Re: Assembly - cpu/heatsink to mobo and mobo to case or other way round? Recs?

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In article news:<ffthk0$l0p$1$8300dec7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Boulton
wrote:
Is there a recommended order for mounting the cpu/heatsink (and to a
lesser extent, ram) onto the mobo before, or after, the mobo is
mounted in the case?

There are as many recommended orders as there are ways to do it.

If you can assemble everything outside the case and test it, as others
have suggested, that's not a bad thing to do. You may find, though, that
you can't manoeuvre the assembly into the case as an assembled unit --
particularly as you're using a monster cooler -- depending on the amount
of space in the case.

A good plan is to try a 'dry run' of the assembly, and judge just how
much room you do have for moving things around.

In most cases (for both senses of "case") the easiest way to work (if you
don't bother with an out-of-case test) is to fit the CPU to the
motherboard outside the case, then fit the motherboard to the case, and
then fit the cooler.

Of course, if your case has a removable motherboard tray the logistics
will be quite different ... as long as the tray can be fitted/removed
with the CPU and cooler already fitted you can assemble everything on the
tray, test, and then install the tray. All too few cases have this,
though.

An alternative would be to remove the PSU, either to ease installation
of a pre-assembled heatsink or else to gain the extra clearance to allow
post install fitting of said heatsink.

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