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Review on 💡 Noctua NH-U9DX i4 Brown Xeon LGA20xx CPU Cooler: Premium Cooling Solution for Intel Xeon Processors by Ryan Selpasoria

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Supports 100% charging of two XEONS in a 4U chassis at 60°C when encoding/transcoding.

I installed this on my server which has 2x E5-2665 v1. It's housed in a 4U chassis in my closet with no airflow (i.e. I don't have a duct to route AC power into my closet). My processor is running at full capacity and doing a hand baked transcoding to HEVC while people also have access to the server for Plex requests. My CPU never breaks 60C. In fact, I've never seen them heat up to 60°C during transcoding. This is an amazing cooler that comes with dual fans, PWM splitters, PWM extenders, all the tools you need to install on standard and slim sockets, and thermal paste. .I use my Thermal Grizzly rather than the paste that comes with it, but most paste MAYBE give you a few degrees of difference and I feel like a stretch. Anyway, I'm very glad I bought it. And yes, they fit perfectly in the 4U chassis and leave room.

Pros
  • Stylish and modern design
Cons
  • Slightly wrinkled