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NH-U9B SE2
With the Hyper 212 + in mind, however, the U9B SE2 actually keeps up quite nicely with it for cooling purposes. Running on an AMD Phenom II overclocked an extra 1Ghz over stock speeds, the U9B SE2 was able to keep the CPU running at about 46°C when at max load for a couple of hours or so. This means I could go even further if I had a motherboard that would support higher clocks. This was in a full tower case, however, so being in a mini tower or HTPC case the results may vary. Nonetheless this is a great cooler under most circumstances.
"This is aimed at the smaller market, and that’s where it will shine the most. I would definitely suggest stretching your budget some more and getting something like the NH-D14 if you have a huge case to cater to it. Keeping all of this in mind, Noctua’s NH-U9B SE2 is a very good CPU cooler and it will serve you very well under certain conditions." (Shaun Hammond, RipTen.com)
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