NH-U9S Cooler Installed to Intel I5 9400F CPU in Random X Mining Rig

A photo collection of installing the NH-U9S Noctua CPU cooler on the Intel I5 9400F in our gaming desktop turned into a random x mining rig :) Lots of photos ^^

Documenting Pin IO for Reinstall 

Cleaned off old heat transfer compound

Intel Cooling Fan & Heatsink from I5 9400F

Old CPU Cooler & New NH-U9S Cooler

550w Pressure Blaster with Tight Nozzle
Dusted out GTX1660ti (X3) & MB & PSU
Cleaned up RIG frame with wet wipe

NH-U9S Rear Mainboard Bracket

Post Threaded Mounts X4 stickup up

Looking underside MB, CPU screws hit bracket

Nylon Offset Washers onto Threaded Posts

Add Intel 1151 Mounting Brackets

Move the M.2 MVNe from Here near CPU

MVNe Relocate Near End of Mainboard

Tighten Post Nuts Snug & 4mm Drop of NH-1

NH-U9S fan cannot go in with ram in place

With RAM sticks removed //

NF-A9 PWM 4 Wire CPU Cooling Fan

Fan Installed into Heatsink Unit

Random X Rig with Mainboard Removed

Ram Reinstalled with New CPU Cooler

Hooked Everything Back Up (Plugged In) 

Done Adding NH-U9S

NH-U9S Installed & Ready to Rock 

Thats it, it works, now the CPU stays cooler all the time & the airflow in the RIG improved with new cable routing. I dusted & cleaned the RIG to help keep the components cool & happy. A big 12 inch cooling fan blows air into the left side of the rig & helps to push enough air through the RIG to keep all the parts cooler. 

I even hang a fan over the HX850i PSU since its OEM internal fan does not even turn on at the loads I have applied, & it does help, you can put your hand over the rear of the PSU & feel a light warm stream of air existing, pushed in by that white fan on held on by a wire tie to the right side of the rig / & keeping the PSU even cooler make it last longer too! 

The whole rig weights about 1 lb more now because that big fat heatsink & nickel plated copper heat pipes & core of the NH-U9S full of high thermal conductivity metals to suck heat away from the CPU & let that exceptional Noctua fan force air past the heatsink fins so the moving air can take the heat away & dump it into the room // making our random X mining rig space heater even better!