Noctua is a well-known manufacturer of cooling solutions, with its unique brown-colored line of heatsinks considered to be one of the best available in the market. The Austrian-based manufacturer launched a new line of heatsinks late last year, with one model – the NH-D9DX i4 3U – aimed at LGA2011 socketed servers, while the other two – the NH-U9S and NH-D9L – targeted at consumers.

Noctua has several heatsinks in the 120mm to 140mm category, and now with the 92mm offerings it is looking to target smaller form factors like mini-ITX and HTPC. The goal with the NH-U9S and NH-D9L is to provide a similar amount of performance as the larger heatsinks albeit in a much smaller footprint.

NH-D9L overview

The NH-D9L is a dual-tower cooler with a fan at the center. There is also the ability to attach another fan to create a push pull mechanism. The fan in question, the NF-A9, is PWM controllable, and has custom rubber and nylon inserts to prevent it from coming into contact with the heatsink, mitigating noise levels in the process.

The NH-D9L sits lower than other offerings from Noctua in this series and is designed to slot into smaller form factor cases with ease. The 95x95mm footprint means that it won’t come into contact of any expansion slots or memory modules. Clearance of 110mm means that it is significantly lower than the larger products in the NH-D series, like the NH-D14, which has a height of 160mm.

Coming to the heatsink itself, the base and heatpipes of the NH-D9L are made out of copper, with aluminium the material of choice for the fin stack. There are 35 aluminium fins on either stack, and the design of the NH-D9L is such that the fan is larger than the fin stacks, sticking out at the top and bottom. The four heatpipes traverse through the fin stack, culminating in spikes at the top. The surface of the heatsink is not quite mirror-like, but it is smooth and flat, which is what is needed in this case.

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Austrian hardware vendor Noctua launched three new CPU coolers geared at different use cases. The NH-U9S and NH-D9L are aimed at retail users, while the NH-D9DX i4 3U is targeted at the enthusiast segment with LGA2011 socket compatibility. All three models feature Noctua’s NF-A9 PWM 92mm fan.

The NH-U9S and NH-D9L are being offered as successors to the NH-U9B SE2, and Noctua states that both models come with additional improvements including better performance, compatibility and PWM support.

The NH-U9S has an asymmetric design and comes with five heatpipes. The cooler has been designed in such a way as to not obscure expansion slots, and the 95mm x 95mm footprint goes allows you to install memory modules with heat sinks with ease.

With the NH-D9L, Noctua is targeting system builders looking to install a CPU cooler in HTPCs and other small factor devices. The cooler has the same footprint as the NH-U9S, but has a shorter clearance of 110mm when seen against the 125mm of the NH-U9 series. The NH-D9L comes with four heatpipes.

The NH-D9DX i4 3U is similar in design to the NH-D9L, but comes with mounting brackets for LGA2011 sockets for both Square ILM and Narrow ILM Xeon platforms. The cooler also works with LGA13x6-based processors.

Noctua has carved out a niche for itself thanks to its quiet CPU coolers, and with its latest line, the vendor is continuing the trend. As is now considered standard, all three recently announced models come with Noctua’s NT-H1 thermal compound and a six-year warranty. The NH-U9S and NH-D9DX i4 3U will be available shortly for $59.99, while the NH-D9L will cost slightly lesser at $56.90.

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