Review on Noctua NH-D9L: High-Performance CPU Cooler with NF-A9 92mm Fan (Brown) by Joseph Marshall

I bought this to build my home server which uses an AMD 3600. I've done many Ryzen builds and they tend to get very hot due to their power consumption, probably because of 7nm. Even with AMD's best stock coolers, they have a hard time keeping 6-core chips from hitting their 85C limit super-fast under AVX workloads. But the Noctua series does a great job of keeping it under control and running longer at higher clock speeds. I've done several builds with NH-D15 on 3700x, 3900x and 3950x. It's a great cooler, but it's MASSIVE and EXPENSIVE! A second 140 mm fan is also not suitable in many cases. The CPU height was listed incorrectly in my server case, so I figured taller tower coolers wouldn't fit. After doing some research I found this little guy and now it's my favorite $50 cool thing. At half the price of the NH-D15 and only slightly more than the Cooler Master 212, this is a fantastic option! The fastening system is easy to use, both during assembly and disassembly. It suits many uses and won't break the bank. Based on my experience I would say that its cooling capabilities are similar to the Cooler Master 212 but with a smaller and quieter fan (92mm). Also, it looks cool except for the ugly brown fan. (Seriously, Noctua, your black fans look great, just swap to them.) For anyone looking for a good quality, compact tower cooler, this is a fantastic option!