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The Jing cooler arrives in a sturdy box with an oriential artwork concept.
The package includes seperate manuals for Intel and AMD installation, as well isolation pads to help stop vibrations.
While most manufacturers put everything into a clear plastic bag, Thermaltake have opted for a rather nice foam padded accessory package with all the screws, mounting brackets and thermal paste neatly arranged.
The backplate design is also impressive, because both AMD and Intel motherboards can be mounted via the same plate.
The Jing is a very retro looking cooler, finished in a cream/grey and green colour scheme. We aren't sure this is going to appeal to many enthusiast users as it will look out of place within most chassis designs, but it is certainly eye catching.
Aesthetically we aren't really sure what to think. There is no denying it is well built and the quality is high, but the colours are so unusual that we really do feel a portion of the audience will be immediately alienated.
Thermaltake have incorporated a mirrored 5 heatpipe design into the base and these extend upwards through a series of aluminum fins. We noticed that they have shaped the pipes to form an out of line exit point at the top, this will probably slightly aid the cooling efficiency through the fins. The base finish is not the best we have seen, but is quite good.
The Jing weighs 920 grams and stands 162mm high, 123mm wide and 131mm long. Yes, it is a brute.
One aspect of the design we really like is the fan mounting system. Each 120mm fan is clipped into the surrounding shell on each side.
While each fan connects to either side of the cooler it is very important to use them in a correct push/pull configuration. If you notice above, the fans have the blades set in reverse positions. Each fan also has a speed controller for low/high settings, identical in design to the FRIO cooler we reviewed months ago.
