The clip for the Athlons comes in 3 pieces and they included enough parts for 2 complete clips. The clip is adjustable and in the instructions it recommends setting the clip closest to the bend at 5 and the clip furthest from the bend at 3. However after testing for a while I found that by setting them at 4 and 2 it also lowered the temps. The water block just didn't feel secure on the socket so I decided I would move them down a notch and was a lot happier with them there.

Once this is all done its now time to install the tubing. The first thing I did was go through and cut all of the tubing to the correct length. You'll want the outlet from the pump to go to the waterblock first. So I just held the tubing up there figured out how much was needed and cut it. The next you'll want to go from the block to the radiator. Then the radiator to the return on the pump. Once you have cut the tubing for this I then did it from the pump to the external reservoir. After all of this is done its now time to cut the springs. The springs are there just to insure that the tubing doesn't get a kink in it thus restricting the water flow throughout the system. To cut the spring you will need a pair of wire cutters. You'll want to cut the spring about 1" shorter than the tubing as the spring won't slide inside of the fittings.

Once everything is cut you can go ahead and hook everything up. Thermaltake included just enough hose clamps to secure the hose to the fittings so be sure you don't somehow break one, even though I don't see that as a problem. I don't care much for this type of hose clamp but all you do is squeeze the prongs on them together to open them up. I used my fingers but you can also use a pair of pliers to do this. Just slip one over every end of the tubing and start pushing the tubing into place. Once all of the tubing is in, place the hose clamps so that they are around the hose right where the fitting is at. Thermaltake also included a pci bracket with a cut out in it so that you can run the tubing going to the resivoir through.

Now that all of this is done you can go ahead and fill the system up. It says to mix the coolant to a 1:10 ratio. I just dumped the whole thing into there cause there can't be more than an ounce in the bottle and it took a lot of water to then fill it up. It would be a good idea to remove the water block and install a heatsink onto the CPU and run everything for 24 hours to ensure that there are no leaks before you go ahead and install the block back onto the cpu.