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Figure 7: Top view.

In Figure 8 we see the base of the cooler. Practically only the heatpipes keep contact with the CPU. The base is not very polished, and thus it has no mirrored surface.

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Figure 8: Base.

An amazing detail we have not seem before is that the thermal compound syringe comes inside a vacuum-sealed bag. There is also a plastic spreader to help applying the compound.

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Figure 9: Thermal compound and spatula.

In Figure 10, you can see the thermal compound tube removed from its bag. A pity that the hard consistency of the compound makes the spreader useless, because the paste keeps "united" and hard to spread. With the pressure from the cooler, however, the thermal compound spreads evenly over the CPU.

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Figure 10: Thermal compound tube.