As you can see by the first picture on the previous page and the one below (click pics for larger version) The V7+ has a built-in sheath to assist in cooling airflow. This shealth also serves to not only hold the fan but also secure the fan. The fan doesn't screw into the actual heatsink fins as many heatsinks. Doing it this way it does make the fan slightly further away by not sitting on the heatsink as most fans do. The sheath is all metal along with the grill which has the nice Tt logo cut-out. It does help to give it some style and plus on the side of the sheath there is the name "Volcano 7+" their logo and "thin-fin technology" carved in.

Many all-copper heatsink makers solder the fins to the bottom and that does interfere some with heat transfer. An all-copper one-piece heatsink is the ideal solution to maximize the cooling effeciency like the Cak II is. Thermaltake obviously realized this also because the V7+ heatsink is all one-piece. The fins are carved or "skived" out therefore insuring the best results possible for this design. As you can see by the picture below there are 4 holes driled in each side which are 3/8 of an inch deep. That's for attaching the P4 adapter. But since all I have is AMD we'll have to skip that part.

The bottom is all nice and shiny but check out the picture above, especially the larger version. You can see the groves in the heatsink and it should be totally smooth for best heat transfer. Since it arrived like that I will not lap it (or sand it down to make it even) because many who get a new cpu cooler do not know to lap and me doing that would be unfair. For those of you who know to lap do consider the results here when choosing which heatsink to get. There are 72 total fins, 36 on each side. Or 36 total if you don't count where the space was carved out to accomidate the clip.

Installing this heatsink wasn't a piece of cake. Look at the picture above and you'll see why. The clip is barely long enough to extend past the heatsink and install on a motherboards catches. But the bigger problem is the sheath has a small groove where the clip protrudes from and even if your fingers are small getting the back clip on will not be easy. Then comes the front after you get on the back clip. Since the clip isn't secured to the bottom it likes to move higher where it's harder to get a screwdriver. After several installs it was still a little pain to get on. But once you get a screwdriver in the front clip it's easy guiding it on the front mobo catch. And be sure to test out a screwdriver for a proper fit before the install. One too large or too small will just make it tougher.