now as a rugged Man I don't often find time for quietly reflecting on my
feelings but when I do there's one burden that weighs on me Mighty heavily
a Dark Passenger I've never shared with any man that the poor CPU in my gaming
PC is cooled by the pathetic heat sink that came in its box it weren't that I
didn't want better for it's just well
it's like that time I drove for days cuz it seemed better than asking for dire CS
I just didn't know how to pick one but thanks to the internet now I can
know enough about any subject to make video guides without ever admitting I
had no pre-existing knowledge on the subject and that's how this one came to
be I started by learning about so-called
compatibility my case can handle a 4 and 3/4 in radiator that's 120 mm if you're
some kind of or Canadian but as a rugged Man I believe bigger is better so
after Consulting my manual I eventually chose a 240 mm radiator the largest I
could fit in the top of my case When selecting a tool to remove the Unholy
Abomination that I knew was currently possessing my PC thankfully Mercy stayed
my hand a true rugged Man knows use the
right tool for the job I unscrewed one
corner and then the opposite one and then the other two in Rapid succession
before tearing that sucker off to see my processor looking at me with a mixture
of fatigue and relief across its heat
spreader for the next step I gathered the parts side need out of the cooler
box two cooling fans and the Mountain Hardware from my socket that I H well I
wish I'd looked at that before confidently chucking the manual in the
trash which led me to the most important fork in the road of my life I'd ever
encountered a burning in question that needed answering before I could go any
further push or pull thankfully I found
this great video on the subject this guy is anything but rugged but he suggested
having my fans pull air through the radiator and out of the case for a good
balance of overall system Cooling and ease of cleaning something I can
certainly appreciate I ran the long screws through the top of the case and
the four corners of the fans like a spit through a pig then after some fiddling
about got the first one threaded and from there it got much easier to mount
the radiator then I screwed the hold down plate to the CPU block attached my
Hardware to the motherboard put on some thermal goop and tighten the hold down
screws in a cross pattern before pluging power leads from a fans and pump either
directly into the board for automatic control or into the power supply if I
don't mind them running at full manly speed all the time with my work complete
I contemplated the sacrifices I'd made cuz while frankly the Practical benefits
of CPU liquid cooling with longer life and marginally better overclock and
being among them are debatable at best
what it was really about for me was knowing my Battlefield rig weren't
relying on the equivalent of the gentle beaten of pixie wings to keep her
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