Noctua presents NH-L9

[Lil' ½ Dead]

Vienna, October 23rd 2012 - Noctua today presented its new NH-L9i and NH-L9a low profile CPU coolers for Intel and AMD. At a super-low profile of only 37mm, the NH-L9 coolers are ideal for extremely slim cases and with footprints tailored to the respective socket keep-out zones, they provide full compatibility with tall RAM modules and VGA cards on mini-ITX mainboards. Topped off with the new NF-A9x14 PWM premium fan, the NH-L9 coolers fuse everything users have come to expect from Noctua's larger coolers into a super-compact package for slim HTPC systems.

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[SamCR3]

Now that's pretty darn cool. Thanks for the post.

[PoLoMoTo]

Doesn't look too bad for a low profile air cooler

[Drdeath]

+++++1

Doesn't look too bad for a low profile air cooler

Looks like my stubby fingers will have a hard time installing.

[Solara2xb]

Wow, interesting cooler... Installed looks to be interesting with this one...

[SamCR3]

It is probably a real pain to install, but I bet it works great. And it's intended for the type of system we would mess around with much once it's assembled. Thus, performance and size are probably way more important than ease of installation. JMO.

[Solara2xb]

This is more of a Small form factor heatsink like in ITX cases for HTPC or Lan PCs..

[SamCR3]

This is more of a Small form factor heatsink like in ITX cases for HTPC or Lan PCs..

Yep. That's why I don't think ease of installation will be a huge issue. An HTPC isn't the type of rig you'd be messing around with a lot. It's more of a build it and forget it type of set up.