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INSTALLATION – INTEL 1155

Mounting the fans and grilles to the Primochill mounting plate was easy.

To install the CPU block you need to gather the above items – four screws, four springs, four metal washers and four plastic washers.

Assemble them as shown so you end up with four identical assemblies like what we have above.

Now XSPC for some reason doesn’t include ANY instructions with the kit whatsoever. You’ll see here we have two different sets of screws. The larger diameter with the coarse threads is for AMD installation while the smaller and finer version is for the Intel Mounting. They should have just made the Intel back plate have the same thread as the AMD unit and only included one set of screws to keep things simple.

The backplate here is for Intel 1155/1156. The white washers peel off the stands to allow you to stick the back plate right to the motherboard for ease of installation.

The back plate can only mount one way as the Intel socket has three screws – hence the “T” shaped cutout.

Now this is where installation can get kinda tricky. You apply your favorite TIM and set the block onto the CPU. If you’re doing this in a case lay it on its back so the block stays in place.

Then you set the bracket over the block as shown.