- Review -
NH-U9S
30°C at idle is pretty respectable for such a low footprint cooler, 67°C under load at 3.6Ghz isn’t too bad either. It is a significant improvement over a low profile cooler, so if you have a small form factor chassis, it’s a good performer and no throttling was observed. Sound levels are excellent considering we are at the TDP limit of the NH-U9S. 34.7 Db idle and 36 Db load are excellent, almost inaudible during normal usage, and using the MicroCool Banchetto 101 Open Chassis that’s quite something.
"Like the Noctua NH-D9L CPU Cooler, when you look at this as a standalone CPU cooler, it works well. It is small, quiet, well made, PWM and has expansion options. The main difference being a different cooler style and a minor performance hit. In dual fan mode, it’s is enough to trouble the Dark Rock Pro 3 at half the size." (Jim McGhee, Hardwareslave.com)
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