The ZEROtherm HC92

The Hurricane cooler is quite an odd looking thing. It's made up of a large copper heatsink with several large heatpipes protruding from the side and a tacky looking (and feeling) plastic shroud designed, I assume, to direct airflow. I say "assume", because in the ZEROtherm manual it states that this cooler performs better without it, making it sound like its purely aesthetic; and I don't know why you'd want this on there if it wasn't necessary.

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The fan used is a ZEROtherm branded 92mm.

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Looking at the underside you get a good look at the large heatsink fins which are quite dense and seem to have been designed around the shroud as they fit it very nicely.

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Heatpipes

The heatpipes run from the base or core of the HC92 up to the fins above. Heatpipes are an efficient way of moving heat from one area to another and are usually (like here) used to connect the high density, copper block of the cooler with the large surface area fins. To read more about heatpipes, have a look at our glossary entry here.

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The finish at the top of the heatpipes looks quite poor. This shouldn't affect performance in any way, it just doesn't look very nice.

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Core

The core of the cooler which will sit on top of the GPU comes with a thin plastic film covering it to protect the surface during transit.

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Once removed you can see that the surface of the block is quite reflective. This is even more obvious when placing a screw atop it.

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Sometimes reflective cores are an indication of a well lapped heatsink. However, they can sometimes mean that the manufacturer has simply polished the surface to give a good look to the base. To read more about lapping, click here.