The Water Cooling Unit
Before we go into the installation of the cooler we might as well show you the insides.
Fluid In -> Reservoir -> Pump -> Radiator -> Fluid Out
The quick release valves are quite a good idea, especially if you’re in the gaming scene, moving your computer around for a LAN every month.
The unit is specially made for 500 Watt dissipation, this is to help keep the temperature cool on the CPU. Considering 500 Watts is about the amount of power the power supply can produce, it resembles the amount of cooling compacity this water cooler has. And that means its very powerful!
Setup and Installing
It’s always good to start at the hard part first. Mounting the water block to the CPU is most likely the hardest part, and possible the most dangerous part.
To insure you do it correctly
follow the manual unless otherwise stated by Corsair. Because when I installed the water block onto my K8 CPU it decided it would be a painful and annoying process. Please do be careful, and don’t press down too hard only enjoy to make it clip.
When I was installing, I kept hearing creaking sounds, every time I did, I was scared to press down any harder, until I realized that you have to press down hard enough to get the clip on. Maybe Corsair should investigate into the matter.
The bueaty of the design of the clips for installion is they dont require you to removal the motherboard for installation.
