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infiniteCurse · March 19, 2018

I have an H100i V2, and i was wondering how to install exactly. I know to do it evenly but do you tighten the studs all the way down until it stops spinning or tighten it until its feels good and tight? Or is it designed where you cant mess up your motherboard by over tightening? Im just being completely sure before i dive into it. Is it designed to be completely tightened down on all four shanks of the backplate until it bottoms out?

dionkoffie · March 19, 2018

I've never installed a watercooler like that before, but my suggestion would be to tighten it ''just enough''. Don't over tighten it because you might snap a screw or it might never come loose again. Too tight is not good either.

RollinLower · March 19, 2018

you can't really mess up with that cooler. the threads on the studs are just long enough that you can bottom each screw out, without actually overtightening it.

thelordofwarr · March 19, 2018

I mostly just put them on handtight. Wit hthe h100iv2 you can mostly just screw them down all the way, just be carefull to tighten them in a cross pattern. It isn't excatly "needed" but I made bad experiences with not doing it.

Skiiwee29 · March 19, 2018

3 hours ago, thelordofwarr said:

I mostly just put them on handtight. Wit hthe h100iv2 you can mostly just screw them down all the way, just be carefull to tighten them in a cross pattern. It isn't excatly "needed" but I made bad experiences with not doing it.

It actually is necessary to do it in a cross pattern to ensure even pressure even if the screws have a finite length they can travel to ensure even spread of thermal paste.

thelordofwarr · March 19, 2018

56 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

It actually is necessary to do it in a cross pattern to ensure even pressure even if the screws have a finite length they can travel to ensure even spread of thermal paste.

You can also reach that without the cross pattern, or spread the paste yourself, but as I said you shouldn't do that because it doesn't work most of the time. I just wanted to quickly add that it isn't 100% necessary to do it, only like 95%