Installation ( Cogage True Spirit )

Cogage True Spirit

As with many of the bigger coolers, and unlike the previous iteration of this CPU product, the newly revised True Spirit needs a backplate to be installed. While it will add a few moments of time to the previous pushpin installation we feel that this is time and effort well spent. We have to applaud Cogage for making the decision to revise their popular cooler with a suitable mounting method.

Unfortunately, there are two issues straight off the bat: there is no adhesive backer for the backplate making the whole affair a bit of a challenge to install and it is not compatible with AMD motherboards. 

Once you slide the X-bracket into place it is relatively easy to install the TRUE Spirit over your CPU, line up the four corners of the brackets and screw in the four spring loaded mounting bolts. Since these retention bolts are not attached to the bracket, we recommend installing them one at a time and only just threading each one in about one turn before moving onto the next bolt. This will not only make it easier to get all four bolts in place but also allow you to keep even pressure applied to the CPU.

Before you mount the fan you have to peel off and stick two small (yet long) strips of anti-vibration rubber to the face of the cooler. This is a tried and true method of dampening fan vibrations and it works very well. Of course once those strips are in place you place your fan in the proper position and using the two included wire brackets, mount the fan to the cooler.

The True Spirit does stand fairly tall off the board and its fin array is not overly wide so compatibility issues will be kept to a minimum. This combination means you should have no issues with it rubbing, touching or bumping into any of your motherboard’s passive heat sinks or overly tall memory heatspreaders either.
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Cogage True Spirit