ekwb Supremacy MX AMD User manual

Supremacy MX – AMD®
4th revision, Jan 20th 2016
USER GUIDE

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GENERAL INFORMATION ON WATER BLOCK COMPATIBILITY
This CPU liquid cooling unit is pre-as-
sembled for use with modern AMD®
desktop socket type motherboards. By
default this water block supports the fol-
lowing CPU sockets:
-AMD® socket AMx and FMx

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INSTAL LING THE WATERBLOCK
AMx and FMx SOCKET
MOTHERBOARDS
STEP 1
Place the motherboard on a neven sur-
face with front side facing up.
Using Philips-head screwdriver remove
the four UNC 6-32 screws securing the
original plastic hold-down clamps around
the socket as shown on the picture.
Keep original AMD backplate in place!
STEP 1

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STEP 2
Thermal grease
Non-abrasive
cloth
IHS
STEP 2
Cleaning the CPU: Wipe the CPU’s con-
tact surface (by using non–abrasive cloth
or Q-tip, as shown on sample photo).
Applying thermal compound: EK rec-
ommends blob or line method of apply-
ing the enclosed thermal compound to
the CPU heat spreader (IHS) - see sam-
ple photo on right.
The quantity of about two
rice grains is just about right.
There is no need to cover the
whole IHS. Applying too much
thermal grease will have neg-
ative impact on the cooling
performance!

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STEP 3
Align water block with pre-installed
mounting mechanism above the AMD®
socket motherboard with pre-installed
CPU and original AMD® backplate.
Tighten the screws with your thumbs un-
til you reach the end of the thread, prefer-
ably by tightening two thumb screws at a
time in the cross pattern. Do not use any
tools (such as pliers) during this process!
STEP 3

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STEP 4
Tighten the fitting barbs in clockwise
direction until the gasket underneath is
compressed.
The installation of the CPU water block is
now complete.
With EK-Supremacy MX series water blocks it is mandatory to use the port
that is nearest to the center of the water block as INLET port. Mixing the
ports may result in less than ideal thermal performance of the water block.
STEP 4
Fitting
Barb
Fitting Ring
Inlet
port
Outlet
port