CORSAIR ICUE ELITE CAPELLIX Liquid CPU Coolers deliver powerful, low-noise cooling for your
CPU with radiators up to 360mm,
And of course, 33 ultra-bright CAPELLIX LEDs on the pump head put the spotlight on your cooling.
In the box, you’ll find the ELITE CAPELLIX
cooler, ML RGB fans, the commander core fan and lighting controller, an alternate pump
cap, and of course your mounting hardware.
Each Elite Capellix cooler includes all the
brackets, standoffs, and mounting clips you need to install in systems with modern Intel
and AMD desktop motherboards.
As we get started with the installation, we’ll
first need to prep our motherboard socket.
First, install the included Intel backplate if your motherboard requires it.
Secure the Intel backplate using the provided Intel standoffs.
Other sockets like LGA2066 and sTRX4 only require the appropriate standoffs to be screwed
into the existing mounting hardware on the socket.
If you have a motherboard with AM4 socket,
the existing cooling mounting hardware on those motherboards will be required to mount the
ELITE CAPELLIX pump head.
ELITE CAPELLIX coolers feature a swappable pump cap. To remove the pre-installed
cap, use the provided cap removal tool to remove the screws holding the pump cap in
place, remove the pump cap, hold the new pump cap in place and secure using the screws removed
previously.
The Intel mounting bracket is pre-installed for modern Intel desktop motherboard sockets,
if your motherboard is equipped with a different CPU socket such as AM4 or STR4, you’ll need
to swap out the mounting bracket.
Simply remove the preinstalled bracket by pulling apart
both halves from the pump head and snap in the new bracket, make sure to double-check
the orientation of the bracket in accordance with your motherboard socket.
If your motherboard has an AM4 socket, ensure that the mounting brackets are as shown.
Thread the screw clips through the holes on the brackets and loosely secure in place with a few rotations
of a thumbscrew.
Use the provided radiator screws and long fan screws to mount the fans and radiator
assembly in your system, don’t forget to use washers for any screws on the outside of your
case!
Elite Capellix coolers come with thermal paste pre-applied at the factory, if you move your
Elite Capellix cooler to another system or you wish to use your own thermal paste, make
sure to thoroughly clean both the cold plate on the pump head and the IHS of your processor
with isopropyl alcohol and a lint-free cloth.
To install the pump head to your CPU socket, align the brackets around the pump head with
any standoffs or cooler mounting clips around your motherboard socket.
Tighten the thumbscrews until secure.
We recommend tightening screws a few turns each and moving to another thumbscrew,
go in a crisscross pattern if your motherboard bracket uses more than two thumbscrews.
Connect the pump tach cable to the CPU_FAN header on your motherboard and route the 24-pin
pump connector cable to the back of your case. Take this opportunity to also route your ELITE
CAPELLIX cooler’s fan cables to the back of your system.
ELITE CAPELLIX coolers include a fan and LED controller called the COMMANDER CORE. Find
Find a suitable place in your system for this controller and mount it in place using the provided double-sided
tape.
Connect your ELITE CAPELLIX cooler’s 24-pin
cable to the appropriate port on the COMMANDER CORE.
Now connect your fan PWM and LED cables to the COMMANDER CORE.
You can have up to six
fans total connected to the COMMANDER CORE’s integrated 4-pin PWM and LED lighting ports.
To wrap up installation, simply plug the COMMANDER CORE into an available USB 2.0 header on your
motherboard and connect SATA power.
Finally, start up your system and install
or update CORSAIR iCUE.
CORSAIR iCUE allows you to set your ELITE CAPELLIX cooler’s pump performance…
apply preset or custom fan curves for fans connected to the COMMANDER CORE…
…tweak the order and orientation of your fans to match your build…
…customize the RGB lighting on the pump head and connected CORSAIR RGB fans.
…and set up notifications to do things like automatically change your system lighting
or turn off your PC when a set temperature has been hit.
And that’s it! CORSAIR ELITE CAPELLIX High Performance RGB Liquid CPU Coolers put the
spotlight on your cooling with brilliant performance and brilliant RGB lighting. For more information
about the ELITE CAPPELIX liquid coolers or our other cooling solutions, check out CORSAIR.com.
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