The heatsink comes in the box and is on top of a brow piece of paper which is there to protect the base from getting damaged. The base of the heatsink didn’t have any major scratches or anything but the finish on it wasn’t really good. I took the picture with a black fan screw next to the base to show the reflection, as you can see it isn’t very good. The clip on this heatsink doesn’t look as good as that of the old Gladiator. The old Gladiator used only one tab per side and didn’t need a screwdriver like this one does. The old Gladiator has the best clip that I have ever used with a heatsink, I will have to see later how this new clip does.