The heatsink itself is made out of 3 copper heatpipes soldered onto a copper base with a stack of aluminum fins. Between these stacks is a 100mm silent fan. This is an awkward size fan but otherwise the heatsink would get way too large, and is bulky enough already. Another thing I noticed is that the copper surface was totally flat and polished, but after a closer examination you can see the dents in the material… I would rather see a truly flat milled surface than a nice and shiny base.
Talking of bulk, this cooler is frigging huge and I mean HUGE! It’s too huge for my personal flavour, we know larger heatsinks have more surface to dissipate heat. But if you think this will fit in every case you’re sadly mistaken. When purchasing this cooler be sure you have a wider then average pc case… Then again it has that warning on the package.
Looking at the package, it comes in a cardboard box with the regular colors you see with the other Scythe products, but it’s not the quality packaging you’d expect when puchasing a $54 heatsink. It’s firm but contains no padding or shock absorbing material whatsoever, thus making it prone to shipping damage (in the way of bent fins), as some of the fins were just a little out of line but nothing serious. I would still like to see those fragile fins protected, so there’s one area of improvement for Scythe, IMO.
