michaelcly

Thanks for the instructions. It helped. But I still have issues: At idle in windows 7 I'm at 70 degrees C. I can get it down to 60 by adjusting the fans with the Gigabyte software that came with my motherboard. I don't dare run it under load. it's far enough off that I must have mounted it wrong. It's difficult with my case (SG05) but many have done it. One thing of note, I replaced the fan with a Noctua NFP12 wpm. The tubes are under more pressure than I would like. I think maybe that is causing difficulty in mounting the pump squarely. I'm thinking about mounting the pump first, then the fan and radiator. Is that a good idea (mount pump first)? Will I need to remove and replace the thermal compound? Is the Noctua fan up to the task? AAHHA! Solved: if you have a z77 gigabyte MB, you can only orient the pump with the Corsair logo perpendicular to the ram. Otherwise part of the copper base rests on some capacitors. I win the idiot award. GA-z77n-wifi, i7-3770k, Fan plugged into CPU header, Pump into system fan header.