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The GFXChilla is supplied within a black and purple cardboard box that seems to be reasonably robust. Inside the box, the cooler is encased in a plastic tray which provides an extra layer of protection.
The back of the box displays some information about the cooler alongside a blueprint to give you an insight into its design. Inside the box we find a plethora of mounting accessories alongside an installation guide and some thermal paste.
Coolink have used simple design for the cooler, comprising of four 6mm heatpipes connecting the copper block to the large aluminium heatsink which lies on top. This has a very low-profile design so, when installed, the graphics card will only take up two PCI slots. On the top of the heatsink there are two 80mm fans which spin at 2000rpm and draw power from a motherboard header. Thankfully these are a good quieter than the fan on Zotac's stock cooler.
Might work better on a hotter core, but its cheap enough. shame its so ugly mind you.
I would say anyone aiming to cool a high end board would spend more on a cooler like this ?
That has to be the most ugly looking cooler i have seen in recent years. Looks like they forgot to paint it. an airfix kit.
Seems to be priced more for low end cards so I think the fact you tested it on a mass market card is a good idea rather than a 5870 or something. I agree though, its extremely ugly looking, not exactly primed for a case mod window system.
Might be a good deal for someone who has spend say 120 quid on a card or less and wants to improve the cooling. I cant see anyone with a high end board getting this when artic cooling have such brilliant third party coolers out now. price is good, looks arent. Isnt that part of the reason of getting a third party cooler to get something that looks wicked and also cools well?
Not a bad product, but quite fugly!