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Today we are going to show the installation procedure on a new 1155 slot motherboard. The first stage is to open the plastic bag labelled ‘Intel'. If you get stuck at this stage then you can always try this link.
The Intel backplate handles Intel LGA1366, LGA1156, LGA1155, LGA775 motherboards. In this case we push through four mounting pins into the middle hole, ensuring the fitting is flush to the backplate. The soft middle section on the backplate is for LGA775 boards and should be removed for other socket sizes.
When the backplate is in place, there are four plastic retainers which slot over the pins to hold the heatsink at the correct distance from the socket.
I have fitted Noctua coolers to motherboards now at least 200 times over the course of the last year and the images above highlight how easy it is to make a mistake during this phase of the install. Both mounting brackets should be pointing outwards. In the images above both of them are pointing in the same direction. It is easy enough to remove the bracket and flip it around, but it saves time to get it right now.
The next phase is to screw two small brackets into the CPU block as seen above. This is done by positioning the brackets over the top of the sides and screwing into position from underneath. Noctua give detailed images in their install guide, but it might confuse some people first time.
At this point we apply the ‘anti vibration strips' (basically rubberised sticky strips) to each corner of both sides of the heatsink. When the fans are mounted this stops them from vibrating and can lower noise emissions.
Both fans can be fitted, then locked into place with metal clips. This can be fiddly, but its not that difficult if you take a little time.
The cooler installed with both fans. It is a hefty design, but not as big as the monster D14.
