Assembly Tips

It takes some time to get this cooling kit deployed and working, but there’s nothing too difficult about the installation. Here is a list of operations you have to perform:

1. Assemble the external unit consisting of the heatsink, fan and RadBox
2. Install the water-block on the CPU
3. Fasten all the components inside and outside the system case
4. Connect the components of the system with pipes
5. Attach power to the pump and the fan
6. Fill the system with the coolant

The kit includes everything necessary to do the installation, so you’ll just need a screwdriver and a knife to cut the pipes. The water-blocks of the COOL kit come already equipped with pipes, and the kit itself includes only one 120cm pipe. You should cut it in two to connect the pump, the expansion tank and the radiator.

The COOL by Corsair kit includes rather thick polymer transparent pipes with an external diameter of 1/2 inches (12.7mm) and an internal diameter of 3/8 inches (9.5mm). The material the pipes are made of is highest quality – it is approved for use in food machines and does not grow dim with use.

The pipe is rather flexible and can be easily put on the fittings of the system’s components. The connection is quite reliable and hermetic, so you may use the system without additionally fixing the pipes on the fittings. For reliability considerations, however, it is recommended that you fasten the pipes with the plastic clamps included in the COOL kit.

To prevent the pipe from twisting, the COOL kit includes special plastic sleeves called CoolSleeves. They look like stiff plastic springs that prevent the pipe from flattening. Well, it is in fact very hard to flatten the thick pipe of this system even without the sleeves on.

The manufacturer recommends the following connection plan: tank-pump-radiator-waterblock-tank. Additional water-blocks for the chipsets and the GPU are to be inserted into the circuit after the CPU water-block. It’s easy to fill the system with liquid – just pour it into the tank and it will quickly spread around the system which can take in about 800 milliliters of coolant.

The COOL kit comes with a 200ml bottle of special liquid for filling the system. Of course, this amount isn’t enough, so you have to add some water. Corsair’s coolant is 95% propylene glycol. By adding a small amount of this stuff into the water you prevent various organic forms of life from appearing (these microorganisms show up as green slime on the inside of the pipes). Besides that, Corsair’s coolant has some additives that give it the green color and make it shine in ultraviolet.

So after you have filled the system with liquid, you only have to put the stickers with the Corsair logo on it and check it in practice. We will do the same now, but first let us show you the official specification of this liquid-cooling system.