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Installation
I first tested the Kelvin range on my testbench before installing each in a Thermaltake tower for a prolonged test to see how it coped with actual usage.
In both environments installation was a very simple affair. I’ve tested more than my fair share of coolers and fitting these has been among the easiest whether on the bench or in a case with the motherboard already in situ. The preparation for fitting was simply to snap the two halves of the screw-holding collar into place around the pump, then screwing the right screw and spring for your chip into a bolt on each corner of the collar. Once that preparation is complete you just pop it over the CPU – after adding thermal paste – and screw it through the motherboard into the backplate. The whole process took literally 5 minutes.
The next stage was to fit the fans, always something that’s easier to do when the radiator is outside the case if you can, it is a slightly different process when you have push-pull though as the screws holding one fan in place also fit the unit to the case but one can be pre-fitted. With the fans fitted to the radiator, it was installed onto the roof of my case. Depending on what case you have and what your needs are you may only get to use the T12 and fit it into the rear exhaust, or the S24 to go into the front of the case but whatever your situation there’s a Kelvin for you.
The last stage of installation is to connect the power plug to any fan header and the fans to the CPU fan header and the hardware side is done. There’s no software with the kit, everything is controlled by either the BIOS or your motherboard software. You need to make certain that the pump always has full power all the time, the fans though can go on a profile that suits you, matching the speed and the noise with the temperature of the CPU.
Starting next year. I will no longer use air cooling for CPU or GPU. This looks like a great buy.