Installation

Installation of the Raijintek Pallas is quite simple and easy, as it should be on a CPU cooler aimed at entry-level market. The thermal compound is not pre-applied and comes in a small plastic bag. The overall pressure on the CPU is quite good and you get two mounting kits, one for AMD and one for Intel sockets. Another upside is the fact, that this cooler is compatible to a wide range of sockets, meaning you'll even be able to use this cooler on old motherboard too.

Since the Raijintek Pallas is an overall rather small cooler there won't be any compatibility issues with memory that features large heatspreaders, at least not on standard ATX motherboards. Putty the fan in place can be quite a challenge, since the clips fit very tight, but once it's done you can be sure, that fan won't move a tenth of a millimeter anymore. Apart from that the fact, that the clips are only compatible to fans with a heigt of 13 millimeter is also worth mentioning.

Test Setup
Mainboard	ASUS Z87-Deluxe (BIOS 1602)
CPU	Intel Core i7-4770K Stock (Turbo On / HT On)
Memory	ADATA XPG V2 2x4GB DDR3-2800 CL12 1.65V
Video	Intel HD Graphics 4600
Software	Windows 7 x64 wPrime Benchmark v2.10 CPUID HWMonitor 1.24.0
PSU	Seasonic Platinum SS-660XP2
Fan Controller	Lamptron FC5 V3
Thermal Compound	Pre-applied or bundled GELID GC-Extreme else

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Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications

Page 2 - Photo Gallery

Page 3 - Installation & Test Setup

Page 4 - Absolute Performance

Page 5 - PWM Performance

Page 6 - Conclusion