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Closer Look
Here is our first look of the tower out of the box. It is a relatively thin tower measuring at a maximum width of 55mm at the widest point and a heat sink height of 125mm. This seems to be along the same lines as one of the towers on the Thermalright Silver Arrow cooler, with a slightly different design. We can also see that the heat sink itself is dominated by six 8mm heat pipes to carry the heat from the chip, through the fin array to be dissipated into the air moving through, courtesy of the fan. As you can see, the pipes appear to be nickel coated whilst the fins are aluminium, with the contact plate also being nickel coated. Whilst these materials may not be as efficient as an all copper construction, this aesthetically looks a lot better and will fit into more systems and reduces the price a lot too. Bear in mind that the LP53 cooler that we tested was a lot smaller than this and was more expensive.
A side on angle shows us that the fins in the array are not completely straight, they have angles on them as the air enters the array. This is so the air generates a little turbulence, which is to maximise the heat transfer from the fins to the air passing over them. At the bottom you can also see the arrangement of the heat pipes coming out of the contact plate. As you can probably tell, a lot of design has gone into this arrangement as there are six heat pipes squeezed into each side of the block. Also of note is how Thermalright have gone about arranging these pipes as they enter the fin array, you may also be able to see the clips for the fans sitting within the fin array itself. These clips slide in some small holes in the top and bottom of the fin array and use the fins themselves to hold the clips in place.
Moving onto the top of the tower cooler, you can see that there are two small holes on the very edge, at each end of the cooler. As pointed out in the last picture, these holes are where the fan clips enter the tower itself rather than clip onto a slot like many other coolers. Though you will note that these slots are available for different size fans or clips to be used with this tower. You can also see the twelve termination ends for the heat pipes protruding from the top of the fin array. Also of note is the black blanking plate that is used for the top of the cooler. This is a nice touch as it gives a nice aesthetic to the cooler with the black top down view and should allow it to fit into most colour schemes people decide to build.
Lastly we will have a quick look at the bottom of the cooler. As you can see, there is not a lot to note. The contact plate is nickel plated and is pretty large so will easily cover the massive 2011 CPUs. The heat pipes are not like those we see on other coolers which become the contact plate themselves. These enter the block and the heat is then transferred into them, to be dissipated throughout the cooler. You may also be able to make out the little Thermalright holographic sticker, this is to mark the cooler and say that it is a genuine Thermalright product.
