Noctua Offers Free Upgrade Kits for AM4 Socket

Ashley Allen / 7 years ago

Noctua has revealed that it will offer two upgrade kits to make its coolers compatible with AMD’s AM4 socket, absolutely free. The Austrian/Taiwanese company will be giving customers its new SecuFirm2 mounting system gratis via its website, requiring only a proof of purchase for any eligible Noctua CPU cooler.

“Continuing Noctua’s tradition of supplying customers with its premium-class SecuFirm2™ mountings free of charge, the NM-AM4 kit allows Noctua users to upgrade their coolers to AMD’s AM4 socket,” the company says. “It is backwards compatible with most Noctua coolers since 2005* and has been designed to combine outstanding reliability, optimal contact pressure and easy, straightforward installation. Bringing the trusted SecuFirm2™ quality to AMD’s AM4 platform, the NM-AM4 is an enthusiast-grade mounting kit that meets the highest demands in safety, performance and ease of use.”

List of upgrade-compatible Noctua CPU coolers:

The following models can be made compatible with the AM4 socket free of charge using the NM-AM4 upgrade-kit:

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

The following models can be made compatible with the AM4 socket free of charge using the NM-AM4-UxS upgrade-kit:

NH-U14S

NH-U12S

NH-U9S