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Noctua NF B9 redux 1600 PWM High Performance Cooling Fan 4 Pin 1600 RPM 92mm Grey

Last Updated: March 8, 2020 (Refresh Now)
8.2
SCORE
/10
Total Reviews
107
Old Reviews
42
Unverified
3
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Sound Quality
 13
silent, quiet, super quiet, sounded like, rpm
+92%
-8%
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" ...  Small, quiet and effective.  ...  "
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" ...  These are not just quiet, they are completely silent.  ...  "
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" ...  Old and slow, but perfect for my use case except it was super loud, especially the fan inside the non-standard PSU which sounded like a grinding wheel.  ...  "
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" ...  silent and PWM  ...  "
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" ...  Excellent, very silent, works great!  ...  "
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" ...  Great fan and super quiet and effective!  ...  "
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" ...  It's super quiet.  ...  "
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" ...  About 10C lower than before and much quieter.  ...  "
Overall performance
 11
cpu, silent, speed, gpu, full speed
+91%
-9%
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" ...  Works well as my cpu cooler.  ...  "
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" ...  Fan-tastic little fan, gets the job done while running silent.  ...  "
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" ...  The machine's Celeron CPU has just a 10W TDP so this fan was more than enough.  ...  "
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" ...  suitable for under 95 watts CPU  ...  "
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" ...  Good quality fan, pushes a lot of air and is quite enough at all speeds.  ...  "
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" ...  Used the fan for a cpu cooler.  ...  "
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" ...  Intel Core i3-8100 CPU ... Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti "Windforce OC" GPU (Note: Gigabyte is the only vendor with a good fan controller on their 1050 GPU. ... Samsung 960 EVO M.2 SSD  ...  "
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" ...  Great fan and super quiet and effective!  ...  "
Product Reliability
 8
working, box, works, worked, replaced
+75%
-25%
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" ...  Worked out of the box and much quieter than the fan it replaced.  ...  "
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" ...  It is silent and most likely more reliable.  ...  "
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" ...  I have an old HP refurb commercial box that just keeps on running. ... The old box will probably be used as a media streamer for another 10 years.  ...  "
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" ...  Working as intended with no issues.  ...  "
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" ...  I bought two of these and one of them accidentally shorted while installing and burned instantly.  ...  "
Cooling
 4
master, load, fan, cooler, cool
+100%
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" ...  Very quiet, PWM and cools my 1080 Ti PCB when under full load.  ...  "
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" ...  Works great on coolermaster ( cooler master) T2 model.  ...  "
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" ...  8700k stays very cool and quiet under load.  ...  "
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" ...  AIO keeps the GPU cool, and this fan on bare VRM components fare better than stock cooling solutions  ...  "
Device Compatibility
 4
computer
+75%
-25%
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" ...  Installed on a Shuttle PC and it exceeded my expectation.  ...  "
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" ...  Put it on my Lenovo TS440.  ...  "
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" ...  I picked up a probably fourthhand HP slimline compaq computer.  ...  "
Build Quality
 4
quality, plastic, build
+100%
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" ...  Seems to be well made with heavy gauge plastic and is quiet.  ...  "
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" ...  If you have no option but to go with a tiny 80mm, these are the best build quality for your buck!  ...  "
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" ...  It dropped right in with the original screws.  ...  "
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" ...  If anything I would have liked a reverse polarity protection.  ...  "
Setup
 3
easy, needed
+100%
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" ...  Easy to install  ...  "
Ease of Use
 3
easy
+100%
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" ...  Easy to install  ...  "
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" ...  Still it made a nice breeze.  ...  "

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