There really isn't anything special about this heatsink. It looks just like the majority of aluminum/copper heatsinks out there on the market. The heatsink appears to be cast from a mold and then machined on the bottom and the sides. The copper insert is pressed into the base as far as I can tell to give it a tight fit for maximum heat transfer between it and the aluminum. They have included a black thermal pad on the bottom. Most oem's as you know don't mess with using thermal paste such as Arctic Silver. So these were designed to take out of the box and stick right on the CPU. For testing we will be removing the pad and using Arctic Alumina compound.

The fan is a 60 x 60 x 15 mm unit that spins at 4500 rpm's and moves 19cfm of air. While this isn't impressive, the main point of this is a low sound level. The fan sits on a shroud that covers the top of the heatsink so that all of the air is going to the heatsink. The shroud also suspends the fan about 1/4" above the heatsink so that there is less backpressure allowing the fan to work at ease.

Installation of this cooler was pretty simple. They give you a nice slot to insert a screw drive into it to help you hook the clip over the socket lugs. Again this cooler only uses a single clip instead of the triple that we have grown to love the last couple years. I really don't see this as much of a problem. This unit is fairly light and I would feel safe packing it to a lan party.

Now that we have it installed lets run it through the loops and see how well it performs!