Introduction
Like most other computer components, we�ve seen tremendous gains in the level of video card performance, as manufacturers push the envelope and develop new technology.Unfortunately, along with those gains typically comes an unwanted byproduct- heat.Arctic Cooling, well-known manufacturers of a wide range of cooling products, has developed a new line of passive VGA coolers that claim to reduce heat significantly without producing any noise.Too good to be true?That�s what we�re here to find out today.
About Arctic Cooling:
ARCTIC COOLING is a private owned company founded in 2001 with headquarters in Switzerland, offices in Hong Kong and with production facilities in Asia. The team of ARCTIC COOLING insists o�n international young highly educated people with business, technical and communicational skills.
The attitude to work is based o�n the Swiss innovative spirit and adheres to the high Swiss standard recognized internationally. This striving for excellence is integrated in all processes and is a matter of course. ARCTIC COOLING’s core competencies are multifarious such as systematic noise reduction, copper and aluminum heatsinks, customizing of thermal solutions, “Just-in-time” fan manufacturing, Ceramic Bearing, Multiple Signal Output / BIOS interface and low noise fan blade design.
Specifications:
Application:
ATI:
X1650, X1600, X1550, X1300, X1050 series
X850, X800, X700, X600, X550, X300 series
9XXX series
nVIDIA:
GeForce 7600, 7300, 6600 series
FX 5950, 5900, 5700 (Ultra) series
FX 5600, 5500, 5200 series
GeForce 4 Ti, MX series
Heat Sink: 140(L) x 188(W) x 32(H) mm
Heat pipe: 6 mm x 2
Weight: 202 g
Accessories: 8 Memory Heat Sinks
Warranty: 6 Years
The product:
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The Arctic Cooling Accelero S2 cooler comes well-packaged in a clear plastic package with the cooler prominently displayed on the front.The back provides a glimpse at the VGA block as well as a listing of all the video card the cooler is compatible with.Arctic Cooling also produces a similarly designed cooler, the Accelero S1, which is compatible with a wide range of coolers; odds are that if your cooler is compatible with one, it�s compatible with the other.
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Opening the package, the cooler is easily extracted from the package.Along with the cooler itself, the package contains 8 RAM heatsinks, a vented PCI bracket, and a set of installation instructions and mounting hardware.The review sample also came with a detailed set of instructions on how to configure the case; as we�ll see later, the setup of the computer has a significant impact on the cooling performance.
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The cooling module is made of copper base that interfaces with the video card GPU and a large set of Aluminum heat fins, connected by 4 copper heat-pipes.The copper base appeared to be machined-smooth and free of imperfections, and I was glad to see a plastic covering preventing scratches or oils from degrading the important conductive surface.Furthermore, the copper base comes with some Arctic Cooling thermal paste preinstalled on it.Overall, I was impressed by the size to weight ratio of the cooler; despite being almost as large as the video card, it weighed very little.
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