A closer look

The fan that is mounted on top of the heatsink is 92mm (2000RPM reported by the manufacturer, 2219RPM reported by the motherboard BIOS) and is held by one clip on each side:



On the back, we can see a protective transparent plastic, mounted on the plate that makes direct contact with the CPU; some paste is pre-applied:



The contact plate has a mirror finish, to ensure very good heat conductivity between it and the CPU HSF:



On the opposite side we can see the terminations of the 3 heatpipes:



The plate that makes contact with the CPU is not plane on the upper side, but it is designed in such a way to dissipate heat better:



Here is a photo which shows the heatpipes reaching from the bottom plate to the top part of the heatsink, where they will be cooled better by the active fan:



On the other side, the upper heatpipe terminations can be found, along with the GlacialTech and the product name embossed onto the surface:



On each side of the bottom plate, we can see two holes, in which we have to insert the screws to fix properly the mount mechanism:





Since the installation will be done on a LGA1156 socket, I have chosen the Intel mounting brackets and fixed them on both sides of the plate:



After fixing the back plate on the other side of the motherboard, I have applied some thermal compound on the CPU HSF, same used for the other two coolers in the comparison test (this is necessary only for review purposes, other people can use the same thermal compound that has been pre-applied on the plate):



After sitting the CPU cooler on the HSF, we have to fix it with the provided long screws with springs, that will help push on the retention mechanism to keep the heatsink securely in place:



The screws should be first inserted by hand to fit them properly into the holes; we have to be very careful at this operation, because the heatsink can slip very easy on the HSF when the paste is applied and we can scratch the surface of the motherboard PCB:



To screw them tighter, GlacialTech provides us with a little wrench:



The final step would be to connect the 4-pin PWM fan into the CPU fan header; as it can be seen from the photo, the fan seems to integrate perfectly into the color scheme that the ASUS P7P55D EVO does have: