Deepcool Ice Blade Pro CPU Cooler Review

The Deepcool Ice Blade Pro (Cont’d)

In Figure 7, you can see the base of the cooler. The heatpipes make direct contact with the CPU, but the surface doesn’t have a mirror-like finishing.

Figure 7: Base

In Figure 9, you can see the fan. It has blue LEDs, giving a nice looks when it is working. The connector is a four-pin one, so the fan supports PWM automatic speed control. There are also four rubber pads preinstalled on the fan to absorb vibrations.

Figure 8: Fan

In Figure 9, you can see the clips and backplate used to install the cooler. A pity that the backplate seen at the right low corner of the photo is only compatible with AMD processors and Intel socket LGA775 CPUs: when installing this cooler on a socket LGA1156 or socket LGA1366 CPU, no backplate is used, which may cause the motherboard to bend.

Figure 9: Clips