In Figure 7 we see the base of the cooler, where the heatpipes touch directly the CPU. And interesting detail is that there are three 8-mm heatpipes (center and border ones) while both the remaining are 6-mm. The base is smooth but has no mirror-look finishing.
Figure 7: Base.
In order to remove the fan you just need to remove four screws at the top of the cooler and pull it up. In Figure 8 we can see the cooler without the fan.
Figure 8: Cooler without the fan.
In Figure 9 we can see the fan, attached to a piece that holds it inside the cooler. This fan is transparent and comes with four blue LEDs. Note the three-pin miniature connector, which means is has no PWM automatic speed control. This, however, is not a problem, since Tower 120 Extreme comes with a fan controller to be installed in a expansion slot on the rear side of the case. In Figure 10 we see this controller, as well as the gray thermal compound tube that comes with the cooler.
We take a look at five of the latest 240 GB SATA-600 solid state drives to see how their performance compares. We will be testing the Crucial M4, Intel 510 Series, Mushkin Chromos, OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS, and OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G. Let’s see which one comes out on top!
We tested the first gaming mouse to come out from CM Storm, the gaming brand from Cooler Master, the well-known maker of computer cases and CPU coolers.
We added five new thermal compounds to our previous roundup, for a total of 55 different thermal compounds from major brands. We also tried another alternative thermal compound: Philadelphia Cream Cheese.