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Thursday, March 6, 2008
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Along with scorching speeds, GPUs also get scorching hot. No longer the exception, dual-slot cooling solutions have become the norm to battle increasing temperatures. Where does that leave passive cooling solutions, and more specifically, Arctic Cooling's Accelero S1 Rev 2 VGA cooler?
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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Today we are reviewing the Accelero Xtreme 8800 and it has a tough test ahead of it, can it match or exceed the Thermalright HR-03 Plus?
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008
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Arctic Cooling is known for their highly efficient and affordable CPU and VGA heatsinks, when they offered us their latest high end Geforce 8800 / ATI HD 2900 cooler for test we jumped at the opportunity. The Accelero Xtreme is the biggest VGA cooler we have tested yet and promises to gives the best from Thermalright and Zalman a runs for its money. Can this product grab top spot in our VGA cooler performance chart? Let's find out.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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The Alpine 7 Pro retails for less than $15CDN ($15USD), and comes with a pre-installed patch of thermal compound. This is a no-frills heatsink, but it makes some concessions towards lower noise production. In tradition Arctic Cooling fashion, the Alpine 7 Pro is equipped with a fan suspended on rubber shock absorbing posts. The fan is suspended on Fluid Dynamic Bearings, is PWM controlled and rotates from a whisper quiet 500RPM to a moderately audible 2000RPM. Weighing it a 480 grams the Alpine 7 Pro is entirely aluminum, and covered by a 6 year warranty. The real question is whether the Alpine 7 Pro can stand up acoustically, and thermally.
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Monday, November 19, 2007
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Calling all cooling enthusiasts, there is a new TIM in town! Arctic Cooling has concocted a new, versatile thermal compouned dubbed MX-2. Does Arctic Cooling have an award winner or is this just another one hit wonder like the previous New Kids on the Block? Let's find out!
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
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For retail companies, it's all about the add-on sales these days. But what if these seemingly useless add-ons finally offered something to get excited about? The Turbo Module is the latest add-on product from Arctic Cooling for your passive Accelero video card cooler. Is this another useless piece of plastic or do we finally have something actually worth spending a few bucks on?
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Friday, November 2, 2007
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I must say, for only 20 euro's. You get a very good looking cooler that performs excellent. The installation is real easy, too bad the heatspreaders didn't fit. But Arctic Cooling can't make it compatible with every type of videocard available on the market. I'm now running my computer with only the stock cpu cooler making a tiny bit of noise. The inside fan is running at it's lowest speed and I have no problems with the card overheating. Crysis, here I come :) Overall a very good cooler for only 20 euro's, what more do you want.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2007
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We have received a new low noise cooler from Arctic cooling. This time it is the Accelero S2, with an optional Turbo Module. The turbo module is 2 low noise fans which can be mounted on top of the passive Accelero cooler. The Accelero S2 cooler is compatible with ATI graphics cards and GeForce cards. The highest models supported are the ATI HD2400 and the GeForce 8500. Arctic Cooling was founded in 2001, and focuses on making low noise cooling systems for both CPUs and graphics cards, but in the beginning they produced power supplys.
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Monday, September 24, 2007
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The debate of the paste rages on! What makes one thermal paste better than another? Is it the little features in these so-very-essential products, or is it sheer performance? In my everlasting quest of the answer, I have come across Arctic Cooling's MX-2 thermal compound, which appears to be a promising contestant in the goop challenge.
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Monday, August 27, 2007
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The Arctic Cooling Turbo modules arrived Technic3D. The Fans without frames on the Accelero Graphic Card Heatsink for nice Cooling?. See you the following Review.
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Monday, August 13, 2007
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For those of you who don't know what a thermal compound does allow me to explain. Its job is to transfer heat as efficiently as possible between a heatsink and a processor (or any other such similar setup). Without a thermal compound in place CPUs would overheat, as there are far too many micro imperfections in the base of a heatsink (and top of a CPU) to be able to effectively transfer heat (not to mention that air trapped between the two would hinder this already poor performance).
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Friday, August 3, 2007
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Thermal paste is an interesting category of products to review. Whether you want to call it overlooked or underlooked, enthusiasts whose attention focuses on performance and overclocking will want their heat generating components running as cool as possible. Being that, the last thing anyone wants is poor thermal transfer from one medium to another due to insufficient contact. Theoretically, metal-to-metal is the most optimum and efficient method of thermal conduction. However, no two surfaces are completely flat -- while it gets pretty close, microscopic valleys do exist at a certain level. Regarding this, a thermal interface material such as a paste is used. The most popular product in this area is Arctic Silver 5 non-conductive polysynthetic silver and has been dominating the market for years. Today, Arctic Cooling is up to challenge the best with their MX-2 thermal compound. Will it gain the title of being the best? Let's find out!
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Monday, July 30, 2007
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Of course, when it comes to cooling there is more than just the cooler. Besides the normal considerations of airflow and such, the Thermal Interface Material (TIM) plays a huge role in the overall effectiveness of the cooling solution. This holds especially true for those diehard overclockers where even small variations in temperature can make a difference in terms of processor speed. Enter the above mentioned Arctic Cooling with a new TIM they have dubbed MX-2. While there are not that many players in this market area, the names that are out there have a huge reputation. So relax for a few as we take a look at this newcomer in the TIM market and see if it has what it takes to be a worthy consideration for your next project.
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
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The Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 LP CPU Heatsink with a small Price arrived Technic3D. The new silent Heatsink for Barebones or HTPC? See you in the following Review.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
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Just like some say that the country of Italy looks like a boot, one of the latest products from the swiss engineers at Arctic Cooling have produced a cooler with an almost humorous resemblance to some kind of cooking grill. But resemblances aside, we've had a chance to put the Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 on the chopping block to see what it is made of.
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