Evercool Transfomer 6

Installation

The supplied thermal paste was applied according to the manufacturers specifications. Once applied, the thermal compound spread evenly among both the CPU and base of the cooler, as shown in the images.


The heatsink was positioned in the only way it would fit onto the motherboard, with the main part of the heatsink hanging over the RAM modules. While this is an advantage, as the 120mm fan can blow cool air straight onto the RAM modules and cool them down, it is a big disadvantage for those who have large RAM coolers, as it will get in the way. The Transformer 6 could not be placed in any other way as the heat pipes got in the way of the north bridge heatsink.


The Transformer 6 features a very easy yet very awkward installation. The user must place the heatsink in position on the CPU then while still holding the heatsink into position they must turn the motherboard around, place and hold the bracket on the back of the motherboard and screw it in. This can be done a lot easier with two people (as one can hold the Transformer 6 into place), unless the user relies on the thermal grease to hold the heatsink into place. AMD based installations require the same process. The only addition to AMD based installations is that the user must remove the stock AMD retention bracket, attach the new supplied bracket and then perform the same steps as a standard Socket 775 based installation.


The 3-pin connection was connected to the input of the fan controller. The output 3-pin connection from the fan controller was then connected to the motherboard’s CPU fan plug. The fan controller was placed in an empty PCI bracket and then screwed in with the supplied screw.


Once the clip was screwed in, the cooler does not move very much and is firmly attached to the motherboard. There is some sort of a slant on the heatsink though. There were no problems or compatibility issues with the physical size of the cooler when used within the Thermaltake Soprano case (with 90 mm side case fan attached), although there were issues when being installed onto the ASUS P5B Deluxe motherboard. The cooler could only go on one way, as each other way (including the way Evercool recommends) has some sort of block (for example, the north bridge heatsink getting in the way of the heat pipes). The way it did go on was with the main part of the cooler hanging over the RAM, which can be a problem for those with large RAM heatsinks.