Noctua NH-U9 and NH-U12 heatpipe coolers

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Noctua NH-U9 and NH-U12 heatpipe coolers review

The first thing you'll need to do is remove your mainboard from your PC. The CPU cooler requires you to mount a seperate backplate.

Noctua NH-U9 and NH-U12 heatpipe coolers review

Once the backplate has been seated, align two mounting brackets at the front of the mainboard. In-between this you can see a washer, please do not forget to use it. We mount the two brackets securely with four little screws and move onwards to the next step.

Noctua NH-U9 and NH-U12 heatpipe coolers review

We now need to prepare the cooler with two mounting brackets as well. Since this differs per socket revision we need to do this manually.

Noctua NH-U9 and NH-U12 heatpipe coolers review

Never ever forget to apply a little thermal paste. It's supplied with this kit. A little drop is enough and make sure you smear it out over the CPU properly.

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