Introduction

From the FSP website:

FSP Group is one of the global leading power supply manufacturer. Since its establishment in 1993, FSP Group has followed the management conception "service, profession, and innovation" to continuously fulfill its responsibilities as a green energy resolution supplier. With the combination of its leading role in power supply technology and the cultivation of green energy field, FSP Group now provides more competitive quality products and makes itself the most reliable partner for customers, consumers, and suppliers with joint creation of maximized values.

Under the continuous R&D in advanced technology and positioning in ultra-high efficiency, optimal product life, and development of alternative energy, FSP Group will introduce long- term accumulated power supply technology to more application fields to cover innovative products in ICT, consumer electronics, industrial, lighting, medical, and alternative energy.

FSP Group in pursuit of the vision of sustainable development builds its international green brand image to convey 3S (Safe, Stable, Saving) concept and to fulfill its corporate social responsibilities.

FSP has been around for years and is well known for their power supplies. They not only offer units for computers, but industrial and medical systems, TVs, etc., you name it. They have been growing since 1993 and offer top-notch power supplies for so many different products, it's enough to make one's head spin. Not content to stick to just power supplies, they have started branching out with power banks, uninterruptible power supplies, even computer cases. As such, it would make sense that they would eventually branch out into the cooling market.

In today's review, I look at FSP's Windale 6. Taking their first real step forward into the PC-cooling market, FSP looks to impress. This unit features black plating with a blue LED fan. It has a Heatpipe Direct Touch base and weighs in at 823 g. Overall, it's beefy for its size, and at first glance, the quality is good. That said, before tearing into it, let's take a closer look at the specifications.

Packaging

FSP packages the Windale 6 cooler in a box that measures in at roughly 12.7 cm long, 14 cm wide, and 19.7 cm tall. On the front is an image of the cooler with a shot of the heatpipes that make direct contact with the CPU. There is also a mention of AM4 support right on the front, which is nice to see. The left side details a few features and has a graph showing the cooler's cooling performance at various TDP levels. Finally, there's the back which goes into the cooler's specifications, supported sockets and more.


On the right side is another image of the cooler, this time in black and gray and little else to be seen. The top just has the 240 W TDP and FSP website URL listed. Nothing else to be seen, and sadly, there's no warranty information on the box either.

Contents

The FSP Windale 6 is packed inside a small cardboard box with some added foam for protection. While not the best packaging I have seen, it is far above average. The peace of mind knowing that what you have bought will arrive safely is often overlooked by many companies. FSP decided to find a middle ground with a solution that is still economically sound while protecting the cooler adequately.


The Windale 6 comes with everything you need to properly install it on just about every modern socket. A few extras are even included. While FSP could have stuck with just four rubber fan holders, they included eight, which allows for a dual-fan configuration and is a nice touch.

Common parts supplied for mounting include:

• 8x Rubber fan mounts
• 4x Backplate screws
• 4x LGA2011 screw pillars
• 4x Black screw pillars
• 4x Nuts
• 2x Crossbar screws
• 2x AMD mounting arms
• 2x Intel mounting arms
• 1x Crossbar
• 1x Backplate
• 1x Packet of thermal grease
• 1x Instruction book
• 1x 120 mm fan
• 1x Heatsink