vdek

Yes, that's how you do it :P

Simca

Wish I had read your post when I installed it, but now it's on! I ended up covering the entire CPU and then planting it on top. Personally I think it was my best thermal application to date. Only needed one squeeze (unlike every other time when I put squeeze after squeeze).

Only one problem.. The heatsink was so MASSIVE that I had to take a case fan off

Which means ordering a new case is most definitely in order now.

Will Antec 902 and 1200 fit perfectly with the mugen 2? (as in won't have to take window fan off?)

vdek

It is a very big heatsink , I'm not sure about the Antec cases however, I do know that it fits fine in a HAF 932.

Really though, the reason you just put a blob on, is because the main point of the paste is to fill in any air gaps between the contact of the CPU and the Heatsink. When you apply pressure, the thermal paste is forced into those nooks and crannies.

PowerTrip

The Mugen 2 will fit in Mid towers, what kind of case did you have?

Try looking at the NZXT Beta Black for $50 Free Shipping and $10 Rebate

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fan mounted wrong way, fail

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PowerTrip

There is no "wrong" way of mounting a fan on the Mugen 2 as far as positioning on one of the four sides, unless you do it with rubberbands, yarn string or some other crazy business.

Also, anyone with a Mugen 2, please feel free to visit the OCN review department and submit your thoughts on this awesome CPU cooler.

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hollywood406

Count me in too! I was in Microcenter buying my i7 and figured while I was there, to get a better heatsink. Microcenter didn't have many choices at the time, for an i7 processor, but the Mugen-2 was there. I'd never heard of it but it looked substantial and I liked the dual mounting options (775 and 1366) so I bought it. The price wasn't too bad $50, but it's the best $50 that I spent for my i7. My temps rival my Son's Megahalem, at about $30 less.

To the member asking about the Antec case? Check it out in my pic, Antec 1200 fits but you need to take a "little off the top" of the side case fan to use that fan as it will hit the bottom of the heatsink. Not a huge deal as the Antec 1200 + Mugen-2 = COOL TEMPS!


EDIT: I also mounted mine both ways and even put the fan blowing across the "short" side and it still cooled great! That would be an option if you had the dominator or reaper memory with the tall heat sinks. You could push the fan up a bit too, but I like to have it as low as possible to blow some air across the fins on the top of the mounting base. What a great idea! That's the hottest part of the heatsink next to the heat pipes so why not put some heat-dissipating fins there?? The Mugen-2 sits very close to the rear case fan so I never bothered to put a fan there as in push/pull. It would probably cool even better if I did, but it isn't necessary.

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Simca

Wow, that guy in the first video was cute.

But on a more relevant note, does anyone know anything about that case? It looks really really great..but after dealing with a cheap case I don't want to make the mistake of buying another POS. I don't mind buying the fans seperately, but not having a window does kinda' suck (suppose that'd cost another 25 bucks or so to add on.)

Other than that, after you get the fans in, just how good is the cooling? Compared to Antec.

xXDarkenSoulXx

How is it mounted in the wrong way?

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