Comes with a bunch of screws, brackets for AMD/Intel.
I had to modify mine because I didn't want to remove the motherboard. If they had just made a bracket screw that was thin on both sides, and added additional thumbscrews for that thin screw, then you could just mount this bracket without having to take apart your motherboard, because this is light enough that a front bracket can support it.
Aside from that, it runs great, very cool and essentially silent. The fan it comes with is just a high quality one, and it comes with like 5g of thermal paste. It's not worth buying a thermal paste separate, unless you find some like extremely good one that's better than Grizzly. I wasted $10 on Grizzly (gonna return it) and tested the paste on the stock cooler and there was no temp difference for me, and people say the Noctua pastes are about 90% as good anyway.
I added some example pics. The Handbrake picture is essentially a stress test or worst case scenario. My CPU throttles back to 3.8ghz because I'm using all these goofy Dell BIOS settings and then overriding them with Throttlestop to get an overclock. (I might have to manually adjust my machine to 4ghz or 4.2ghz to keep the temps low while encoding) You can see that 4.5ghz on low usage has great temps, 54C on 20% usage, so for gaming this will probably work very well and stay well below 75C, since you won't hit the CPU usage you'd hit while encoding. In Nier Automata for example it's staying around 60C at 4.5ghz, so pretty great. Some games may be more optimized for CPU and may push it hard. Not quite sure how they're made these days, but generally they'll all leave a certain % of your CPU aside so you can use your computer well, meaning your temps won't get crazy.
| Product Dimensions | 4.92"L x 3.74"W x 3.74"H |
|---|---|
| Brand | Noctua |
| Power Connector Type | 4-Pin |
| Voltage | 12 Volts |
| Cooling Method | Air |
| Compatible Devices | Desktop |
| Noise Level | 22.8 dB |
| Material | Copper (base and heat-pipes), aluminium (cooling fins), soldered joints & nickel plating |
| Maximum Rotational Speed | 2000 RPM |
| Air Flow Capacity | 78.9 CMPH |
| Item model number | NH-U9S |
| Item Weight | 1.15 pounds |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 3.74 x 3.74 x 4.92 inches |
| Color | Brown |
| Computer Memory Type | DIMM |
| Manufacturer | Noctua |
| ASIN | B00TBHYYFK |
| Country of Origin | Taiwan |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Date First Available | February 7, 2015 |
