To begin the installation process, you pick out the bag labelled with the CPU type that you use. We’re installing the cooler onto an LGA 1151 (Intel) motherboard so we obviously go down the Intel route.
First things first, we need to install the backing plate and mounting screws to the front. be quiet! have handily included some o-rings for this process, which hold the pins in place while you insert them from the back. They also help to isolate the backing plate from the motherboard.
With the backing plate pushed through from behind, you tighten up the 4 standoffs around the front. These can be tightened by hand but are also recessed and cut out to accommodate a screwdriver. Just don’t overdo it!
The next step is to install the crossbars that the heatsink will screw into. You mount these in the same orientation that you wish the cooler to be in, vertical for vertical, for example.
Following on from that, providing you’re using the pre-applied thermal paste, place the crossbar through the bottom of the cooler and begin to screw it down on either side. Do these screws up a couple of turns at a time to ensure you evenly apply pressure to the thermal paste, this will give the best possible contact between the CPU IHS and the heatpipes on the cooler.
The final step is to connect up the 4-pin PWM cable and clip the fan into place. This was a simple procedure outside of the case but wrestling with the clips inside the case was a very different, much-more-frustrating affair. We got there eventually though. Now for some testing!
First things first, we need to install the backing plate and mounting screws to the front. be quiet! have handily included some o-rings for this process, which hold the pins in place while you insert them from the back. They also help to isolate the backing plate from the motherboard.
With the backing plate pushed through from behind, you tighten up the 4 standoffs around the front. These can be tightened by hand but are also recessed and cut out to accommodate a screwdriver. Just don’t overdo it!
The next step is to install the crossbars that the heatsink will screw into. You mount these in the same orientation that you wish the cooler to be in, vertical for vertical, for example.
Following on from that, providing you’re using the pre-applied thermal paste, place the crossbar through the bottom of the cooler and begin to screw it down on either side. Do these screws up a couple of turns at a time to ensure you evenly apply pressure to the thermal paste, this will give the best possible contact between the CPU IHS and the heatpipes on the cooler.
The final step is to connect up the 4-pin PWM cable and clip the fan into place. This was a simple procedure outside of the case but wrestling with the clips inside the case was a very different, much-more-frustrating affair. We got there eventually though. Now for some testing!
