Thermaltake Silent 775 Heatsink (LGA775)

The fan is very simple to remove as it is attached to a mounting bracket. The bracket is screwed into the heatsink at two ends with four screws.

     

The fan can also be removed from the mounting bracket itself for further personal modification. Plus, you don't have to go to the trouble of finding another funneled 90mm fan as you can mount a standard 80mm fan in it's place.

Taking a look down at the top of the heatsink, you can see a thin fin design to allow Thermaltake to cram in a whopping 51 cooling fins.

The cooling fins are made of aluminum for better heat dissipation as well as for weight considerations.

Both heatpipes that run through the cooling fins and base are made of copper.

    

While the base of the sink is relatively smooth, with no detectable gouges are mars, some of you may want to give a good lap job.

The mounting of the heatsink is done using a supplied back plate. This will require removal of the motherboard to mount the plate on the back. 

     

Then, using the spring screw mounting design, simply screw the heatsink through the motherboard into the mounting plate holes. While this is a bit more complicated than the standard mounting that Intel used for their sink, it is also far more secure.

There is one item to take note of about the installation of the heatsink. The fan is in the way of the spring screws while trying to mount it, so remove the fan beforehand, then reattach the it once you have successfully mounted the heatsink to the motherboard. 

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