Noctua Nh-u9dxi4 Cpu-vifte

Planning to build out more servers with the Noctua CPU coolers.

Many people apply thermal paste by just putting a dot in the center of the CPU heat spreader. I take the time to spread a thin layer over the entire spreader and smooth it out with a razor blade to evenly distribute the thermal grease. If this is not done, the corners of the CPU often are left dry and higher temps result. I think part of getting low temps is proper application of the paste so that all parts of the CPU are thermally coupled to the heat sink.

I switched out the included fans for some xigamtek red/black ones which had a higher airflow and where just as quiet....all and all.....I would get it again

With iron egg guarantee, Newegg price matches the online giant. Then include the $15 discount for Google Wallet that was offered (and since expired), and the price was right.

I am running two of these in dual xeon server. I have had no problems yet!