With a unit of this size you should check just how much clearance room you have between your processor and your RAM slots (and/or your power connector depending on which Mainboard you are using). If you don't have enough room, you might as well just forget it, as a blocked power connector will do you no good.

The base plate of this unit is made of copper as stated earlier. Making the base plate out of copper offers a few advantages over aluminum with the main reason being that copper transfers heat faster than aluminum, however does retain heat longer. And aluminum does everything the opposite way, transfers heat slower, but retains it for a much shorter period of time. Alpha decided to give heat the 1-2 punch. Using a copper base plate the P7125 can transfer heat off the CPU much faster, and then the base plate transfers its heat to the aluminum heatsink can get rid of the heat very speedily (no pun intended).

Unlike most heatsink/fan combos currently on the market, Alphas never come pre-built. While putting them together is not really too difficult (and if you get stuck there are instructions that come with it) but can be tricky at times. The 2 included fans are able to pump 50 CFM of air, which will prevent the heatsink from becoming very hot.

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