Kingwin XT-1264 CPU Cooler

Here's a better shot of the convection fin assembly.  As you can see, we have an area of about 120mm long and 50mm wide.  That makes the 50 odd individual convection fins offer up a significant amount of surface area.  Notice on the last two fins how they are angled down towards the base.  This channels some small amount of air across the motherboard.  Always a good thing in my book.

Back to the side view we see the stamped ends we mentioned earlier.  You can also see the wire clips used to hold the fan in place.  Clip type fan mounts similar to these were originally introduced with the ThermalRight's earlier coolers some years back.  A hook fits into the screw holes of the fan with a wire that snaps into the groove seen below.  Fan removal is as easy as snapping the clip in or out.

Another shot but from the fan side.  Excellent design.  At a certain point simplicity can't be improved upon.  Can anyone say paper clip?  A quick note of experience before we move on.  In the past I have learned that using these clips on ultra high speed fans can create some audible vibration.  Cutting four swatches of rubber to line the edge of the fan where it comes into contact with the convections fins takes care of it.  To be sure I'm not confusing anyone; during testing, with the fan included, we had ZERO vibration.  The included fan is the variable PWM fan rated at 700 ~ 2300 RPM, 34.5 ~ 38 dBA and 82 ~ 101 decibels.

The convection fins are stacked up with four six-millimeter heatpipes to transfer heat up from the base.  For my part, when I look at coolers, I think the end view, looking through the fins is where you can really see how well a company manages its quality control.  With the fifty odd convection fins you can see that they are assembled clean and even all the way up.  Something not easy with 1mm thick aluminum fins.

The base is the Heatpipe Direct Touch design we first saw on Kingwin coolers that is now shared by many manufacturers all over the world.  Why; because it works and works well.  Traditional heatpipes are mounted inside a copper or aluminum billet that transfers heat from the processor to the heatpipe by way of the billet.  By cutting out the middle man so to say, thermal energy is more quickly transferred up to all that convection area waiting above.

This design doesn't lend itself to mirror finish lap jobs however, it does get high marks for a smooth flush mounting point.  No imperfections could be felt to make us question the lapping.

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