Packaging and Accessories:

If you have ever purchased a Thermalright cooler, the below left image should look very familiar to you. The generic looking cardboard box is one of their calling cards. Other than the company name, the only other information you get is the model number of the cooler found inside. Not really designed for a retail setting.



Inside the box (above right image) we find an abundance of white foam used to protect the cooler, with a white cardboard box located to one side containing all the accessories. Slipped in to the package on top there is a Thermalright sticker and socket 775 installation instructions.

The below left image shows everything included in the white box of accessories. There is a socket 775 backplate, nuts for securing the pre-installed screws, a small open ended wrench, a syringe of thermal paste, rubber strips to dampen vibrations from the fan, and two wire clips used to secure the fan to the cooler. The base set of accessories did not include mounting hardware for anything but socket 775. The below right image shows a separate box of accessories that was provided for a socket 1366 installation. A similar, extra kit would be required for any processor type other than socket 775. Thermalright is currently offering this cooler bundled as the "AXP-140 RT", where the fan and additional mounting brackets are all provided in one package. This review just happens to have the core components of what would comprise the RT package, minus the AMD AM2/AM3 and Intel 1156 hardware.



The 140mm fan included with the AXP-140 is packed in yet another box, and this one is strikingly unlike the typical Thermalright fare. The X-Silent 140's box has colors and a window; and looks far from generic.



Inside the box we find the 11-bladed 140mm x 140mm x 25mm fan, rubber mounts which would come in handy if this was to be used as a case fan, some zip ties, and a 3-pin to 4-pin power adapter.