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Originally posted by bakerocks
Alright, so I've ordered everything above, and I have all of it sitting in my livingroom with the exception of the hard drive which should be here tomorrow morning. I decided I'd start to put the thing together. I almost immediately came up with a question for ya sixate (since I'm using pretty-much an identical cooling system as you), how do you place the 80mm fan on top of the heatsink and keep it there? And you only need the thermal grease stuff on the underside of the heatsink where it directly touches the processor yes? Can't remember if I had anymore questions...I'll report back if I run into anything else. =)
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I should have warned you that the heatsink comes with no instructions at all. Anyway, there are two little metal bar lookin deals that slide into the holes on each side of the heatsink. Check out
this link to see what I'm talking about. It shows all of the parts that come with the heatsink so you can get an idea of how to assemble it. It's very easy. Just slide the clips in the holes and the clips will fit nice and snug in the screw holes on the top of the fan. The clips will hold the fan on the heatsink no problem. If I remember correctly there are three sets of holes to put the clips in. That depends on the thickness of you fan. Since you have the same fan as myself they will go in the middle set of holes. Be sure to look at all of the pics on that link closely and read it too.
If you're using thermal paste and not the thermal tape, apply the paste to the CPU. Check out
this link to see exactly how to apply it. If you have any questions feel free to send me a PM.