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NH-C12P SE14 

Installation Manual   

 

            AMD

Required mounting parts:

First put the plastic spacers onto the screw threads, then fix 
the mounting bars using the 4 long screws.

Attaching the mounting bars

Step 2:

Thank you very much for choosing a Noctua cooler. This 
manual will guide you through the installation process of 
the SecuFirm2

tm

 mounting system step by step.

Prior to installing the cooler, please consult the compat-
ibility list on our website and verify that the cooler is fully 
compatible with your motherboard.

Should you encounter any difficulties, please check the 
FAQs on our website and don’t hesitate to contact our sup-
port team at support@noctua.at. Noctua cannot be held 
responsible for any damage or losses caused by compat-
ibility issues.

Multilingual versions of this manual are available on our 
website: www.noctua.at

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

Noctua NH-C12P SE14 

AMD

Installation Manual

Caution: Tighten the screws until they stop.

2x mounting bars

4x long screws

4x plastic spacers 

Caution: The 

SecuFirm2

tm

 

 mounting system requires a backplate, 

which is preinstalled on most AM2/AM2+/AM3 mainboards. 

If your mainboard doesn’t have a backplate, please contact our 
support team at support@noctua.at.

Step 3:

Applying thermal paste

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 heat-spreader. 

Caution: Applying too much thermal paste will lower the heat 
conductivity and cooling performance!

Removing the retention module

Step 1:

If your mainboard uses a retention module for CPU cooler in-
stallation, please remove it first. The  

SecuFirm2

tm

 mounting 

system will install directly to your mainboard’s stock backplate 
on the rear side of the socket.

AMD stock backplate

Step 4:

Fastening the heatsink to the CPU

Caution: Please take off the protection cover at the bottom side 
of the heatsink first!

Put the heatsink onto the CPU and screw it to the screw threads 
of the mounting bars.

Caution: Tighten the screws until they stop.

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