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The
packaging is certainly designed to present the ICECUBE
in its best light. All the important technical and
aesthetic features can be seen without needing to
rip open the sandwich type blister pack. The use of
blue artwork emphasises the "cool" feel
but I'm sure they could have chosen a slightly livelier
shade.
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Cooler
Boxed - Front
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Cooler
Boxed - Rear
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Out
of the box you immediately notice both its size and
its two-metal construction. There are a total of 43
fins, 22 aluminium fins at the top and 21 copper fins
at the bottom which adds up to a fair old surface
area.
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Cooler,
Front View
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CoolSonic
quote weight as the reson for this cooler's part-aluminium
construction but there seems to be a growing body
of manufacturers who seem to be combining copper's
ability to absorb heat with aluminium's ability to
radiate heat for maximum cooling effect.
The
picture below does a great job of showing how thin
the copper contact plate on the base is. This may
well mean heat is transferred more quickly to the
heatpipes, but looking at some of the better coolers
on the market most seem to feature much thicker bases
that have the capacity to act as a buffer during times
of high heat output. It could be argued that heatpipes
negate the need for such a buffer but I'm not really
thermally clued-up enough to understand which would
offer the best balance of performance. Still,
I guess that's what the testing is for.
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Cooler,
Side View
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The
fins probably look a little out of shape in these
pictures, and that's because they were, though to
be fair to CoolSonic it looked like the package had
suffered a pretty hefty knock en-route to me and it
took me quite a while to get them even this straight!
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Cooler,
Side View
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Cooler,
Top View
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Probably
the easiest way to imagine the size of the ICECUBE
is in relation to its own 80mm fan. The unit itself
is a touch bigger than 80mmx80mmx80mm so as its name
suggests it's almost cubic in its dimensions.
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Dimensions
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Dimensions
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