Product Installation

Product Installation

The installation process has been described in the included manual, but you can also find it on the SilentiumPC website. It’s the same for both of the tested coolers, and we are not going to present it separately. First up is installation of the fan on the radiator.

This is for the Navis 280. Four screws per fan (washers/spacers are provided). Mounting this kit on a socket 115x platform is much like with any other All-In-One product. First up is the backplate. Most modern cases have a big cut-out for the CPU cooler, so there should be no need to pull the motherboard out to install the backplate.

The nuts need to be aligned with the holes in the board. Next up is the mounting bracket that needs to be secured by a total of plastic pillars from the motherboard side.

You need to screw two metal “arms” to be able to secure the pump. Of course you need to peel off the foil from the block. Thermal paste is not pre-applied on the block (a small tube of Pactum PT-2 is included), but for the sake of the review we used Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut.

The last step is to secure the pump/block on standoff screws with four nuts. You will need to use a Phillips screwdriver, and tighten the screws diagonally (to even out the pressure on the CPU). After that, connect the cables. Ok, now let’s take a look at the next page, shall we?