Opening the box we find the main heatsink is well protected with wrap around type cardboard packing which stops it from moving about too much.

Taking a closer look at the “foot” of the heatsink it is always good to see it has extra protection in the shape of a sticker to stop it from receiving any damage, any damage here would mean the heatsink might not make a good contact with the cpu and so not perform to the best of it’s ability.

Whilst I was here I took the opportunity to remove the Intel retaining bracket and fitted the AMD bracket this was an easy enough task as you just unscrew the 4 screws pictured to remove the Intel bracket fit the AMD one then screw it in place. I will never understand why manufacturers fit one or the other at time of manufacture, as they do not know what will be needed??

Here we can see the Akasa Evo Blue fan with its fetching blue blades.

Here we have a close up of the fins from the opposite side to the fan, as you can see there are mounting holes for a second fan should you wish to fit one thus improving the cooling further.

The smaller box contains all the other parts you would need to install the Akasa Evo Blue into your PC, the various back plates, screws, spacers / washers, the cables, speed controller, thermal paste and the fitting instructions.

Ok that’s the Akasa Evo Blue inspected so let’s see how well it works.

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