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Dear customer,

Congratulations on choosing the Noctua NH-D15.

Built on the basis of the legendary NH-D14 and carrying on its

quest for ultimate quiet cooling performance, our flagship model

NH-D15 is an eliteclass dual tower cooler for the highest

demands. I’m confident that you will be able to sense some of the

research, attention and care we’ve put into making this cooler.

Enjoy your NH-D15!

Yours sincerely,

Roland Mossig, Noctua CEO

This manual will guide you through the installation process of the

SecuFirm2™ mounting system step by step.

Prior to installing the cooler, please consult the compatibility list

on our website (www.noctua.at/compatibility) and verify that the

cooler is fully compatible with your motherboard. Please also make

sure that your PC case offers sufficient clearance for the cooler and

that there are no compatibility issues with any other components

(e.g. tall RAM modules). Double check that the heatsink and fan

clips do not make contact with the VGA card or other PCIe cards.

Noctua cannot be held responsible for any damage or losses caused

by compatibility issues.

Should you encounter any difficulties, please check the FAQs on our

website (www.noctua.at/faqs) and don’t hesitate to contact our sup-

port team at support@noctua.at.

Multilingual versions of this manual are available on our

website: www.noctua.at/manuals

Required mounting parts:

2x NM-IMB2 bounting bars1x NM-IBP2 backplate

4x NM-ITS1 thumb screws4x NM-IPS1 spacers

Noctua NH-D15 |

Installation Manual | LGA115x

LGA115x

Caution: The supplied backplate will install over the motherboard’s

stock backplate, so the motherboard’s stock backplate must not

be taken off.

Attaching the backplate2

Place the backplate on the rear side of the motherboard so that the

bolts stick through the mounting holes.

Caution: Please make sure that the three cut-outs in the

supplied backplate align with the screws of the motherboard’s stock

backplate.

First put the NM-IPS1 plastic spacers onto the bolts of the back-

plate, then add the NM-IMB2 mounting bars.

Installing the mounting bars3

Caution: Choose the alignment of the mounting bars according to the

desired final orientation of the cooler:

Orientation A Orientation B

In case you want to use the cooler on an assembled system and

your case doesn’t have a cut-out at the rear side of the motherboard

tray, you first have to remove the motherboard from the case in

order to be able to install the supplied backplate.

Removing the motherboard1

Caution: Make sure that the curved sides of the mounting bars are

pointing outwards.

Fix the mounting bars using the 4 thumb screws.

Caution: Gently tighten the screws until they stop, but don’t use

excessive force (max. torque 0.6 Nm).

If there are residual traces of thermal paste or thermal pads on your

CPU, please clean them off first. Then press a small drop (4-5mm

diameter) of NT-H1 onto the centre of the heatspreader.

Applying the thermal paste

Caution: Applying too much thermal paste will lower heat

conductivity and cooling performance!

Summary of content (6 pages)

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LGA115x Noctua NH-D15 | Installation Manual | LGA115x 2 Attaching the backplate Dear customer, Caution: Make sure that the curved sides of the mounting bars are pointing outwards. Congratulations on choosing the Noctua NH-D15. Built on the basis of the legendary NH-D14 and carrying on its quest for ultimate quiet cooling performance, our flagship model NH-D15 is an eliteclass dual tower cooler for the highest demands.
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LGA115x Noctua NH-D15 | Installation Manual | LGA115x 5 Fastening the heatsink to the CPU Caution: Please first take off the center fan as well as the protection cover at the bottom side of the heatsink. ! Transporting your system 2. As it is not possible to reliably calculate or control the forces that act upon a system during transport (e.g. in shipping), we generally recommend, for safety reasons, taking the cooler off.
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LGA20xx Noctua NH-D15 | Installation Manual | LGA20xx Dear customer, 1 Installing the mounting bars Congratulations on choosing the Noctua NH-D15. Built on the basis of the legendary NH-D14 and carrying on its quest for ultimate quiet cooling performance, our flagship model NH-D15 is an eliteclass dual tower cooler for the highest demands. I’m confident that you will be able to sense some of the research, attention and care we’ve put into making this cooler.
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LGA20xx Then put the heatsink onto the CPU and screw it to the screw threads of the mounting bars. Perform 2-3 turns on each screw, then repeat until both are fully tightened. Noctua NH-D15 | Installation Manual | LGA20xx ! Warranty, Support and FAQs 3. Even with high-grade products and strict quality control, the possibility of defects cannot be eliminated entirely.
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AMD Noctua NH-D15 | Installation Manual | AMD 1 Removing the stock retention module Putting the backplate in place Dear customer, Congratulations on choosing the Noctua NH-D15. Built on the basis of the legendary NH-D14 and carrying on its quest for ultimate quiet cooling performance, our flagship model NH-D15 is an eliteclass dual tower cooler for the highest demands. I’m confident that you will be able to sense some of the research, attention and care we’ve put into making this cooler.
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AMD Noctua NH-D15 | Installation Manual | AMD 4 Fastening the heatsink to the CPU Caution: Please first take off the center fan as well as the protection cover at the bottom side of the heatsink. ! Transporting your system 2. As it is not possible to reliably calculate or control the forces that act upon a system during transport (e.g. in shipping), we generally recommend, for safety reasons, taking the cooler off.