Packaging and Accessories

Phanteks sent over one unit each of the Glacier G4090AS block in black and white colors so I could show off how these two look compared to each other. The product packaging is the same for both in the form of a dark blue sleeve getting lighter towards one side—perhaps as you expect a glacier to get? Regardless, there's the expected brand logo and product line mentioned on the front with a sticker confirming the exact nature of this GPU block. More branding is seen on the sides along with contact information and another sticker that now tells you the block was made in Taiwan in addition to the color/finish of the block. Inside are two separate boxes that have the exact same color scheme as the outer sleeve. They come marked although you can easily tell the backplate is in the smaller of the two.


Indeed, in the smaller box is a thick foam sheet with a cutout to snugly fit the backplate that has a plastic cover over it. Underneath is an accessory bag containing mounting hardware and thermal pads for the backplate which come pre-scored but will still necessitate you lining them up and potentially also cutting them to size. The backplate is made of aluminium and you can easily tell where it makes contact with the PCB on the back courtesy the mylar layer. The black version is anodized whereas the white one gets a powdercoat finish.


The other box has more foam packaging with the block safely packed inside with one more plastic cover around. Here too we get separately packed accessories including a printed installation guide (online copy here) which is always nice to see. There's more mounting hardware and thermal pads as before, a tube of Phanteks-branded thermal paste, two brass stop plugs, and a support bracket we will talk about later. Phanteks also includes two cables to assist with the integrated lighting in the block with one being an extension from the block itself and the other adapting it to a more standard 3-pin, 5 VDC ARGB LED header on your motherboard. Both cables have a daisy-chained connector to allow you to power and control this block and, say, a Phanteks CPU block together off the same LED header.