Noctua has long been known for their quiet fans and have earned quite the reputation for silent operation and outstanding cooling ability. Both Shawn and Zahn have recently reviewed some Noctua heatsinks, the NH-D14 and the NH-C12P SE14, each targeted at a different audience. Today I will be taking a look at the NH-U9B SE2, a compact heatsink that is designed with lower end / HTPC use in mind.



The Noctua heatsink arrived in the brown and blue retail box shown above. The box itself is quite large but the heatsink is fairly well packed in there along with a second box that contained the mounting kits for both Intel and AMD boards along with a second fan. Below is a list of specifications on the NH-U9B SE2, borrowed from Noctua's website.



Let's move ahead and take a closer look at this compact heatsink from Noctua.