New post because new information. I'm not sure if I read the info wrong, but this offer is good until 7/31 (thought it was to the end of last month).
That's the box the UPS label was slapped to. Ran it for a few minutes to leak test it. Seemed very quiet next to my stupid-loud AC (terrible test, I know). The hoses are incredibly rigid which seems good for kinks but makes it somewhat hard to install.
Mounting hardware:
Included hardware appears to include four screws for mounting to a fan/case, four washers, four longer standoffs, four shorter standoffs, two weird threaded key/screws (AM2/AM3 mounts), four thumbscrew-nuts, Intel backplate, AMD bracket.
Copied from Amazon's Corsair H60 page which appears to have identical mounts,
CPU Compatibility: Intel LGA 775, Intel LGA 1155, Intel LGA 1156, Intel LGA 1366, AMD Core AM2, AMD Core AM3
The missing instructions:
AM2/AM3 mounting works like this. The weird keys are used to clip on to the stock AM2/AM3 mount and two thumbscrews are used for retention.
Intel LGA775 mounts (and any other Intel mount, really) use the larger standoffs and even when using the washers between the standoffs and the motherboard, will be loose until you mount the waterblock. Once I tightened the block down, it felt
very sturdy and didn't feel like it was going to move around at all, or at least it did until I realized the block was hung up on a line of capacitors and wasn't making proper contact. I wish I could say I realized that before I turned it on, but it survived. The block doesn't appear to be square, so rotating it 90 degrees helped. I eventually found that the standoff with the washer was too tall and wouldn't clamp down enough to make proper contact with the processor. Removing the washers and bolting it down allowed the cooler to (finally) make proper contact. Temps were about 5c below the stock cooler.
Performance:
Dropped the aforementioned LGA775 processor from 47 load on stock heatsink with good thermal paste to 43 load with a low power case fan. Holding a Scythe Ultra Kaze 3000 (133 CFM) fan to it made almost no difference.
What to do with your $10-30 prepaid card:
Taking suggestions for this one, but my current plan is to use it to load up the balance on my coffee shop card. Should be an easy way to get every last cent off it without any fee. Obviously only works if, like me, you combat bad mornings with a 24 ounce triple-shot three pump white chocolate mocha with whip.
