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Installation
Installation of the Raijintek Pallas was a bit of an annoyance, especially in the later stages. In order to mount the cooler, you will need to install a back plate which is made of plastic and not metal like all other coolers I’ve previously tested, and you will need to install the mounting system too which consists of a few steps. Firstly, you’ll need to screw down four plastic spacers which act as a spacer for the securing brackets and also keep the back plate securely locked in. Do not over tighten the plastic spacers as you could cause damage to your motherboard. Tight is tight, and any more will be an issue. Once they’re in place, you need to install the two brackets and then finish off the mounting system by using the four metallic screw nuts that sit on top. You can use either a screw driver or your hand to tighten them but just like the spacers, tight is tight. That’s the easier part of the installation complete.
Next up is an annoying bracket that loves to fall out of place whilst you’re trying to mount it. It’s definitely not one for the inexperienced and I’d probably advise to have two people on the job if that is the case. You need to place the bracket in place, make sure the cooler is in the correct place, line up the screw holes, attempt to put a screw through the holes and then screw it down, all whilst making sure it doesn’t move at all during installation or else it’ll more than likely pop out of place and you need to start again. It was an utter nightmare and took me the longest to mount out of any coolers that I’ve used so far, apart from the HR-22 from Thermalright. This problem could easily be rectified by installing a holder so that the pressure plate can’t move as much, just like the Thermalright AXP-200’s mounting system. That would make installation an awful lot easier, and it would’ve made me happy. Anyway, with that little annoyance out of the way, it’s time to find out how it performs in both the noise output and thermal departments.
