Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler Review

Installation

The installation of the cooler is not simple. First, you need to prepare and install a backplate on the solder side of the motherboard.

Figure 12: Backplate

After that, you will screw two clips on the component side of the motherboard.

Figure 13: Clips

Then you put the cooler over the CPU and screw it to the clips. As we mentioned before, you must remove the center fan in order to do that.

Figure 14: Installed

Then you can reinstall the fan(s). In Figure 15, note that the right hand fan extends over the memory modules, which can be a problem if your memories have tall heatsinks.

Figure 15: Installed in our case