mounting a cpu cooler

[starlitjoker]

can you mount it any way? idk how to describe it, but is there only one way the heatsink can touch the cpu or can you rotate it 90 degrees?

 

[Analizer]

You can mount it however it suits you just make sure you put thermal paste between the cooler and CPU . It is also depending on space your motherboard has got near your CPU socket.

 

[jamesd1981]

you have to mount it in a way that the fan lead can reach the cpu fan connector on the motherboard and i always try to mount mine facing the back off the case so the fans are blowing the hot air out of the case and as last post always use a good thermal paste and try to cover the cpu thinly and evenly across the whole surface also to note cpu coolers with a copper base are best.