WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.270 --> 00:00:02.010 In this lesson, we're going to install 2 00:00:02.010 --> 00:00:03.690 active cooling for our CPU, 3 00:00:03.690 --> 00:00:05.040 as well as some passive cooling 4 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:07.200 using a heat sink and thermal paste. 5 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:10.260 Then, we're going to install a few case fans for active cooling 6 00:00:10.260 --> 00:00:13.230 for the rest of our motherboard and associated components. 7 00:00:13.230 --> 00:00:14.850 Now, when you're installing a CPU, 8 00:00:14.850 --> 00:00:17.550 you're first going to place the CPU into the motherboard 9 00:00:17.550 --> 00:00:19.860 by aligning it into the processor socket. 10 00:00:19.860 --> 00:00:22.380 You could see we've already done that here. 11 00:00:22.380 --> 00:00:24.660 Once installed, you're going to apply thermal paste 12 00:00:24.660 --> 00:00:26.370 to the top of the processor. 13 00:00:26.370 --> 00:00:28.320 The thermal paste is a chemical compound 14 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:29.580 that's going to be used to ensure 15 00:00:29.580 --> 00:00:31.080 that we get the best heat transfer 16 00:00:31.080 --> 00:00:34.530 from that CPU or processor outward and upward 17 00:00:34.530 --> 00:00:37.200 into the heat sink by eliminating any small gaps 18 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:39.630 or air pockets that could be developed. 19 00:00:39.630 --> 00:00:42.180 This is important because the first step in removing heat 20 00:00:42.180 --> 00:00:44.760 from the processor is to use passive cooling 21 00:00:44.760 --> 00:00:45.870 through convection. 22 00:00:45.870 --> 00:00:47.700 And so it's going to go from the processor, 23 00:00:47.700 --> 00:00:50.340 through the thermal paste, into the heat sink. 24 00:00:50.340 --> 00:00:52.320 Now, once that thermal paste is applied, 25 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:54.000 we're then going to insert the heat sink 26 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:55.650 on top of the processor, 27 00:00:55.650 --> 00:00:58.350 and this goes on top of your thermal paste. 28 00:00:58.350 --> 00:01:00.240 This is going to increase the surface area 29 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:02.880 that's being exposed to the cooler air within the case 30 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:04.170 and helps to dissipate away 31 00:01:04.170 --> 00:01:06.480 all of that extra heat from the processor. 32 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:08.700 But your thermal paste and the heat sink 33 00:01:08.700 --> 00:01:10.320 are not usually going to be enough 34 00:01:10.320 --> 00:01:12.120 to dissipate all of the heat generated 35 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:14.160 by a modern computer processor, 36 00:01:14.160 --> 00:01:17.520 so we also need to install an active cooling system 37 00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:19.980 by installing a CPU or processor fan 38 00:01:19.980 --> 00:01:21.510 on top of the heat sink. 39 00:01:21.510 --> 00:01:23.610 This will pull air over the heat sink 40 00:01:23.610 --> 00:01:25.893 and help to rapidly cool down the CPU. 41 00:01:26.820 --> 00:01:29.370 All right, now I talked a lot about the processor 42 00:01:29.370 --> 00:01:32.250 and cooling, but we're not going to install that yet. 43 00:01:32.250 --> 00:01:34.440 First, I want to do the cooling fans, 44 00:01:34.440 --> 00:01:35.820 and this is going to be for the case. 45 00:01:35.820 --> 00:01:37.740 Now, the reason I'm going to do the cooling fans 46 00:01:37.740 --> 00:01:39.030 for your case first 47 00:01:39.030 --> 00:01:41.610 is because otherwise, that CPU processor 48 00:01:41.610 --> 00:01:42.720 is going to get in the way, 49 00:01:42.720 --> 00:01:45.030 because it's a big honking unit like this 50 00:01:45.030 --> 00:01:47.580 and this makes it really hard to get to the cooling fans, 51 00:01:47.580 --> 00:01:49.800 which on this case, there are six of them, 52 00:01:49.800 --> 00:01:54.150 one on the rear, two on the top and three on the front. 53 00:01:54.150 --> 00:01:56.760 So we're going to go ahead and install those now. 54 00:01:56.760 --> 00:01:57.990 Now, when you open up the box, 55 00:01:57.990 --> 00:02:01.350 this particular one does come with a choice of colors. 56 00:02:01.350 --> 00:02:06.090 You can have white, yellow, blue, green, red, or black. 57 00:02:06.090 --> 00:02:08.070 Now, I'm not really a huge fan of colors 58 00:02:08.070 --> 00:02:11.160 and components on computers, but for these particular fans, 59 00:02:11.160 --> 00:02:12.690 you will choose the color you want 60 00:02:12.690 --> 00:02:14.610 and put it on the side of the fan. 61 00:02:14.610 --> 00:02:16.830 This is actually a rubber-type device 62 00:02:16.830 --> 00:02:18.480 that's going to help prevent vibrations 63 00:02:18.480 --> 00:02:19.770 from when the fan is moving 64 00:02:19.770 --> 00:02:22.800 and rattling the case and making a metallic noise. 65 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:24.810 So I'm personally going to go with blue 66 00:02:24.810 --> 00:02:26.220 because that's my favorite color, 67 00:02:26.220 --> 00:02:28.830 even though I'm not a huge color fan. 68 00:02:28.830 --> 00:02:30.600 Now, once you pull everything out of the box, 69 00:02:30.600 --> 00:02:33.120 you're going to start with your case fan. 70 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:36.030 Notice, you do have a cable connecting from this case fan, 71 00:02:36.030 --> 00:02:38.220 and it will connect down to your motherboard 72 00:02:38.220 --> 00:02:41.160 where the fan plugs in and I'll show you that in a moment. 73 00:02:41.160 --> 00:02:42.960 Now, the first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to place 74 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:47.010 my four colors on here, which I chose to go with blue. 75 00:02:47.010 --> 00:02:48.180 You'll notice on this fan, 76 00:02:48.180 --> 00:02:51.450 you have two sides, one with the label and one without. 77 00:02:51.450 --> 00:02:53.640 I'm going to go ahead and use the side with the label 78 00:02:53.640 --> 00:02:56.400 and I'm going to face that outward on the back of the case. 79 00:02:56.400 --> 00:02:58.440 So first, I'm going to put in my colors, 80 00:02:58.440 --> 00:02:59.740 which in my case are blue. 81 00:03:00.870 --> 00:03:02.040 And when you're dealing with these, 82 00:03:02.040 --> 00:03:04.440 you're simply going to push the two little nubs 83 00:03:04.440 --> 00:03:08.760 into the holes and push down until they push and click 84 00:03:08.760 --> 00:03:10.230 and that will put them all in place. 85 00:03:10.230 --> 00:03:12.990 So now I have my four rubber knobs 86 00:03:12.990 --> 00:03:15.330 all the way around this cooling fan. 87 00:03:15.330 --> 00:03:18.480 Then, I'm going to go ahead and face this upward 88 00:03:18.480 --> 00:03:19.620 so that when the case, 89 00:03:19.620 --> 00:03:21.090 right now it's laying on its side, 90 00:03:21.090 --> 00:03:22.890 it will go into the back of it 91 00:03:22.890 --> 00:03:26.280 and you're going to screw it from the outside going in, 92 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:27.630 so I'm going to walk around and show you that 93 00:03:27.630 --> 00:03:28.743 as I screw this in. 94 00:03:29.700 --> 00:03:32.280 Okay, so we're going to go ahead and put the case fan in. 95 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:35.040 I'm going to center it here on the rear case part 96 00:03:35.040 --> 00:03:37.350 and I'm going to make sure I line up my holes 97 00:03:37.350 --> 00:03:39.360 and then get that first screw going. 98 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:41.400 I'm just going to finger tighten it at first, 99 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:42.810 so I don't drop it. 100 00:03:42.810 --> 00:03:45.570 And then again, I'm just going to go ahead and screw this 101 00:03:45.570 --> 00:03:49.590 using my screwdriver right into the case fan. 102 00:03:49.590 --> 00:03:52.950 And you're just going to center it on this back grate. 103 00:03:52.950 --> 00:03:55.170 I'll do that with the second one. 104 00:03:55.170 --> 00:03:56.790 And once I get both of these in, 105 00:03:56.790 --> 00:04:00.780 I should be able to let go of my hand from behind it. 106 00:04:00.780 --> 00:04:04.050 Now, some people ask why don't I use a power tool 107 00:04:04.050 --> 00:04:07.410 like a drill, screwdriver or something like that? 108 00:04:07.410 --> 00:04:09.780 Well, the problem is when you use something like that, 109 00:04:09.780 --> 00:04:12.960 you can either over-torque it and break things off, 110 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:16.560 or they also create an electromagnetic field. 111 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:17.820 And so when you do that, 112 00:04:17.820 --> 00:04:20.450 you can actually short out circuits on your motherboard 113 00:04:20.450 --> 00:04:23.340 or your processor or other sensitive components. 114 00:04:23.340 --> 00:04:26.910 So I always use a hand tool when I'm putting these in, 115 00:04:26.910 --> 00:04:29.370 but some people you will see use an electronic tool 116 00:04:29.370 --> 00:04:31.050 and it's not a best practice, 117 00:04:31.050 --> 00:04:33.480 so I do not recommend doing it. 118 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:34.620 And this is the last screw. 119 00:04:34.620 --> 00:04:37.500 Each case fan does require four screws 120 00:04:37.500 --> 00:04:39.900 to be properly set in place. 121 00:04:39.900 --> 00:04:41.343 And once you have that in, 122 00:04:42.420 --> 00:04:44.310 you can then just give it a little twist 123 00:04:44.310 --> 00:04:45.510 and make sure it's not moving. 124 00:04:45.510 --> 00:04:47.250 It's nice and secure, in this case. 125 00:04:47.250 --> 00:04:48.750 And now, I'm going to go to the other side 126 00:04:48.750 --> 00:04:50.490 and show you how we plug that case fan 127 00:04:50.490 --> 00:04:52.140 into the motherboard to get power 128 00:04:52.140 --> 00:04:54.630 later on once we connect our power supply. 129 00:04:54.630 --> 00:04:58.110 Now, again, there are six fans that can go on this case. 130 00:04:58.110 --> 00:04:59.730 We just installed the first one, 131 00:04:59.730 --> 00:05:01.830 so now we want to go ahead and plug it in. 132 00:05:01.830 --> 00:05:03.060 You'll notice up here 133 00:05:03.060 --> 00:05:06.270 close to the rear port cluster is four pins sticking up, 134 00:05:06.270 --> 00:05:08.580 and next to it, it says sys fan 6 135 00:05:08.580 --> 00:05:12.030 which is our sixth fan or our rear case fan. 136 00:05:12.030 --> 00:05:13.860 So we're just going to go ahead and take this, 137 00:05:13.860 --> 00:05:16.350 and we are going to go ahead and put it in place. 138 00:05:16.350 --> 00:05:17.760 You will notice right here, 139 00:05:17.760 --> 00:05:19.710 there's a notch on the back of it. 140 00:05:19.710 --> 00:05:22.050 And what you want to do is line that notch up 141 00:05:22.050 --> 00:05:25.410 with the pins because there's a notch also on those pins. 142 00:05:25.410 --> 00:05:27.060 So I'm just going to go ahead and do that. 143 00:05:27.060 --> 00:05:29.550 Line those pins up 144 00:05:29.550 --> 00:05:32.820 and then you just push down and it will click into place. 145 00:05:32.820 --> 00:05:33.750 Don't worry too much 146 00:05:33.750 --> 00:05:35.670 about this cable sitting here right now. 147 00:05:35.670 --> 00:05:37.920 Later on, we'll move all the cables around, 148 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:39.360 bundle them together with zip ties 149 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:41.520 and keep them out of the way for proper cooling. 150 00:05:41.520 --> 00:05:43.200 But for now, I just wanted to get it in there 151 00:05:43.200 --> 00:05:44.940 and plugged in, so I've done that, 152 00:05:44.940 --> 00:05:46.980 and I'll just push it over here to the side 153 00:05:46.980 --> 00:05:48.810 to get it out of my way. 154 00:05:48.810 --> 00:05:49.650 All right. 155 00:05:49.650 --> 00:05:50.850 The next two that we're going to do 156 00:05:50.850 --> 00:05:52.590 are going to be here on the top side. 157 00:05:52.590 --> 00:05:53.790 On this particular case, 158 00:05:53.790 --> 00:05:56.100 there's a mesh netting, and I'm just going to pull that off, 159 00:05:56.100 --> 00:05:58.950 that uses magnets and put that to the side. 160 00:05:58.950 --> 00:06:00.450 Notice we have these tracks 161 00:06:00.450 --> 00:06:02.040 and that's where we're going to screw into. 162 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:03.240 On the top of the computer, 163 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:05.160 we're only going to have two fans. 164 00:06:05.160 --> 00:06:07.380 Notice we have three strips here. 165 00:06:07.380 --> 00:06:09.870 When you put the fans in, we're going to put one here 166 00:06:09.870 --> 00:06:14.160 with four bolts and then one here with the other four bolts. 167 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:16.496 I'm going to go ahead and do that in fast speed for you 168 00:06:16.496 --> 00:06:17.760 so you don't have to sit here watching me 169 00:06:17.760 --> 00:06:19.803 screw these things in for a long time. 170 00:06:29.910 --> 00:06:32.310 Okay, now that we've gotten the two case fans 171 00:06:32.310 --> 00:06:33.630 on the top of the case in, 172 00:06:33.630 --> 00:06:36.240 we need to get the three on the front of the case. 173 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:37.830 Now for the two on the top of the case, 174 00:06:37.830 --> 00:06:39.990 we're also going to make sure we plug those in 175 00:06:39.990 --> 00:06:43.350 exactly where they say system fan on my motherboard, 176 00:06:43.350 --> 00:06:45.870 which is on the front edge of my motherboard 177 00:06:45.870 --> 00:06:48.120 and it's going to be done the exact same way. 178 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:50.760 We're just going to go ahead and put those four pins in, 179 00:06:50.760 --> 00:06:54.540 line them up and click. 180 00:06:54.540 --> 00:06:57.060 And we'll do the same thing with the other one. 181 00:06:57.060 --> 00:06:58.680 And click it into place. 182 00:06:58.680 --> 00:06:59.880 Okay. 183 00:06:59.880 --> 00:07:01.680 Now, the next thing we're going to do 184 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:03.390 is we're going to grab this next fan 185 00:07:03.390 --> 00:07:05.850 and we're going to put these three on the front. 186 00:07:05.850 --> 00:07:08.370 I'm going to start on the lowest part of the case 187 00:07:08.370 --> 00:07:10.920 which is all the way down here, and then move myself 188 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:13.170 over to the middle and move myself up to the top. 189 00:07:13.170 --> 00:07:16.140 And again, on this case, we can see over on this side, 190 00:07:16.140 --> 00:07:18.510 you can see here that we have this grate on the front, 191 00:07:18.510 --> 00:07:20.340 and on this case, if we just pull it, 192 00:07:20.340 --> 00:07:23.400 it comes right off and it's held in place 193 00:07:23.400 --> 00:07:26.520 by these little notches into those catches. 194 00:07:26.520 --> 00:07:28.800 In addition to that, we do have this grate in the front. 195 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:31.620 And again, we can just grab it and pull it off. 196 00:07:31.620 --> 00:07:32.820 And that makes it easier for us 197 00:07:32.820 --> 00:07:35.280 to be able to screw those case fans from the front 198 00:07:35.280 --> 00:07:36.960 and we're going to have them facing this way, 199 00:07:36.960 --> 00:07:39.330 so they're blowing air, they're sucking air 200 00:07:39.330 --> 00:07:41.530 and then pushing it out throughout the case. 201 00:07:51.060 --> 00:07:52.110 Okay, we're back. 202 00:07:52.110 --> 00:07:55.260 Now, what I've done is I've put in those three case fans 203 00:07:55.260 --> 00:07:57.540 which are sitting here on the front of the tower, 204 00:07:57.540 --> 00:08:00.060 and you'll see that I do have the three cables. 205 00:08:00.060 --> 00:08:01.260 Now up here at the top, 206 00:08:01.260 --> 00:08:03.270 we're again, going to plug in our system fan. 207 00:08:03.270 --> 00:08:05.460 We have a couple of places here. 208 00:08:05.460 --> 00:08:08.850 The first two are at the top part of the motherboard. 209 00:08:08.850 --> 00:08:11.403 I'm going to do that here and here. 210 00:08:12.870 --> 00:08:14.610 And you're just going to make sure you line those pins up 211 00:08:14.610 --> 00:08:15.443 and put 'em down. 212 00:08:15.443 --> 00:08:17.970 And then my last one is all the way down here 213 00:08:17.970 --> 00:08:22.500 on the bottom center, which says system fan number four. 214 00:08:22.500 --> 00:08:25.200 So I'm going to go ahead and plug that in over there. 215 00:08:25.200 --> 00:08:28.470 Okay, so now we have all of our fans plugged in. 216 00:08:28.470 --> 00:08:30.750 We have six case fans all properly plugged 217 00:08:30.750 --> 00:08:31.583 into the motherboard. 218 00:08:31.583 --> 00:08:32.820 None of them have power yet 219 00:08:32.820 --> 00:08:36.360 because we haven't put a power supply into this computer yet 220 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:38.340 but we'll get to that in another section. 221 00:08:38.340 --> 00:08:41.130 Now, the last thing we need to do in this particular video 222 00:08:41.130 --> 00:08:45.390 is go back and give cooling to that CPU right there. 223 00:08:45.390 --> 00:08:46.860 Now, what I'm going to use for this 224 00:08:46.860 --> 00:08:49.200 is actually a Dark Rock Pro 4, 225 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:50.430 but you can use any cooling fan 226 00:08:50.430 --> 00:08:52.350 that's appropriate for your processor. 227 00:08:52.350 --> 00:08:53.220 Now you may be wondering 228 00:08:53.220 --> 00:08:55.920 why do I have six cooling fans in this case? 229 00:08:55.920 --> 00:08:58.590 And do you really need all six cooling fans? 230 00:08:58.590 --> 00:09:01.470 Well, that depends what you're putting in the case. 231 00:09:01.470 --> 00:09:04.620 We're putting a pretty beefy processor into this computer, 232 00:09:04.620 --> 00:09:07.590 so we're going to need a big heat sink with a big cooling fan 233 00:09:07.590 --> 00:09:09.360 and lots of case fans, 234 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:10.770 because I'm also going to be putting in 235 00:09:10.770 --> 00:09:12.750 a pretty powerful graphics card. 236 00:09:12.750 --> 00:09:15.360 Now, this particular system could have used liquid cooling 237 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:17.700 or active cooling, but for our examples, 238 00:09:17.700 --> 00:09:19.590 I wanted to keep us with active cooling, 239 00:09:19.590 --> 00:09:21.690 because if you're working in the business world, 240 00:09:21.690 --> 00:09:23.190 you're more likely going to be finding 241 00:09:23.190 --> 00:09:25.170 active cooling in your system. 242 00:09:25.170 --> 00:09:27.900 If you're working with a standard HP or Dell computer, 243 00:09:27.900 --> 00:09:29.820 normally you're going to find yourself 244 00:09:29.820 --> 00:09:32.370 with about one or two cooling fans in those cases 245 00:09:32.370 --> 00:09:34.620 because they tend not to be very powerful units 246 00:09:34.620 --> 00:09:36.480 in most office environments. 247 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:38.130 All right, let me go ahead and unwrap this 248 00:09:38.130 --> 00:09:39.330 and I'll be right back. 249 00:09:39.330 --> 00:09:40.620 All right, we've unpacked the box, 250 00:09:40.620 --> 00:09:41.970 and one of the things I want to point out 251 00:09:41.970 --> 00:09:44.730 is that often with these heat sinks, they will make them 252 00:09:44.730 --> 00:09:48.120 so they can work with either Intel or AMD processors. 253 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:49.860 And that's the case with this one. 254 00:09:49.860 --> 00:09:52.590 So inside, they actually give you two packages. 255 00:09:52.590 --> 00:09:55.830 One is labeled Intel and one is labeled AMD. 256 00:09:55.830 --> 00:09:58.920 Now, because we're using AMD, I don't need the Intel one, 257 00:09:58.920 --> 00:10:00.960 so I'm just going to throw it over there. 258 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:01.793 All right. 259 00:10:01.793 --> 00:10:04.380 Inside the AMD one, the first thing we're going to do 260 00:10:04.380 --> 00:10:07.320 is we're going to remove the retainer clips right here. 261 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:08.760 On either side of the processor, 262 00:10:08.760 --> 00:10:10.740 you'll see these plastic retainer clips 263 00:10:10.740 --> 00:10:13.260 that are in the way and instead, we want to replace them 264 00:10:13.260 --> 00:10:17.370 with these specific AMD brackets for that heat sink 265 00:10:17.370 --> 00:10:19.350 because that is a beefy heat sink 266 00:10:19.350 --> 00:10:23.160 and we need to make sure it can be properly mounted 267 00:10:23.160 --> 00:10:25.230 on top of that processor. 268 00:10:25.230 --> 00:10:27.090 Also, you'll notice at the bottom, 269 00:10:27.090 --> 00:10:29.550 this is where the processor's going to be mounted, 270 00:10:29.550 --> 00:10:32.190 right on here, and they have a protective coating on it 271 00:10:32.190 --> 00:10:33.300 that we're going to rip off 272 00:10:33.300 --> 00:10:36.030 once we put our mounting brackets in the right place, 273 00:10:36.030 --> 00:10:38.220 our thermal paste, and then our heat sink, 274 00:10:38.220 --> 00:10:42.090 and then that goes through these, into this heat sink area 275 00:10:42.090 --> 00:10:44.970 and fans will pull the air out of that 276 00:10:44.970 --> 00:10:46.950 and get all that heat from the processor 277 00:10:46.950 --> 00:10:48.540 out where the case fans can take over 278 00:10:48.540 --> 00:10:50.790 and push it out of the system. 279 00:10:50.790 --> 00:10:53.010 Now that we've gotten our heat sink unpacked, 280 00:10:53.010 --> 00:10:53.910 we're ready to go ahead 281 00:10:53.910 --> 00:10:56.430 and install it on top of the processor. 282 00:10:56.430 --> 00:10:58.560 Now, you'll notice here on top of the processor, 283 00:10:58.560 --> 00:11:02.850 you have two plastic retainers that are sitting here. 284 00:11:02.850 --> 00:11:05.100 So what I'm going to have to do is actually unscrew 285 00:11:05.100 --> 00:11:06.630 both of those retainers 286 00:11:06.630 --> 00:11:09.300 and replace them with this metal retainer 287 00:11:09.300 --> 00:11:13.590 that came in my package for AMD 4 socket sets. 288 00:11:13.590 --> 00:11:14.430 When I do this, 289 00:11:14.430 --> 00:11:16.830 the little notch is going to be towards the processor 290 00:11:16.830 --> 00:11:18.930 and the heat sink is going to bolt onto these. 291 00:11:18.930 --> 00:11:21.420 There's going to be one on each side of the processor. 292 00:11:21.420 --> 00:11:23.550 Now, when you do this, there's actually a retaining clip 293 00:11:23.550 --> 00:11:25.050 underneath the motherboard, 294 00:11:25.050 --> 00:11:27.150 so I'm going to go ahead and take off the back of this case 295 00:11:27.150 --> 00:11:28.920 and show you what that looks like. 296 00:11:28.920 --> 00:11:33.630 Now, here on the backside, as I unscrew this case, 297 00:11:33.630 --> 00:11:36.390 I can, again, just pop that side off, 298 00:11:36.390 --> 00:11:38.040 and I'll put that to the side. 299 00:11:38.040 --> 00:11:40.770 And then here, you can see that we do have 300 00:11:40.770 --> 00:11:44.100 this retaining piece right underneath the processor. 301 00:11:44.100 --> 00:11:47.130 And this is where those four plastic retaining screws 302 00:11:47.130 --> 00:11:48.210 are going to be. 303 00:11:48.210 --> 00:11:51.360 So what I'm going to do is I'm actually going to put my hand on it 304 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:55.530 from this side while I unscrew it from the motherboard side 305 00:11:55.530 --> 00:11:57.580 to make sure that it doesn't go anywhere. 306 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:04.170 Okay, so I've undone that screw part 307 00:12:04.170 --> 00:12:06.780 and I'm going to be mounting on the metal bracket 308 00:12:06.780 --> 00:12:08.160 from the other side. 309 00:12:08.160 --> 00:12:09.000 So what I'm going to do is I'm going to go ahead 310 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:10.590 and turn this around so you can see me 311 00:12:10.590 --> 00:12:12.210 mount this metal bracket. 312 00:12:12.210 --> 00:12:14.040 Now, before you put this metal bracket on, 313 00:12:14.040 --> 00:12:15.930 you need to use some spacers. 314 00:12:15.930 --> 00:12:18.780 So in your package, there will be some spacers. 315 00:12:18.780 --> 00:12:21.480 Now, what I'm going to do is just open up that package. 316 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:24.060 And then you have these long screws and these spacers. 317 00:12:24.060 --> 00:12:26.880 So what I'm going to do is I'm going to put the screw 318 00:12:26.880 --> 00:12:28.410 through the metal bracket. 319 00:12:28.410 --> 00:12:30.300 I'm going to put it into the spacer, 320 00:12:30.300 --> 00:12:34.650 and then I'm going to go ahead and screw it in from this side. 321 00:12:34.650 --> 00:12:38.250 Now, you'll notice that there is just a very tiny little bit 322 00:12:38.250 --> 00:12:41.670 of the screw hanging out once you put that spacer on. 323 00:12:41.670 --> 00:12:42.750 So what I'm going to do is just go ahead 324 00:12:42.750 --> 00:12:44.913 and put it on my screwdriver here. 325 00:12:46.560 --> 00:12:47.393 And 326 00:12:48.780 --> 00:12:51.060 I need to also make sure that mounting bracket 327 00:12:51.060 --> 00:12:53.580 doesn't go anywhere on the other side. 328 00:12:53.580 --> 00:12:56.970 And then I'm just going to give it a little twist here, 329 00:12:56.970 --> 00:12:58.443 and it'll go into place. 330 00:13:01.530 --> 00:13:02.490 There we go. 331 00:13:02.490 --> 00:13:05.040 Now I need to do the same thing for the other side. 332 00:13:05.880 --> 00:13:08.853 So we're going to go ahead and twist that up that way. 333 00:13:10.260 --> 00:13:12.220 I need to go ahead and get this 334 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:14.943 spacer in there. 335 00:13:16.680 --> 00:13:19.923 And then put the screw through the spacer. 336 00:13:22.050 --> 00:13:23.670 Now that I've gotten it started, 337 00:13:23.670 --> 00:13:25.803 I can use my screwdriver for the rest. 338 00:13:27.330 --> 00:13:28.800 And again, you don't want to go too tight 339 00:13:28.800 --> 00:13:29.760 and crack your motherboard, 340 00:13:29.760 --> 00:13:32.610 so just lightly do it with your two fingers. 341 00:13:32.610 --> 00:13:34.910 Next, we're going to take off the other retainer, 342 00:13:36.780 --> 00:13:37.833 which is right here. 343 00:13:41.130 --> 00:13:42.663 And there we go. 344 00:13:45.390 --> 00:13:47.690 And go ahead and grab the other metal bracket. 345 00:13:49.410 --> 00:13:52.050 And I'm going to put my screw through there 346 00:13:52.050 --> 00:13:53.450 and my spacer through there. 347 00:13:55.020 --> 00:13:58.770 And again, I want that little notch to face upward, 348 00:13:58.770 --> 00:14:00.970 so I'll just go ahead and put that in there. 349 00:14:03.973 --> 00:14:05.250 Go. 350 00:14:05.250 --> 00:14:07.683 And then, I need the other spacer, 351 00:14:14.250 --> 00:14:15.843 which will be right there. 352 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:20.643 And there we go. 353 00:14:21.890 --> 00:14:22.723 Okay. 354 00:14:24.810 --> 00:14:26.490 Now that I've gotten it started, 355 00:14:26.490 --> 00:14:28.653 I can use my screwdriver for the rest. 356 00:14:32.280 --> 00:14:33.113 There we go. 357 00:14:33.113 --> 00:14:35.190 And I'm just going to make sure it's tight on both sides. 358 00:14:35.190 --> 00:14:38.040 And again, just finger tight with your two fingers. 359 00:14:38.040 --> 00:14:38.940 All right. 360 00:14:38.940 --> 00:14:40.602 So now that we've done that, 361 00:14:40.602 --> 00:14:42.090 let me go ahead and put these other parts 362 00:14:42.090 --> 00:14:44.223 in the plastic retainers off to the side. 363 00:14:45.060 --> 00:14:49.440 We are now going to go ahead and put on our thermal paste. 364 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:50.640 Now in your container, 365 00:14:50.640 --> 00:14:53.370 you get this little syringe-looking thing. 366 00:14:53.370 --> 00:14:56.520 And inside of it is this gray thermal paste. 367 00:14:56.520 --> 00:14:58.080 Now, I want you to be careful with this. 368 00:14:58.080 --> 00:14:59.340 You don't want to get it on your hands. 369 00:14:59.340 --> 00:15:00.540 You don't want to eat it. 370 00:15:00.540 --> 00:15:02.280 If you get it in your mouth for some reason, 371 00:15:02.280 --> 00:15:04.440 you need to immediately wash out your mouth, 372 00:15:04.440 --> 00:15:06.600 drink lots of water and contact Poison Control 373 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:08.310 'cause this stuff can be dangerous. 374 00:15:08.310 --> 00:15:09.810 Now what we're going to do is we're just going to put 375 00:15:09.810 --> 00:15:12.930 a little bit of this on our processor in the center. 376 00:15:12.930 --> 00:15:14.400 When I talk about a little bit, 377 00:15:14.400 --> 00:15:15.990 what I'm really referring to here 378 00:15:15.990 --> 00:15:18.270 is just about the size of a pea, 379 00:15:18.270 --> 00:15:19.770 and we're going to put it right in the center. 380 00:15:19.770 --> 00:15:21.210 And then when we put our heat sink on, 381 00:15:21.210 --> 00:15:24.240 it's going to squish down and spread out that thermal paste 382 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:26.070 into a nice small layer for us. 383 00:15:26.070 --> 00:15:27.090 So there's a little tip on this. 384 00:15:27.090 --> 00:15:29.123 I'm just going to go ahead and twist it off. 385 00:15:32.580 --> 00:15:33.413 Okay. 386 00:15:33.413 --> 00:15:35.220 And then, we're just going to go ahead 387 00:15:35.220 --> 00:15:39.273 and put a little bit right here in the center. 388 00:15:40.770 --> 00:15:41.670 And there you go. 389 00:15:41.670 --> 00:15:43.170 So you can see here, I've got 390 00:15:43.170 --> 00:15:48.170 basically about a pea size right there on the processor. 391 00:15:48.420 --> 00:15:49.800 I'm going to go ahead and zoom in real quick 392 00:15:49.800 --> 00:15:52.290 just to show you a closeup of that. 393 00:15:52.290 --> 00:15:53.970 And now you can see it's basically 394 00:15:53.970 --> 00:15:56.610 just about the size of a standard green pea 395 00:15:56.610 --> 00:15:59.820 you might have in some fried rice or something like that. 396 00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:00.930 All right, once you've done that, 397 00:16:00.930 --> 00:16:03.120 you're going to pick up your heat sink. 398 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:05.460 And on the bottom, we're going to peel off 399 00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:08.700 that clear plastic that we had 400 00:16:08.700 --> 00:16:12.060 to make sure we have a nice clean bottom. 401 00:16:12.060 --> 00:16:14.940 Now, once we've done that, I'm going to go ahead and pull this 402 00:16:14.940 --> 00:16:16.920 out to the side and you want to locate 403 00:16:16.920 --> 00:16:19.710 where your CPU fan is going to be. 404 00:16:19.710 --> 00:16:21.060 On my particular motherboard, 405 00:16:21.060 --> 00:16:23.280 it's actually here on the top of the case 406 00:16:23.280 --> 00:16:25.710 is where the CPU connector is going to be. 407 00:16:25.710 --> 00:16:27.810 I'm not going to plug this thing yet because on this one, 408 00:16:27.810 --> 00:16:29.730 we're actually going to have two fans, 409 00:16:29.730 --> 00:16:32.970 one here and then one that slides in between. 410 00:16:32.970 --> 00:16:35.790 And that way, as air is coming up from the processor 411 00:16:35.790 --> 00:16:37.050 with that heat transfer, 412 00:16:37.050 --> 00:16:39.000 air can be pulled away from it this way 413 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:40.590 and pushed out this way, 414 00:16:40.590 --> 00:16:43.137 so it's in both directions away from our processor, 415 00:16:43.137 --> 00:16:45.240 and so we're going to have two of these cables 416 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:47.220 that are going to go through this Y connector 417 00:16:47.220 --> 00:16:48.960 and plug into our motherboard. 418 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:50.070 So now that I've done that, 419 00:16:50.070 --> 00:16:52.920 what I'm going to do is I'm going to line this thing up 420 00:16:52.920 --> 00:16:56.460 and I'm going to make sure I have it in the right direction. 421 00:16:56.460 --> 00:17:01.460 Now you'll notice, we have those two holes on either side. 422 00:17:02.010 --> 00:17:03.450 And what we're going to want to do 423 00:17:03.450 --> 00:17:07.020 is be able to mount them using these two 424 00:17:07.020 --> 00:17:09.390 going all the way through. 425 00:17:09.390 --> 00:17:11.100 So now that we have our mounting bracket, 426 00:17:11.100 --> 00:17:12.600 we're going to take our cooling fan. 427 00:17:12.600 --> 00:17:14.250 We've applied our thermal paste 428 00:17:14.250 --> 00:17:16.830 and we're going to go ahead and put this into position. 429 00:17:16.830 --> 00:17:20.280 Now on the top, you're going to notice these two knobs. 430 00:17:20.280 --> 00:17:21.900 We're going to take those off. 431 00:17:21.900 --> 00:17:25.290 And this is going to allow us to attach our mounting bracket 432 00:17:25.290 --> 00:17:27.780 on the inside once this is in place. 433 00:17:27.780 --> 00:17:30.390 So here at the bottom, you'll see there's a notch here 434 00:17:30.390 --> 00:17:32.400 and this is going to go over it 435 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:33.690 and that's going to be able to screw down 436 00:17:33.690 --> 00:17:35.700 to those mounting brackets that we just did. 437 00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:37.500 But you could see it'd be really hard to get to 438 00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:38.460 inside of the computer, 439 00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:41.130 so we had to put a really long, small screwdriver 440 00:17:41.130 --> 00:17:43.800 through that hole and then put those screws in place. 441 00:17:43.800 --> 00:17:46.493 So what I'm going to do is go ahead and put this in here. 442 00:17:47.520 --> 00:17:49.690 Go into position this 443 00:17:53.610 --> 00:17:54.760 into the case 444 00:17:58.852 --> 00:18:02.453 and place it directly on top of the processor. 445 00:18:04.170 --> 00:18:06.060 Now that I have done that, 446 00:18:06.060 --> 00:18:09.060 we're going to go ahead and put this mounting bracket 447 00:18:09.060 --> 00:18:10.683 right in between. 448 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:20.613 Going to put that mounting bracket right in between there. 449 00:18:32.430 --> 00:18:35.223 And then get that screw into place. 450 00:18:38.520 --> 00:18:39.353 Okay. 451 00:18:39.353 --> 00:18:40.650 Now that we've gotten that screwed in, 452 00:18:40.650 --> 00:18:44.250 we'll just put our caps right back here on the top 453 00:18:44.250 --> 00:18:46.053 so that they are out of the way. 454 00:18:51.060 --> 00:18:54.660 And then, we need to put our fan into place. 455 00:18:54.660 --> 00:18:56.910 So what I'm going to do is I'm going to take my fan 456 00:18:56.910 --> 00:19:00.960 and I have the be quiet! side facing me on this fan, 457 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:04.230 and so I'm going to do the opposite on the other way, 458 00:19:04.230 --> 00:19:08.010 so that the quiet is going to be facing out on the other way. 459 00:19:08.010 --> 00:19:09.720 That way, air will go one way 460 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:11.280 and air will go the other way 461 00:19:11.280 --> 00:19:13.500 to be able to push it out of the way. 462 00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:16.890 I'm going to go ahead and feed that cable through. 463 00:19:16.890 --> 00:19:19.290 And I will go ahead and plug that in afterwards. 464 00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:24.843 And then we're going to slide that into place. 465 00:19:26.340 --> 00:19:28.380 Now, once you slide that fan into position, 466 00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:30.270 you're going to take your retainer clips, 467 00:19:30.270 --> 00:19:33.060 and what you want to do is grab it on your heat sink 468 00:19:33.060 --> 00:19:36.120 and pull it towards you and it will catch on there, 469 00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:37.560 'cause there's a little lip. 470 00:19:37.560 --> 00:19:40.680 Once you've done that, you can hold the fan in place. 471 00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:42.090 And what you want to do is get it 472 00:19:42.090 --> 00:19:45.480 to catch onto the corners of that fan. 473 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:47.280 There's a little hole on each side 474 00:19:47.280 --> 00:19:49.020 so you're just going to do that, 475 00:19:49.020 --> 00:19:53.370 and that will allow it to stay into position 476 00:19:53.370 --> 00:19:57.210 without moving once you have this locked in place. 477 00:19:57.210 --> 00:19:58.860 And you'll do that on both sides, 478 00:19:58.860 --> 00:19:59.779 and at that point, you will have 479 00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:02.040 your active cooling in place, 480 00:20:02.040 --> 00:20:04.830 because again, you have your processor, your thermal paste. 481 00:20:04.830 --> 00:20:06.270 Above that, you have your heat sink 482 00:20:06.270 --> 00:20:09.120 and then these two fans that are then going to be connected 483 00:20:09.120 --> 00:20:12.060 into the Y adapter, and from the Y adapter, 484 00:20:12.060 --> 00:20:14.430 we're going to plug that into the motherboard 485 00:20:14.430 --> 00:20:17.190 where it list the CPU fan. 486 00:20:17.190 --> 00:20:18.870 On my particular motherboard, 487 00:20:18.870 --> 00:20:20.880 that's actually in this back corner 488 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:23.100 just underneath the CPU. 489 00:20:23.100 --> 00:20:25.170 It's kind of hard to see and hard to get to, 490 00:20:25.170 --> 00:20:26.910 but you're going to be able to see it there 491 00:20:26.910 --> 00:20:28.740 before you put that heat sink in 492 00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:30.600 and then you'll be able to get to it 493 00:20:30.600 --> 00:20:33.090 right here on the corner 494 00:20:33.090 --> 00:20:34.740 and you'll have to just kind of twist your fingers 495 00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.940 to get it in place. 496 00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:37.980 I have larger hands, so what I'm going to have to do 497 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:40.170 is actually get a pair of tweezers to hold it 498 00:20:40.170 --> 00:20:43.560 and put it into place and get it there properly. 499 00:20:43.560 --> 00:20:46.020 Now remember, when you're installing a CPU, 500 00:20:46.020 --> 00:20:48.270 you have four parts that must be installed 501 00:20:48.270 --> 00:20:51.570 in the proper order in order to properly cool it down. 502 00:20:51.570 --> 00:20:53.160 First, the CPU. 503 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:54.870 Then, the thermal paste. 504 00:20:54.870 --> 00:20:56.400 Then, the heat sink. 505 00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:59.070 And finally, the processor's cooling fan. 506 00:20:59.070 --> 00:21:01.530 Keep these four parts and their order in mind 507 00:21:01.530 --> 00:21:03.930 as you get ready to take the certification exam.