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The Thermaltake Frio is supplied in a very strong box with a high resolution image of the heatsink on the front. There is also a clear indication that this cooler is built for overclocking and supports processors up to a 220w output.
The cooler is extremely well protected inside the box with heavy duty foam padding. Thermaltake offer a two year warranty as well which is reassuring.
You can notice on the right of the image above that the second fan is not pre-installed on the cooler, but both are supplied.
The Frio is a hefty unit, and while noticeably smaller than the Noctua NH D14 still weighs 1,042g.
The Frio is more attractive than most targeting this market, with the red and black accenting plastic shroud at the top.
The fans are high quality units which are both rated between 1,200rpm and 2,500 rpm. I will say you will NOT want to run both of these at maximum speed, they are painfully loud at full speed, however more on that later.
Each fan has a variable speed controller which rotates between a wide range of settings – seen above with ‘low' and ‘high' markings.
The Frio also supports every modern day processor from both Intel and AMD which is going to be a great selling point to many people, you don't need to worry about missing brackets or future addons, everything is supported right out of the box. They also supply a handy little installation foldout which is well written and concise.
