Installation

Installation of the Thermolab LP53 is simple and easy since the bracket is pre-mounted so you just need to fix the bracket on top of the motherboard and secure it from the back with the four included screws. The entire process takes less than two minutes. The thermal compound is pre-applied so there is no extra of it in case you decide to clean the cooler at some point in time. The overall pressure on the CPU is quite good  for a low-profile cooler. The cooler only supports Intel LGA 1150/1155/1156  sockets which is quite a shame since we would really like to see compatiblity with at least some AMD sockets.

Since the Thermolab LP53 is an overall rather small cooler there will no compatibility issues with large heatspreader memory. We mounted and tested the cooler with standard ATX and ITX motherboards.

Test Setup
Mainboard	ASUS Z87-Deluxe (BIOS 1602)
CPU	Intel Core i7-4770K Stock (Turbo On / HT On)
Memory	ADATA XPG V2 2x4GB DDR3-2800 CL12 1.65V
Video	Intel HD Graphics 4600
Software	Windows 7 x64 wPrime Benchmark v2.10 CPUID HWMonitor 1.24.0
PSU	Seasonic Platinum SS-660XP2
Fan Controller	Lamptron FC5 V3
Thermal Compound	Pre-applied

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Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications

Page 2 - Photo Gallery

Page 3 - Installation & Test Setup

Page 4 - Absolute Performance

Page 5 - PWM Performance

Page 6 - Conclusion