Questions about Noctua Nh-L9x65 Se-Am4

Unfortunately I cannot answer that

The predecessor probably doesn't support the AM4 socket, or only with an additional adapter that takes up more space. That's why there is a special AM4 version and I wouldn't take anything else myself. Do you perhaps mean NH-L9a-AM4 (3.7cm instead of 6.5cm)? The L9A version is a lot more compact. There are standard dimensions that should actually guarantee that a cooler fits on a motherboard, but Mini-ITX often goes to the absolute minimum. However, you will hardly find smaller, more space-saving professional coolers than these two models, I think. With RAM, I would do without headspreaders if they make the modules higher, as the low cooler might overlap at least one module. Alternatively, you can remove the spreader very carefully with a hair dryer (warranty gone). Whether the BD drive fits depends on the case (size/type). In mini-towers, the 5.25" drive bay is often above/below the mainboard height (i.e. no conflict). With a flat case and 3.5" drive on top, the drive should not be too close above the cooler (1cm for airflow is certainly too little). In general, I think the triangle is: price - performance - size. Choose two of them, i.e. I would only choose a miniaturised form for valid reasons.

The idea was to install a quiet cooler that doesn't take up too much space. I don't have much room in the width because my graphics card is mounted vertically and there's just 1 cm of space between it and the boxed cooler. Noctua is also known for being very quiet, I have the same cooler installed with my Ryzen 3 1200 and I don't hear a peep from it, but the boxed cooler on the Ryzen 7 3700X is just too loud for me.

With good case ventilation, that's fine. Less suitable for overclocking, however. Further information: https://noctua.at/de/nh_l9x65_tdp_guidelines

Hello sam17 The Noctua coolers are certainly good coolers. Unfortunately, I don't know which CPU you want to cool. The 2x 1080 certainly also have an influence. But it also depends on which case you take, what for and how many fans you install.

Hello, the CPU heatsink has little to do with graphics cards, however Noctua heatsinks are very good products. Please note that the heatsink in question can only be mounted on AMD processors, not Intel.