GlacialТech UFO V51 CPU Cooler Review

Page 2 - Closer look

GlacialТech UFO V51 considering its mind-blowing size comes in one of the biggest boxes for a cooler we ever saw:

Besides the plastic handle on the top (common with heavier and more expensive products) the box supplies the essential (and inevitable) product photos, features and specifications. It also shows the main UFO application – the air from the fans exiting from the sides and the bottom cooling the adjacent components:

The cooler is well protected by hard clear plastic casing:

Besides the cooler you a get wide array of brackets for attaching it to variety of sockets. There is also some suspicious looking thermal compound:

UFO V51 is truly gargantuan cooler. And heavy as well - whole 780 gram. Its main body is covered with plastic covers which serve dual purpose - making it look like a flying saucer, while at the same time channeling air sideways and to the bottom:

The „Fully copper base” looks pretty well chromed to us, still it's very nicely polished. We decided not to check out is there copper there or no, because that would damage the product appearance. Alas, apparently that plating does interfere with the thermal conductivity of the product. The heatpipes themselves are aluminum ones and that decreases thermal conductivity even further:

The dual UFO V51 fans have pretty odd shape, so forget about changing/upgrading them. The good thing is they are connected to the same cable so their speed is expected to be more or less the same, which is important in this particular case in order to provide good air flow through the radiator:

Here we can clearly see the the openings through which part of the air is channeled sideways. Notice the placing of the aluminum plates - non restrictive (air flow wise):

Admire the so-called „Battleship Design”, which according to the manufacturer is amongst the main reasons for you to want to obtain the cooler in the first place, and to feel proud at that. IF you could fit it inside your case that is. We must say, that if nothing else the chosen colour combination is quite fitting for that particular cooler: