Reviews & awards

Seeing the temperature results, it’s clear that the NH-D9L chromax.black is a great small form factor CPU cooler, that makes sense only if you are using a medium range TDP CPU. There is little to no reason to use such a small cooler on a high TDP CPU as you cannot beat the laws of physics. Yet, the Noctua NH-D9L chromax.black managed to keep cool 150W worth of heat and that is admirable for such a small CPU cooler.