Noctua NH-L9x65

[crazyeyesreaper]

I test the coolers as provided. Extra fans means I would need to start testing all other coolers with other fans to make things fair. That would make the workload per review ridiculous and I won't be making that change.

 

[Erick Noleto]

I agree with you, I think I was not clear in my reply. What I intended to say is that the x65 would be better pitched against low profile coolers, better yet if you could include in the results the NH-L9(i) results so we can see how these compact solutions from Noctua are evolving, also comparing than against Intel stock cooler.

The thing about the fan, I said it because I also like the SilentPc reviews, they test coolers as they are provided but also with a fan that they choose as reference for acoustics x cooling performance trade off (they focus are on silent computing, as the name suggests...). Every 6 months (I think), they elect this reference fan in all sizes (from 80mm fans all the way up).

Anyway, I like your review, I just wanted to raise some points and also give some suggestions.

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

The suggestions are noted and i would love to implement them it just won't happen do to time constraints.

Reviews already take around 10 hours start to finish adding extra fans would push that close to 16 hours with a real job etc I do not have the time to commit to adding more to the reviews.