Specifications and Features
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Socket compatibility : AMD AM4
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Height (without fan): 23 mm
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Width (without fan): 114 mm
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Depth (without fan): 92 mm
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Height (with fan): 37 mm
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Width (with fan): 114 mm
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Depth (with fan): 92 mm
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Weight (without fan): 390 g
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Weight (with fan/s): 465 g
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Material: Copper (base and heat-pipes),
aluminium (cooling fins), soldered joints & nickel plating
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Max. TDP: see TDP guide
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Fan compatibility: 92x92x14mm, 92x92x25mm
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Scope of delivery:
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Warranty: 6 Years
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| FAN Specification |
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Model: Noctua NF-A9x14 PWM
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Bearing: SSO2
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Max. Rotational Speed (+/- 10%): 2500 RPM
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Max. Rotational Speed with L.N.A. (+/- 10%): 1800 RPM
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Min. Rotational Speed (PWM, +/-20%): 600 RPM
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Max. Airflow : 57,5 m³/h
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Max. Acoustical Noise: 23,6 dB(A)
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Max. Acoustical Noise with L.N.A.: 14,8 dB(A)
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Input Power: 2,52 W
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Voltage Range: 12 V
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MTTF: > 150.000 h
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The NH-L9a-AM4 comes in a stylish box which is designed about the same as every other cooler package. It’s just smaller as the cooler doesn’t take much space.
In the box we will find everything required for installation on the AM4 socket. Installation itself is really simple and it shouldn’t cause any issues to even less advanced users. Everything is well described in the manual but I guess that many users won’t even have to check it.
The NH-L9a-AM4 is using new NF-A9x14 fan which is providing high air pressure and quiet work at the same time. I will say some more about it on the next page of this review.
As always there is group of users who don’t like brown colour of the fan. I guess that for most users it doesn’t matter but additional options would be still good idea considering how popular are Noctua coolers. I already mentioned it in the last Noctua review.
The cooler is small and there are no issues with installation on even the smallest ITX motherboard. Our BIOSTAR X370GTN is sometimes causing issues but not in this case. The NH-L9a-AM4 fits perfectly. There are no issues on both sides of PCB. I mention that because we already had one cooler which backplate was touching M.2 SSD on the back of the motherboard. As you can see on the photo below, The NH-L9a-AM4 uses backplate similar to stock AMD backplate so there won’t be any issues on any AM4 motherboard.
Base of the cooler is made of copper and is nickel plated. As expected it has good contact with the CPU ( IHS ).
Thermal grease which comes with the cooler is high quality and you won’t find anything much better on the market. Noctua is adding the same NT-H1 tube to all coolers so no matter if it’s cheaper or more expensive cooler, it always has the same, top quality.
At the end couple of photos with installed cooler.
There are not many compact coolers on the market like the NH-L9a-AM4 so I guess this product will be interesting option for all who are thinking about small but high performance PC. Since I mentioned performance, let’s move to the next page to check how Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 performs on our test rig.
