Installation
Long gone is the push pin method of installing this cooler. Unlike the original Mugen, the new version requires you to go through plenty of steps to get the build done. The first thing that is required is to dismount the the ziff from the motherboard. This was almost enough for me to almost turn away from reviewing the cooler. I really did not want to go through this. But it has to be reviewed and reviewed properly, so I removed the socket.
After that is done, you have to prep the motherboard back plate. This is first done by placing four washers on the plate along with four screws, which are used to secure the socket back onto the motherboard. Once finished with this, get the cooler ready for mounting. Two metal brackets are screwed into the base of the cooler. Next,lay your thermal compound before securing the cooler to the motherboard.
Once the compound is down you are ready to mount the cooler to the motherboard. Aligning the holes on the motherboard plate and the holes on the brackets that are attached to the cooler, you have to insert four more screws and tighten then from the back of the motherboard.
This is a lot to go through to mount a cooler, but there are other methods to do this and at the same time make it easier for the user to accomplish to whole task. I guess Scythe felt this was the best way to allow the motherboard to support the weight of the cooler.
After mounting of the cooler, I finally realized how big the cooler really was. On our test motherboard, no matter what direction I turned the cooler ,the fan would not mount on the side of the ram slots. My only options were to mount it on one of the other three sides. I picked the I/O side.
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