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Hi everyone, I wanted to come on the fourm today to get some input on the Noctua NH-l9i. From the title, I would like to know is it good with OC'ing? I'll be working in a  Silverstone SG05BB-LITE, and my CPU is the Pentium G3258. I have heard reports of people getting 4.5GHz+ with the stock cooler, but I wouldn't like to kill my CPU with the heat spewing out of a stock heatsink, and if a stock cooler can get that, a Noctua will perform a lot better.

 

But I digress, is it a good enough cooler to use in such a small case and is it worth buying for 40$? What is your experience with it if you have it? Thanks if you have any answers in advance.

Well I think it is worth 40$. Is it good for overclocking? Well I'm sure you'd have some room for it, yes. Just don't be disappointed if there is a limit. Burn it in with Prime 95 to make sure you are not going over like 90c. I'm sure it'll do at least as good, if not better than stock with good thermal paste. 

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Hi everyone, I wanted to come on the fourm today to get some input on the Noctua NH-l9i. From the title, I would like to know is it good with OC'ing? I'll be working in a  Silverstone SG05BB-LITE, and my CPU is the Pentium G3258. I have heard reports of people getting 4.5GHz+ with the stock cooler, but I wouldn't like to kill my CPU with the heat spewing out of a stock heatsink, and if a stock cooler can get that, a Noctua will perform a lot better.

 

But I digress, is it a good enough cooler to use in such a small case and is it worth buying for 40$? What is your experience with it if you have it? Thanks if you have any answers in advance.

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It should be better than the stock cooler. Is it worth the $40? I think it is, because those people who got 4.5GHz out of the Pentium with the stock cooler didn't really care about noise.

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It performs reasonably well for it's size and I found that it could keep my 3570k cool with a mild 4.1Ghz overclock. You also wont "kill your CPU withe the heat spewing out of a stock heatsink" it works perfectly fine for the 3258 even overclocked and the L9i would be a waste of money.

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It should be better than the stock cooler. Is it worth the $40? I think it is, because those people who got 4.5GHz out of the Pentium with the stock cooler didn't really care about noise.

The stock cooler isn't loud

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It's a bit better than the stock cooler but 3.8GHz would likely be the max.

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3.8GHz would likely be the max.

For the OC itself? Are you sure? Keep in mind the clocks on a stock cooler.

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Hi everyone, I wanted to come on the fourm today to get some input on the Noctua NH-l9i. From the title, I would like to know is it good with OC'ing? I'll be working in a  Silverstone SG05BB-LITE, and my CPU is the Pentium G3258. I have heard reports of people getting 4.5GHz+ with the stock cooler, but I wouldn't like to kill my CPU with the heat spewing out of a stock heatsink, and if a stock cooler can get that, a Noctua will perform a lot better.

 

But I digress, is it a good enough cooler to use in such a small case and is it worth buying for 40$? What is your experience with it if you have it? Thanks if you have any answers in advance.

Well I think it is worth 40$. Is it good for overclocking? Well I'm sure you'd have some room for it, yes. Just don't be disappointed if there is a limit. Burn it in with Prime 95 to make sure you are not going over like 90c. I'm sure it'll do at least as good, if not better than stock with good thermal paste. 

I can type big too. 

muh specs 

Gaming and HTPC (reparations)- ASUS 1080, MSI X99A SLI Plus, 5820k- 4.5GHz @ 1.25v, asetek based 360mm AIO, RM 1000x, 16GB memory, 750D with front USB 2.0 replaced with 3.0  ports, 2 250GB 850 EVOs in Raid 0 (why not, only has games on it), some hard drives

Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

All parts black

Workstation(desk)- 3770k, 970 reference, 16GB of some crucial memory, a motherboard of some kind I don't remember, Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI, CM Storm Trooper (It's got a handle, can you handle that?), 240mm Asetek based AIO, Crucial M550 256GB (upgrade soon), some hard drives, disc drives, and hot swap bays

Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

Shelf- i7-2600 non-k (has vt-d), 380t, some ASUS sandy itx board, intel quad nic. Currently hosts shared files, setting up as pfsense box in VM. Also acts as spare gaming PC with a 580 or whatever someone brings. Hooked into laptop dock area via usb switch

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Hi everyone, I wanted to come on the fourm today to get some input on the Noctua NH-l9i. From the title, I would like to know is it good with OC'ing? I'll be working in a  Silverstone SG05BB-LITE, and my CPU is the Pentium G3258. I have heard reports of people getting 4.5GHz+ with the stock cooler, but I wouldn't like to kill my CPU with the heat spewing out of a stock heatsink, and if a stock cooler can get that, a Noctua will perform a lot better.

 

But I digress, is it a good enough cooler to use in such a small case and is it worth buying for 40$? What is your experience with it if you have it? Thanks if you have any answers in advance.

You're question will get the same amount of love regardless of the text size. :) Hmm, I don't know. The L9i can't really escape the limitations of it's form factor even if it is from Noctua. I think I read somewhere that it doesn't cool much better than the stock cooler and at high RPM it can make this whining sound. I could be wrong tho. Maybe the much better C14 will fit? Or the NH-L12.

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Not at stock clocks, but at 4.5GHz I doubt it was...

I wasn't and I had the motherboard sitting on my desk in front of me and I had set the cpu fan to max speed in the bios.

 

 

It's

 

Not

 

Loud

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I can type big too.

I CAN TYPE LARGER THAN YOU

But anyways, thanks. ;)

Maybe the much better C14 will fit? Or the NH-L12.

Sadly, the CPU cooler will be too high to fit with the PSU being top-mounted directly above the motherboard, nor can I afford it. #heatsinkproblems

I actually think I might consider the Corsair H50 or H55.

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I actually think I might consider the Corsair H50 or H55.

I have an H55 still laying around somewhere. It's a good cooler, go for it or the h50. 

Definitely more room than a low profile cooler to overclock. that said might wanna get a different fan for it, my h55 stock fan is a tad loud. 

And I see the mods came through and removed the big font fun. 

Ah well the answer on top doesn't do well formatting wise with that. 

muh specs 

Gaming and HTPC (reparations)- ASUS 1080, MSI X99A SLI Plus, 5820k- 4.5GHz @ 1.25v, asetek based 360mm AIO, RM 1000x, 16GB memory, 750D with front USB 2.0 replaced with 3.0  ports, 2 250GB 850 EVOs in Raid 0 (why not, only has games on it), some hard drives

Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

All parts black

Workstation(desk)- 3770k, 970 reference, 16GB of some crucial memory, a motherboard of some kind I don't remember, Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI, CM Storm Trooper (It's got a handle, can you handle that?), 240mm Asetek based AIO, Crucial M550 256GB (upgrade soon), some hard drives, disc drives, and hot swap bays

Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

Shelf- i7-2600 non-k (has vt-d), 380t, some ASUS sandy itx board, intel quad nic. Currently hosts shared files, setting up as pfsense box in VM. Also acts as spare gaming PC with a 580 or whatever someone brings. Hooked into laptop dock area via usb switch

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I wasn't and I had the motherboard sitting on my desk in front of me and I had set the cpu fan to max speed in the bios.

 

 

It's

 

Not

 

Loud

 

Ok, fine.

i'm a potato

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