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 [email protected].
Multilingual versions of this manual are available on our
website: www.noctua.at/manuals
Noctua NH-D15 | Installation Manual | LGA20xx
LGA2
0xx
Installing the mounting bars
1
Caution: Choose the alignment of the mounting bars according to
the desired final orientation of the cooler:
Caution: Make sure that the curved sides of the mounting bars are
pointing outwards.
Orientation A
Orientation B
Required mounting parts:
2x NM-IMB2 mounting bars
4x NM-ITS1 thumb screws
4x NM-IBT2 bolts
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.
Caution: Applying too much thermal paste will lower heat
conductivity and cooling performance!
Caution: Please first take off the center fan as well as the protection
cover at the bottom side of the heatsink.
Fastening the heatsink to the CPU
3
Caution: Gently tighten the screws until they stop, but don’t use
excessive force (max. torque 0.6 Nm).
Fix the mounting bars using the 4 thumb screws.
Applying the thermal paste
2
First screw the NM-IBT2 bolts into the screw threads of the LGA20xx
socket frame.
Then put the NM-IMB2 mounting-bars onto the bolts.
