a Dark Rock Pro 4 & NH-D15, is that it wouldn't change anything.
@@STSYTI apologise it was "Peewee EM". I heard it at 2m31 and again at 2m39 and was wondering what it means. Thank you for posting btw. Big fan of Noctua products (yes, pun intended 😉)
I HATE THIS THING It shouldn`t lay down flat blowing air all around the case since we`ve got the stupid GPU cooler to do that as well It should face towards the rear blowing the air out. Which is why GPU`s SHOULD also have the same cooler as CPU`s blowing air to the rear of the case
I have this little cooler.. Its not a monster.. It is small and should fit even in microcases. Runs quiet. I cant hear it. I dont play many games, but games I tried my CPU stayed below 50. Case fans are set to lowest and sometimes when CPU drop to thirtish they just turn off, but thats when the room have not been heated, and it can me unfomfy to sit in a cold room, but if you run some operations on it over night it will be happy when you turn off the heat bringing cpu down to arouns 35. I have Ryzen 5 7500F under this little cooler.
@@ermazargw3908 nope, if you go with a constant oc, unless you want it to sound like a little jet, is just a bit too much, enough for gaming with normal Precisionboost auto OC. I added a 25 mm version of the 15mm fan that is standard, as it was cheaper than get a new cooler. but if you build all new, maybe get smth a little better
It's surprisingly hard to find solo reviews of this cooler, and I'm so happy a detailed channel like yours decided to cover it.
We try to give every product it's own dedicated review, nomatter how small it is. Although compilations are a good thing, details can get missed.
+ Glad you enjoyed it :)
Nice review. The AM4 version comes with 2 sets of brackets so that the cooler can be rotated in 90 degree increments to ensure the heat pipes run horizontally with a vertical motherboard installation. With the Noctua A9x25 fan at 76 mm tall with a max 2000 RPM the cooler is even quieter and is my preferred configuration. One other nice feature is that the included fan clips work with both the A9x14 and A9x25 fans.
I'm wondering if I can use this cooler on a 5800X or is that a stupid idea?
@@Kizarat This is a small cooler. It is really designed for 65 watt TDP chips. You could use it but the CPU is going to get quite warm.
@@marksulloway5669 If I knew the 5700X was going to be released, I would have never bought the 5800X :/
Thank you, I was wondering about the clips!
4:35 Do note supposedly AM4/AM5 mounting is identical, so when he says "grey for AM4, white for everything else" that means AM5 gets the same spacers as AM4, not that AM5 takes different spacers.
Upgraded to the 25mm high 65mm noctua fan on this (comes with a 15mm high 65mm fan stock), and I love it. And yes, it's freaking quiet. Works great, too. Use the noctua nh-2 thermal paste if you got a stick. Or kryonaut thermal grizzly.
Tried that once inside a case where the fan was sandwiched against the mesh panel. Wasn't such a good idea. If you upgrade to the thicker fan, you definitely need an air pocket in front of it
@STS It's Dremel time 😂
This isn't enormous at all compared to the tower coolers that have become the norm. I would much rather have a good "short" heatsink than put a big thing putting stress on the board and socket! Especially if the computer is going to be shipped or transported. Back in the day, all heatsinks were like this!
lovely review, easy to understand. (edit: weird as fuck intro explanation)
do you plan on reviewing the new 140mm silent wings 4?
Of course, it will just take some time cause we wanted to add radiator testing
sorry😅, is this better than noctua nh l12s 😅
is this fit for inwin chopin ?
Would it be a bad idea to cool a Ryzen 5800X with this? I currently have a Noctua NH-C14S which is massive and takes up a lot of space.
Yes, yes this sounds like a bad idea :p
Maybe with a x25 fan on there
@@STSYT I really miss using the AMD Wraith Prism and the L9x65 reminds me of it, which is why I find this cooler so appealing.
do you think axp120-x67 performe better than this one?
No idea, can’t say anything without testing myself, but I’ll put it on my list
Can younpls answer me if this cooler can handle 12700k? With mild overclocking? I have atx motherboard
Do you think it can cool i9 10900K i want to swap to frac design SFX
Nice review! Could this work on a Ryzen 5 5600 (non-x)?
of course, that's a very tame cpu
What's the TDP rating?
Nice review ! Could this work on a Ryzen 7 5700X ?
Installed 5700X yesterday. With the A9x25 fan max temp of 64C with CPU-Z stress test on open test bench.
Could this cool an intel 13900 (non k)?
Maybe a 13700t with the 25mm high 65mm alternative fan, but that's just my guess. K series would allow you to drop the wattage anyhow. You could just get a 13700k or 13600k and drop the wattage until it's cool enough.
This channel has 14k subs but ltt quality
Thanks! Means everything!
Though I think it's the dropping. Every cooler is 1k subs, a GPU is straight up 15k. I need to step my game up
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How does it go when paired with one of their overkill PPC fans that does 3000 rpm?
Mainly, it would look weird.
No, PPC fans are 120/140 only. This is a 92mm fan. So most / a lot of the fan would just hang out of the heatsink. Though that isn't a real problem, it does open a gap for the air to escape without needing to go through a heatsink. So you would loose a significant chunk of "potential" performance. From there, who needs that extra fan performance if the heatsink cannot keep up anyway.
We will do a "cpu cooler tuning" in the near future and smash one of Noctua's 25mm thick 92mm fans on this thing. I'm pretty sure that will also be the heatsink's limits.
Think of it this way. The reason why there is no 3rd fan on a Dark Rock Pro 4 & NH-D15, is that it wouldn't change anything.
Great review, please review Id Coolings IS series, especially is50x v2 😁
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Noctua be like (literally): "We make very pricy products, and make sure our customers are satisfied with it, even with limitations."
It seems to me the only logical option is to mount a Phanteks T30 over that THICC BOY. Even if it requires custom brackets. Great video!
Please, please create a video comparing the 13900 and 13900k. It makes so much sense to make that video, but no one has made it yet.
Is that ok with a 5800x3d ?
Is the NH-L12 or this better?
AXP120-x67.
Quite a thiccc SFF cooler
3:58 do it in case... Pure hell
Applying thermal paste like...
Dude there just shit a bird on you shoulder...
Quick question, what's a 'pee wee es" ?
Can you point me with a timestamp?
@@STSYTI apologise it was "Peewee EM". I heard it at 2m31 and again at 2m39 and was wondering what it means. Thank you for posting btw. Big fan of Noctua products (yes, pun intended 😉)
Swap out the fan for a regular fan 😅
Can this fit in b550i motherboards and the nr200p?
Yes, it will.
If the number is odd you're having a stoke :D
The intro🤣🤣🤣🤣
BUFFED MOOS MOOS !!!
Hitting 100C with a 13600k playing spiderman. Not sure how you got these numbers ....
120w vs 180w I guess
65mm == "ultra" SFF??
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I HATE THIS THING
It shouldn`t lay down flat blowing air all around the case since we`ve got the stupid GPU cooler to do that as well
It should face towards the rear blowing the air out.
Which is why GPU`s SHOULD also have the same cooler as CPU`s blowing air to the rear of the case
This is for SFF builds. Not every case allows for a tower cooler.
For just such a configuration use a Noctua D9L cooler at 110mm height along with a RTX A2000 GPU half height ITX length.
I have this little cooler.. Its not a monster.. It is small and should fit even in microcases. Runs quiet. I cant hear it. I dont play many games, but games I tried my CPU stayed below 50. Case fans are set to lowest and sometimes when CPU drop to thirtish they just turn off, but thats when the room have not been heated, and it can me unfomfy to sit in a cold room, but if you run some operations on it over night it will be happy when you turn off the heat bringing cpu down to arouns 35. I have Ryzen 5 7500F under this little cooler.
mine has been sserving me and my 5600x very well for the last years hha
i also have a 5600x, would you say it keeps it from throttling at full load and OC?
@@ermazargw3908 nope, if you go with a constant oc, unless you want it to sound like a little jet, is just a bit too much, enough for gaming with normal Precisionboost auto OC. I added a 25 mm version of the 15mm fan that is standard, as it was cheaper than get a new cooler. but if you build all new, maybe get smth a little better