Noctua NH-L9a chromax.Black

NOCTUA NH-L9A CHROMAX.BLACK SPECIFICATIONS
DIMENSIONSL: 114 x W: 92 x H: 37mm (including 15mm fan)
MATERIALSCopper (base and 2x heat-pipes), aluminium (cooling fins)
COMPATIBILITYAMD: AM4
FANS1x NF-A9X14 chromax.Black (2500RPM)
RAM CLEARANCEN/A
THERMAL COMPOUND (INCLUDED)Y (NT-H1)

Noctua NH-L9a has max height of 37mm and has no motherboard or ram compatibility issues. The NH-L9a cooler is the AM4 specific variant of Noctua’s NH-L9i. The L9a includes one NF-A9x14 fan which comes in either chromax black or original brown.

TEST SYSTEM

All testing was completed on BC1T Open Testbench using the following hardware in 20°C room ambient temperature. CPU cooler fans were set to fixed 35dB(a) noise level at distance of 30cm.

CASE Streacom BC1T Open Testbench
MOTHERBOARDGIGABYTE B550I AORUS PRO AX (paid link)
CPURyzen 5 5600X (paid link)
CPU COOLERNoctua NH-L9a (paid link)
PSU Corsair SF 600 Platinum (paid link)
RAMCrucial Ballistix 16GB (2x8GB) 3600MHz, CL16 (paid link)

THERMAL BENCHMARKS

All CPU cooler testing was completed using CPU-Z in 10 minute stress test.

CONCLUSION

Noctua NH-L9a is straightforward to mount and has reasonably quiet operation during normal use. The NF-A9X14 chromax.Black fan ran at 35dB = 85% fan speed at distance of 50cm.

PURCHASE (PAID LINK)

SOURCE

https://noctua.at/en/nh-l9a/

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