Now your probably thinking this is just like any other copper heatsink out there. Well it has some definate differences. For one the fins on the heatsink are skived. What this means is that this heatsink is one solid piece. The fins were carved out of a solid chunk of copper. This benefits the cooling capabilities of the heatsink. Most other copper heatsinks manufacturers solder the fins onto a copper base. While this works fine, in most cases there is also a possibility that they could come loose and degrade the performance of the cooler, and also heat transfer in a solid chunk of copper will be greater.

The fan is another interesting aspect of this cooler. Its pretty much your basic 70mm fan, until you look at the design of the fins. If you'll look at the picture below you'll notice that the tips are bent. With this design AVC is trying to accomplish a low noise level, medium output fan. Most fan noise comes from the tips of the fans so by bending them a little they are trying to reduce the decibel level while not hurting the performance of the fan.

Another thing that AVC has done with this heatsink is keep the fan off of the fins. The base of the heatsink extends out past the fins. Attached to that is a frame that the fan is then mounted on. The fins are very flexible and by doing this you can assure, that the fins won't get damaged when removing the fan. The fan also sets about 1/4" of an inch above the fins causing resistance against the fan to be less therefore more air flow across the fins.

Installation of this cooler is just like the other 1000's of them out there. The Tundra2 uses a single clip design. A 3 clip design is what all of us desire so that the heatsink is more secure and you don't take a chance at busting off the lugs on the CPU socket. To install, just hook the rear clip on; Set the heatsink flat on the CPU and push down on the front of the clip and hook it over to attach it. The clip is fairly stout so it took a little bit of effort to get it hooked on. I did have to use a small screwdriver to get it on. The tab on it that is meant to grab hold of to help you push it on, is a bit on the small side so it was a little bit difficult to do it with fingers only.

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