14 DAY TRIAL // Since Intel's Sandy Bridge CPUs and accompanying platform will use a new chipset and CPU socket, existing CPU coolers won't be compatible with them, so Noctua decided to offer a workaround to that issue for its own coolers.
As end-users may or may now know, Noctua has been a supplier of cooling modules for a while now, and it seems to know when and what products to release.
Since the upcoming platform from Intel won't take long to make its appearance, Noctua figured it would make the first step and expand usability of its coolers.
Basically, the company came up with the NM-I3 SecuFirm2 mounting kit, which will let older coolers work on the new motherboards.
The availability of this mounting kit is not the real piece of news, however.
What Noctua really did was actually decide to hand out said product free of charge to all those that already own one of its CPU cooling solutions.
All that one needs is a proof of purchase, such as a photo, scan or screenshot of the invoice of both the Noctua CPU, plus either a socket 1155 motherboard or the LGA 1155 central processing unit itself.
Once those are ready, end-users need just send them over to the hardware maker, who it will provide the mounting kit itself.
Of course, it should also be noted that Noctua already has actual LGA 1155 coolers on sale.
The list of such products includes NH-C14, NH-D14, NH-C12P SE14, NH-U12P SE2 and NH-U9B SE2, all of which come with their respective mounting systems.
Regardless, the fact is the Noctua's customers will have a very easy time of setting up a new PC once the next-generation processors and platforms get released early next year.
Until then, what remains to be seen if any other companies decide to mirror this sort of customer service.