Noctua offers free upgrade-kits for AMD Ryzen platform

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/25/2017 05:23 PM | source: | 16 comment(s)

Here is why we all love Noctua, they will provide users of its CPU coolers with free mounting upgrade kits for the new AM4 socket of AMD's upcoming Ryzen archiitecture.

The SecuFirm2 mounting-kits are backwards compatible with most Noctua CPU coolers manufactured since 2005 and will be available via resellers and free of charge via Noctua's website after uploading a proof of purchase.

"We were the first heatsink manufacturer to provide its customers with free mounting upgrades in 2006 when AMD introduced the AM2 socket and we've continued this policy with several generations of Intel sockets. Now we're glad to offer free mounting upgrades for the new AM4 platform," says Roland Mossig (Noctua CEO). "It makes us proud that so many customers who bought their Noctua cooler five or even ten years ago, and used it on several platform generations, are still so satisfied with it that they want to keep running it on the latest CPUs. Keep enjoying your Noctua coolers on AM4!"

Noctua will offer two different SecuFirm2 mounting upgrade kits for AM4: the NM-AM4-UxS kit for NH-U14S, NH-U12S and NH-U9S, and the NM-AM4 kit that supports most other retail cooler models manufactured since 2005 (NH-C12P, NH-C12P SE14, NH-C14, NH-C14S, NH-D14, NH-D14 SE2011, NH-D15, NH-D15S, NH-D9L, NH-L12, NH-L9x65, NH-U12, NH-U12F, NH-U12P, NH-U12P, SE1366, NH-U12P SE2, NH-U9, NH-U9B, NH-U9B SE2, NH-U9F) except for the NH-L9i/NH-L9a series low-profile coolers. In addition to the NM-AM4 and NM-AM4-UxS, Noctua also aims to offer an upgrade-kit for the NH-L9a later this year.

The SecuFirm2 mounting system for AM4 has been tailor-designed for the new socket in order to ensure optimal compatibility, perfect contact pressure and easy, straightforward installation. Both the NM-AM4 and the NM-AM4-UxS kit include two different sets of mounting bars, which allows the users to choose the orientation of the cooler according to their preferences in order to ensure an optimal alignment with the airflow path inside the case.

In order to obtain the kits free of charge via Noctua's website, users are required to upload a proof of purchase (electronic version, scan or photo of the invoice) of an AM4 motherboard or AM4 CPU as well as an eligible Noctua retail CPU cooler (server and workstation coolers of the DX and DO line are excluded from the free offer). Users who have lost the invoice for their Noctua cooler may write their full name and the current date on a piece of paper, take a photo of the paper next to their cooler and upload it as proof of purchase. Depending on the user's location, shipping will usually take 1 to 4 weeks.

For users who need the kit urgently or do not yet have a proof of purcchase of an AM4 CPU or motherboard, the NM-AM4 and NM-AM4-UxS kits will also be available via selected retailers and e-tailers such as Amazon at a suggested retail price of EUR 7.90/USD 7.90.

NM-AM4: http://noctua.at/en/nm-am4-mounting-kit

NM-AM4-UxS: http://noctua.at/en/nm-am4-uxs-mounting-kit

Detailed compatibility information.

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thatguy91
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#5384985 Posted on: 01/25/2017 05:43 PM

14 weeks? I think most people would pay for the retail kit. It's great marketing, get the credit! You would have to order now to build by mid May at the earliest. It's good they are offering it though, and it would take time. The retail cost of the kit is quite reasonable.

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#5384992 Posted on: 01/25/2017 06:27 PM

Seeing all the 3rd party support Ryzen is getting, AMD has everyone excited. I'm sure some of these companies have seen some stuff from AMD already too, that's a very good sign for the performance.

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#5384999 Posted on: 01/25/2017 06:39 PM

I wonder how much AMD are contributing to the cost of these 'free' upgrades to the cooler manufacturers.

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#5385009 Posted on: 01/25/2017 06:59 PM

It's because demand will likely by high so that's why it may take that long.

Noctua are great for this though, I'm still using my NH-U12P cooler which I originally got got my old q6600 system (let me oc that to 3.5GHz with no cooling issues at all.... Could have pushed it further but CPU wasn't stable past that).

When I got my 4690k system, didn't have the mounting kit necessary for it, so contacted Noctua, showed them my original proof of purchase and they sent out a kit, it took 4 days to arrive.

It's still a great cooler, keeping my CPU at ~65ºc at 4.2GHz.

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#5385027 Posted on: 01/25/2017 08:04 PM

14 weeks... I get it, it's free, but wtf?

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#5385030 Posted on: 01/25/2017 08:15 PM

Wonder if Corsair will do something similar with their H100i water cooling products.

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#5385034 Posted on: 01/25/2017 08:34 PM

Just received an email from Noctua, there is a mistake in the press-release. It is 1 to 4 weeks.

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#5385038 Posted on: 01/25/2017 09:03 PM

Just received an email from Noctua, there is a mistake in the press-release. It is 1 to 4 weeks.

Ah, thats better. 14 weeks was just insane.

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#5385053 Posted on: 01/25/2017 10:39 PM

Seeing all the 3rd party support Ryzen is getting, AMD has everyone excited. I'm sure some of these companies have seen some stuff from AMD already too, that's a very good sign for the performance.

it is because it is a real new socket... (not as the 939/AM2/AM3 or 1156/1155/1150/1151 that share same attachement)

it was the same for 2011 on intel side.

btw this quote doesn't tell that Rizen will be bad at all, all rumor seem to be good and not over hyped

we will see

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#5385088 Posted on: 01/26/2017 01:25 AM

Has anyone heard anything about Enermax's AiO units being compatible? If it's not going to happen I'll slap it on my current i7 6700K and finally OC that puppy. I don't mind getting a new cooler for Ryzen if need be, but saving $ is nice too.

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#5385090 Posted on: 01/26/2017 01:36 AM

Well Google answered my own question. It appears Enermax is offering a free AM4 compatibility kit for many (most?) of their Coolers. However my specific one, a Liqtech 120X is excluded from that offer.