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Test Boot with AIO Cooler?

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I will be doing my first desktop build in a few days and I want to do a test boot before I install everything in the case. I have the Kraken X61 AIO cooler and my i5-6600K doesn't come with a stock cooler. Do I need to mount the X61 for the test boot? Once it is installed I am guessing that it is best to not take it off as I would have to reapply thermal paste?

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I will be doing my first desktop build in a few days and I want to do a test boot before I install everything in the case. I have the Kraken X61 AIO cooler and my i5-6600K doesn't come with a stock cooler. So do I just install the X61 before I boot up and then remove it when I install it in the case?

Test it outside the case before installing it in the case, make sure you dont put the side panel on too (for good luck)

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I did a test boot on my brand new Skylake build with the mobo installed since installing an aftermarket aircooler is kind of a pain outside the case. Worked out well enough.

 

EDIT: Where you do your test boot only affects how much of a pain it'll be pulling stuff out if you've got parts that are dead on arrival.

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Maybe I wasn't clear enough...I am asking if I need to mount the X61 for the test boot? I am guessing that once it is on there I can't remove it without reapplying thermal paste again...

| Intel i5-6600K | NZXT Kraken X61 | MSI GTX 980TI | NZXT Kraken X41 | ASUS MAXIMUS VIII Hero | Corsair Vengeance DDR4-3000 16GB | 

                |Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | WD Blue 1TB | EVGA SuperNova G2 850W | Fractal Design Define S |

 

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Maybe I wasn't clear enough...I am asking if I need to mount the X61 for the test boot? I am guessing that once it is on there I can't remove it without reapplying thermal paste again...

You will have to mount it.

generally for things like this a test boot, you can remove it and replace it without a problem (w/o changing the thermal paste). But if its one thats been used for a month or two, You'd want to re-apply the thermal paste 

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Okay great, it is a brand new build.

| Intel i5-6600K | NZXT Kraken X61 | MSI GTX 980TI | NZXT Kraken X41 | ASUS MAXIMUS VIII Hero | Corsair Vengeance DDR4-3000 16GB | 

                |Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | WD Blue 1TB | EVGA SuperNova G2 850W | Fractal Design Define S |

 

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