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The heat sink fits snug around the 120mm fan which is held in place by the same system as on the previous cooler we tested. Small rubber fan mounts keep the fan in place and keep the vibration at a minimum at the same time. They remove any vibrations that may occur from the fan while in motion. Installation of the fan is quite a task at first but once you get the hang of it its really easy and it won’t require you to use any tools.

This cooler is another HDT cooler, which basically means that the heat pipes are connected directly to the base of the cooler. The bottom is flattened and it is in direct contact to maximize the cooling efficiency. The cooler has a PWM fan which keeps a close eye to the fan rpm and if necessary it will speed up to increase the cooling capacity of the heat sink. This cooler is compatible with Intel’s 775 socket and a whole list of AMD sockets. Installation for my socket 775 motherboard is done by using the same retention principle as used on your original Intel cooler. It’s easy and it works really well.

On the picture you can see it’s missing one retention clip. I simply used one from the other coolers. Normally you get the cooler with all four retention clips but in my case one was missing