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Review on Noctua NH-U9S: Exceptional Premium 🧱 CPU Cooler with NF-A9 92mm Fan (Brown) by Joseph Morris

Revainrating 5 out of 5

If you plan on overclocking and don't want water cooling, this is for you.

I've been a Noctua fan for years. A fan I bought from another manufacturer fell apart within a year. I have never had a broken Noctua fan and have been using them for 5 years now. As you can see from the attached image I have LOTS of fans in this build: 9 if you count two in this kit. . I didn't use noise limiter buttons as I want this build to run at its best. What other fans do I need? I've been craving Chromax fans (it would be an epic build with them), but they're as rare as hen's teeth and I was in a hurry. How good is this kit? I'm seeing temperatures around the 50s (Celsius) with an Intel i-7 10700K overclocked to 5GHz. I almost never heard the fans run at full speed while gaming (Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 4 both hit 11), and when I was running on desktop, temperatures rarely rose above 35 degrees Celsius. Remember to tighten the mounting screws more than enough to hold the first side in place when attaching the fans to the brackets for the first time. If you turn the screwdriver further, you will no longer be able to fasten the other side because the angle between the screw and the fastening thread is too large to overcome. Trust me, it's VERY frustrating when you go past what seems like a very small distance. Also, it's heavy, so make sure you have a solid motherboard! I cannot recommend this kit enough. SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 64GB (2x32GB) 288-pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600 Mobo: MSI MEG Z490 ACE Gaming Motherboard (ATX, 10th Gen Intel Core, LGA 1200 Socket) PSU: Super Flower Leadex Platinum Special Edition 1000W 80+ Platinum GPU: MSI GEFORCE GTX1080 TI GAMING X TRIO (Renewed) x2 (SLI) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S Premium Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL ROG Certified (Silver) ATX Full Tower

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  • CPU fan
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