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CRYORIG M9i Mini Tower Cooler for INTEL CPUs
Last Updated: November 25, 2018 (Refresh Now)
7.9
SCORE
/10
Total Reviews
114
Old Reviews
24
Unverified
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Cooling
38cpu, cooling, stock, intel stock cooler, idle
+95%
-5%
" ... Keeps my i7 3770 nice and cool doesn't get too hot. ... "
" ... I was looking for a heat sink to mount on the back of a Peltier cooler, as part of a demonstration for the thermoelectric effect. ... Although definitely not the intended purpose of the cooler, it performed phenomenally, and was able to dissipate enough heat from the TEC to condense and freeze water from the air. ... "
" ... When I installed this cooler I noticed an average of 5-7℃ improvement under load and at idle. ... For being a smaller CPU cooler this thing does a great job and is relatively quiet. ... "
" ... Great little cooler. ... "
" ... First of all this cpu cooler is well built. ... Air flow is quite decent. ... After all this is one of the decent,solid and wispher quite cpu cooler i ve ever used. ... "
" ... I built a decently small form factor build and I wanted to have the ability to overclock without an aio cooler. ... UPDATE: I've been extremely impressed with this cooler. ... "
" ... I used to install 12cm Coolermaster cpu coolers and they are always huge. ... "
" ... very good cooler and almost silent. ... "
Setup
19easy to install, install, easy, super, took
+89%
-11%
" ... The install is kind of different but easy none the less. ... "
" ... It might be super easy to install for others mainboards. ... "
" ... Fan super easy to install too. ... "
" ... Easy to install once you understand what each piece does. ... "
" ... Installation was a little bit tricky but worth it. ... "
" ... Installation was incredibly easy, bracket under mobo was surprisingly sturdy, the fact that it was plastic really didn't seem to matter. ... "
" ... And easy install ... "
" ... The directions were easy to understand, and even came with the parts to work around capacitors on the board interfering with back plate installation (Asrock H170M-ITX). ... "
Fit
14backplate, screws, mini itx, bracket, thumb screws
+71%
-29%
" ... This cooler is quite and can fit into my mini itx case. ... "
" ... Fit just fine and keeps the temps on my 1230-v3 in check. ... "
" ... Fit perfectly and dropped my CPU temps. ... "
" ... I also wanted something to look good in my build and needed it small enough to fit. ... "
" ... A nice alternative when a larger cooler doesnt fit. ... "
" ... It offers very good dissipation, its compact, fits easily in a Mini-ITX board/case. ... "
" ... Fits well on the LGA 1155 socket. ... "
" ... Keeps my CPU nice and cool in a small case. ... "
Ease of Use
11super, install, easy, took, difficult
+91%
-9%
" ... The install is kind of different but easy none the less. ... "
" ... It might be super easy to install for others mainboards. ... "
" ... Fan super easy to install too. ... "
" ... Easy to install once you understand what each piece does. ... "
" ... And easy install ... "
" ... It is very easy to install once you figure out the orientation. ... "
" ... Very easy to install, looks great and is silent. ... "
" ... -Easy to install ... "
Design
10nice, look, top, wanted, together
+90%
-10%
" ... I also like the fact that the top of this cooler is semi covered, it looks better than having a big metal rectangle protruding from the mobo. ... "
" ... I also wanted something to look good in my build and needed it small enough to fit. ... "
" ... Really nice hardware and good looks. ... "
" ... The heatsink feels the premium quality. ... "
" ... And its give your case very nice look ... "
" ... Looks really cool, kinda hard to screw on but it's working good so far. ... "
" ... Looks great too. ... "
" ... It's obvious that a lot of quality work went into the little things like packaging and product appearance, which may be a good or bad thing depending upon what you value. ... "
Build Quality
10backplate, heatsink, build quality, top, thumb screws
+70%
-30%
" ... I also like the fact that the top of this cooler is semi covered, it looks better than having a big metal rectangle protruding from the mobo. ... "
" ... I took a sharpie to the metal fins to fix this, and it looks great. ... "
" ... I dropped from 66C to 42C idle on a 4770. ... "
" ... If you want to pull out that extra 5% of performance with slightly higher build quality then for sure, go for the noctua. ... "
" ... Great for cheap builds. ... "
" ... All of the parts seem high-quality. ... I am doing a custom hack job on this where I took off 15mm of height by ripping off the top eight fin layers and then cutting/crimping the top of the pipes. ... "
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