Packaging and Accessories

Knowing this is an inexpensive block, I wasn't expecting a lot when it comes to the unboxing experience. The product box for the Bykski CPU-XPR-C-I block is fairly simple and also of a standard design, allowing the brand to re-use this for other similar products given the extremely generic writing on the front to go with the brand logo. A sticker on the side confirms the exact product inside and a seal on the other side helps keep the contents in place on their way to you. Opening the box, we see a thick foam sheet with two compartments that ensures the CPU block on the left does not get accidentally scratched by the accessories during transit.


The CPU block comes inside a thick plastic sheet with a sticker on the back which indicates whether the product was opened before or not. We also get an installation guide, albeit it's relying on poorly printed instructions and diagrams that are not going to be the most user-friendly to those new to PC DIY watercooling. It also does not help that the two plastic ziplock bags containing installation hardware have older Intel sockets listed on them, but thankfully the product page and webshop pages both have the same instructions more clearly legible and updated for LGA 1200 (no different from LGA 115x) and LGA 1700 that may require you to move the standoffs in the provided Intel socket backplate to the furthest positions in all four corners, depending on your motherboard. Rounding off the unboxing experience is an adapter cable allowing you to use standard 5 V, 3-pin ARGB LED headers with the CPU block. That said, there is no thermal paste included with this block, so you will have to provide your own.