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Firstly, before installing this CPU cooler, we removed our test system Akasa Venom Voodoo CPU cooler and backplate, and then removed our CPU to thoroughly clean any old thermal paste off. As you can probably tell this is an AM3 motherboard, and as such we will be showing you the AMD installation.
Firstly, we install the backplate, which as you can see does both Intel and AMD sockets in one go. We are using the ‘inner-most' arms for the AMD set-up.
Once the backplate has been installed you can then screw on some thumbscrews to hold this in place. These also act as a spacer for the rest of the cooler.
We then take the standard retention bracket for the CPU cooler, which is used for both AMD and Intel Sockets.
Unfortunately, for an AMD installation we have to add on an extra bracket on each side, which meant using some very small and fiddly screws.
We were then able to install the heatsink, and screw in place with the thumbscrews. Unfortunately, there is very little access to the top of the thumbscrews and so it is very hard to use a screw-driver. We also installed one of the fans using the clips provided.
We then installed the motherboard and Titan Fenrir Siberia Edition CPU Cooler into the case, as you can see on the right hand side there is very little space and so you certainly couldn't use the exhaust fan that you would normally find at the back of these cases.
We were also unable to get at two screws on the top of the motherboard, and you might say we should have installed the motherboard first (without the CPU cooler) but we did try this and found that we could not get at the top two thumbscrews of the CPU cooler. A logistical nightmare!
Finally, we could install the rather large 140mm fan to the top of the heatsink. This CPU Cooler while huge, does look quite good, although nearly hides our mATX board from sight.
They look great in pictures, but I dont like the opposing style coolers like this. they are huge and just take up too much space. no need for it. especially with these results. my £20 cooler is comparible.
Those style of coolers are on a road to nowhere. Its great they cool the board, but most case fans are designed to help with that. I dont like large coolers like the D14 either however, as they are too restrictive. thats why coolers like Corsair H100 are so great, they CPU socket is hardly covered at all, so loads of room around it for the build.