Assembly and Correct Installation

We specifically titled this section “Correct Installation”. The thing is that the actual installation procedure is very simple: you take the proper retention bracket for your system and install the cooler following easy instructions in the guide that the package of the cooler transforms into when unfolded:

It is much more important however to turn the cooler so that it faces the right direction inside the case. The thing is that the thermal siphon of the Asetek VapoChill Micro cooler will work only if the ends of the heatpipes are facing upwards. Here are a few examples:

We tested both cases. If the cooler is installed the way you see on the left-hand side, it doesn’t work at all and the system freezes on the boot-up stage. And if you turn it as we demonstrate on the right-hand side, the heatpipes work just fine and the cooler works great with overclocked CPUs. But we will discuss overclocking a little bit later, and now let’s take a look at the detailed cooler specifications:

Specification

Take a look at the table below: