Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 chromax.Black, Low-Profile CPU Cooler for AMD AM4 (Black)

This cooler was so easy to install into the tiny ASRock Deskmini. It is amazingly quiet, even under load. Far quieter than the stock cooler it comes with.

Like how low it sits on the motherboard

I bought this to go in the absolutely tiny ASRock DESKMINI A300W. This is cooling a Ryzen 3400g.

Stock Wraith Stealth cooler for my 2600 was making a whining noise so I had to swap it out. Heard a lot of positive talk about Noctua so I decided to give em a go now that theyre making black fans. Threw this thing in my system and I dont even realize its there. Thing is DEAD SILENT, and cools better than the stock Stealth. Between this and the dual 120mm Noctuas I also mounted in the case itself, the loudest thing now is the power supply. Would throw a Noctua fan in there too if I could. These things command a bit of a price premium, but youre getting exactly what youre paying for: computing tranquility.

No other low profile cooler has better temps than Noctua coolers. This is my second one on a different build and its always 30-35c at idle with probably the smallest case Ive ever housed a PC in.

even a 6 core CPU will struggle with this air cooler. My 3600X would frequently overheat with this cooler causing my PC to randomly crash when doing anything other than web browsing or watching movies.

It does heatsink stuff. Works very well in a NR200P with a 5600x.

I bought this because online reviews said it made for easy install. Not so for AMD. You have to remove the backplate. The worst part is then you must hold the backplate while someone holds the cooler so you can get the screws in. All this while theres thermal paste on it that you absolutely cannot get onto the circuits.

Great cooler outperforms similar-sized coolers with higher specs. Great mounting system, quality manufacturing. Great for CPUs with 65w TDP in SFF builds.

I was setting up an ITX system as a secondary in one of my phanteks computer cases, and needed a cooler that could fit in a tight space and still provide adequate cooling for the ITX processor. Most 120mm AIOs didnt have the tube length I needed, tower coolers were too tall, and a lot of low profile coolers conflicted with the RAM slots.