THE A500

Measuring 169mm in height, 144mm in width and 171mm in depth the 1460g heavy A500 is truly massive.

The brushed aluminum gunmetal grey plate at the top can be removed (just pull it upwards) so you can use the bundled screwdriver to mount the cooler onto your mainboard.

From the side we can see that the heatsink features a total of 48 aluminum fins.

As mentioned already CORSAIR has used a slide-and-lock fan mount system which allows the end user to move the fans upwards (here you can see a RAM clearance of 85mm which raises the height of the cooler to 209mm).

The ML120 bundled fans are not from any of CORSAIR's RGB lines but with a maximum speed of 2400RPM, airflow of 75CFM and air pressure of 4.2mmH2O they pack quite the punch.

CORSAIR has used two 8mm and two 6mm thick nickel plated copper heatpipes with the A500.

Turning the cooler over we see that it features a direct-contact nickel plated copper base with a thin pre-applied layer of their XTM50 thermal paste.