Noctua NH-L9i Low Profile CPU Cooler review(38MM high!)

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It should be available in the UK in the next month or so:

http://www.silentpcreview.com/Noctua_NH-L9i

 

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It's gonna have to go some to beat the perform the Scythe Big Shuriken 2 imo. I know it's not as high, but even at 58mm it'll fit into most if not all small cases.

That is too high for many smaller SFF cases though,and the size of the cooler also means it can be simply too big for a number of mini-ITX systems,as it either overspills the motherboard or the PCI-E slot. On my Gigabyte GA-H67N-USB3-B3 it would actually block my PCI-E slot, which makes it a non-starter in this situation. This is why Scythe makes the Kozuti too and the Noctua NH-L9i looks better overall IMHO.