Xigmatek SD1283 Dark Knight Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler

The Night Hawk comes well packaged in heat cut, layered foam. The bag of brackets and attachments greets you upon opening the box.

The heat sink and fan actually come separately packaged, which I think is a good decision. 

Here we see the root of their “crossbar” mechanism mounting system, as well as a universal backplate. “Yes”, you will need access to the back of your motherboard to install. This means that you may have to pull everything out if you don’t have a motherboard tray on your case that already has a cutout under this section of the motherboard. Keep that in mind. Also, the bag of black, rubber fan grommets includes enough for a 2nd fan, *THANK YOU*! 

Specs on the fan for those wondering. 

The CPU, posing in all of its black, ceramic covered glory. On a side note… getting good pictures of something this black is difficult! 

Size comparison to the included 120mm fan.

Looking at the base of my unit from the side, and a look at the warning sticker that protects the base from contaminants, and warns you to remove it prior to installation.