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.
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