Installation
We will be doing our installation on our Z97 system so we will be on the Intel LGA 1150 socket. This installation should be the same for pretty much any LGA115x socket.
The first thing you are going to want to do is attach the four backplate bolts to the backplate with the silicone washers on as you see in the photo below. Please consult the instructions to see what holes you will need to use for your socket.
Carefully place the backplate on your motherboard with the backplate bolts passing through to the other side of the board.
Place the four plastic spacers on each bolt as you see below.
Take the mounting bracket and line up the appropriate holes up with the backplate bolts. Then secure the mounting plate with the supplied nuts. Reeven does include a wrench so you can securely fasten the bolts. The orientation you see below will have our cooler sitting vertical with the fans exhausting out of the back of the case. If you want the cooler vertical simply install the bracket the other way.
Apply your thermal paste, and place the mounting bar in the center of the cooler with the two mounting screws attached.
Carefully place the cooler on top of your CPU lining up the holes in the mounting bracket with the screws you’ve installed on the mounting bar. Now take a screwdriver and place it down through the cooler using the holes in the cooler. This will allow you to tighten the screws securing the cooler to the mounting plate. Now Reeven does not include a screwdriver to do this, you need your own. Two of the screwdrivers I had here fit down the holes, but the other two I had did not. Typically when we see installation like this the manufacturer includes a screwdriver. There is also nothing on the Reeven website about the size of screwdriver you need. They do however mention you need a screwdriver longer than 160 mm in the installation manual.
With the cooler successfully installed you can see that even with the fan installed it does not block our memory. Now just connect the fan and you are good to go.
Taking a look at the opposite side of the cooler there is more than enough room for a second fan.
