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GlacialTech Alaska CPU Cooler Review

Today we are reviewing the GlacialTech Alaska CPU air cooler, which has a tower heatsink, six U-shaped heatpipes and one 120 mm fan. Check it out!

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Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The GlacialTech Alaska
  • 3. The GlacialTech Alaska (Cont’d)
  • 4. Installation
  • 5. How We Tested
  • 6. Our Tests
  • 7. Main Specifications
  • 8. Conclusions

Before installing the Alaska, you need to attach two clips to its base. You also need to install the metal wires that hold the fan. In Figure 10 you can check the Intel clips in place.

GlacialTech AlaskaFigure 10: Clips attached to the base

After that, just put the backplate on the solder side of the motherboard, put the cooler in place and fasten the four screws (with springs) that hold the cooler in place.

GlacialTech AlaskaFigure 11: The heatsink installed

In Figure 12, you can see the Alaska installed in our case, with the fan installed.

GlacialTech AlaskaFigure 12: The Alaska installed in our case

Continue: How We Tested

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