A single 'Wing 12PL' 120mm PWM fan ships with the GX-7 heatsink, it's internally illuminated by blue LEDs. The fan spins at 1800-600RPM and draws power via a 4-pin motherboard header. A second 120mm fan can be installed on the rear of the fin stack. With the fan removed you can see how widely the aluminum fins are spaced on this heatsink and how closely the seven heatpipes are grouped together. A small extruded aluminum heatsink caps the copper base plate.

The Gelid GX-7 heatsink stands 158mm tall, the bottom-most fin is elevated 38mm for clearance of adjacent capacitors. The seven 6mm diameter copper heatpipes are grouped closely at the base (two stacked on five) and as they pass through the fins of the cooler. Heatpipe pitch ranges from 55-85mm apart. Each aluminum fin measures 0.4mm thick and spaced 2.0mm from the next.

The copper base on the Gelid GX-7 heatsink measures 34x35mm in size. The copper portion of the base ranges from 2.5-5mm thick. The five bottom 6mm diameter copper heatpipes have been soldered between the aluminum and copper base plate, along with the top two heatpipes.