Dear customer,
Thank you very much for choosing a Noctua cooler for your
Intel LGA1700 (LGA17xx family) system.
We always like to think of our coolers as safe long-term
investments: Not only are they built to last, but we also
provide upgrade kits so that you can keep using your trusty
Noctua heatsink whenever you do a system upgrade.
Enjoy your Noctua cooler on LGA17xx!
Yours sincerely,
Roland Mossig, Noctua CEO
This manual will guide you through the installation process step
by step using an NH-U12P heatsink as an example. Please
note that the installation procedure is identical for all models.
Prior to installing the cooler, please consult the compatibility
centre on our website (ncc.noctua.at) 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, other PCIe cards, motherboard
heatsinks or any other components.
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: support@noctua.at
Multilingual versions of this manual are available on our
website: www.noctua.at/manuals
NOCTUA NM-i17xx-MP83
INSTALLATION MANUAL
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Attaching the backplate
2
Caution: The supplied backplate will install over the mother-
board’s stock backplate, so the motherboard’s stock back-
plate must not be taken off.
Place the NM-IBP5 backplate on the rear side of the mother-
board so that the bolts protrude through the mounting holes.
If you would like to use the cooler on an assembled system and
your case does not have a cut-out at the rear side of the mother-
board tray, you must first remove the motherboard from the case
in order to be able to install the supplied backplate.
Removing the backplate
1
Caution: Choose the alignment of the mounting bars according
to the desired final orientation of the cooler:
Orientation A
Orientation B
Caution: Make sure that the curved sides of the mounting bars
are pointing outwards.
Put the plastic spacers onto the bolts of the backplate, then add
the mounting bars.
Installing the mounting bars
3
Required mounting parts:
4x NM-IPS3
blue plastic spacers
4x NM-ITS1
thumb screws
1x NM-IBP5
backplate
2x NM-IMB4
mounting bars
Please note that this NM-i17xx-MP83 kit is compatible with
heatsinks with 83mm mounting pitch (see list below) only.
For heatsinks with 78mm mounting pitch (see list below), the
NM-i17xx-MP78 kit must be used instead.
To find out how to determine if your cooler uses 83mm or
78mm mounting pitch, please see:
www.noctua.at/mounting-pitch
For detailed, up-to-date socket compatibility information
please visit: ncc.noctua.at/socket-compatibility-overview
NM-i17xx-MP83 (83mm mounting pitch)
!
NH-D15 (SE-AM4, chromax.black)
NH-D15S (chromax.black)
NH-D14 (SE2011)
NH-D9L
NH-C14
NH-C14S
NH-C12P (SE14)
NH-L12
NH-U12
NH-U12F
NH-U12P (SE1366, SE2)
NH-U9
NH-U9F
NH-U9B (SE2)
NH-L9x65 (SE-AM4)
NH-P1
NM-i17xx-MP78 (78mm mounting pitch)
!
NH-L12 Ghost S1 Edition
NH-L12S
NH-U9S (chromax.black)
NH-U12A (chromax.black)
NH-U12S (SE-AM4, chromax.black)
NH-U12S redux
NH-U14S
