Noctua NH-P1| Installation manual
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Required mounting parts:
4x NM-IBT2
bolts
2x NM-IMB2
mounting bars
4x NM-ITS1-TX
thumb screws
Installing the mounting bars
1
First screw the NM-IBT2 bolts into the screw threads of the
LGA20xx socket frame.
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.
Then put the NM-IMB2 mounting bars onto the bolts.
Orientation A
Orientation B
Dear customer,
Congratulations on choosing the Noctua NH-P1.
The NH-P1 is Noctua’s first passive CPU cooler and has been
custom-designed for fanless operation from ground up: In
enclosures with good natural convection, its six heatpipes and
thick, widely spaced heatsink fins enable it to cool modern
high-end CPUs with low to moderate heat dissipation
completely passively. Please take a look at our setup guidelines
in order to make sure that you will get optimal results.
Enjoy your NH-P1!
Yours sincerely,
Roland Mossig, Noctua CEO
This manual will guide you through the installation process of the
Se™ 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 support team at [email protected].
Multilingual versions of this manual are available on our website:
www.noctua.at/manuals
LGA20xx
!
Caution: In order to get optimal results when building passively
cooled systems using the NH-P1, it is important to follow some
general guidelines.
Please refer to the following page for detailed guidelines and
recommendations on how to set up your system for best results:
https://noctua.at/en/nh-p1-setup-guidelines
The NH-P1 strictly requires either a fanless PC case with good
natural convection, an open benchtable type setup or a PC case
with fans in order to achieve its full performance.
We offer a list of recommended cases for completely fanless
systems using the NH-P1:
https://ncc.noctua.at/s/nh-p1-case-recommendations
While the NH-P1 provides first-rate performance for a passive
cooler, it is not suitable for overclocking or CPUs that create high
heat-loads.
Please note that the TDP (Thermal Design Power) rating or amount
of heat dissipation that the cooler can handle not only depends on
the chassis and various other factors such as ambient temperature
or other components inside the system, but also generally varies
from CPU model to CPU model.
For this reason, we specify cooling performance using the
Noctua Standardised Performance Rating (NSPR) instead of
giving a general TDP specification. In addition, we refer to our
CPU compatibility list where we indicate how well the cooler can
be expected to work on a particular CPU in a fully optimised
setup (see our setup guidelines):
https://ncc.noctua.at/s/nh-p1-cpus
If necessary, Noctua recommends adding a near-inaudible
120mm fan like the NF-A12x25 LS-PWM to the heatsink for
improved performance headroom.
Fix the mounting bars using the 4 thumb screws.
Caution: Gently tighten the thumb screws until they stop, but do
not use excessive force (max. torque 0.6 Nm).
