Am I the only one that noticed that Arctic Cooling just became the first company to confirm the X1900 !!!???
:eek:
Perkam
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Am I the only one that noticed that Arctic Cooling just became the first company to confirm the X1900 !!!???
:eek:
Perkam
I dont see how that suprises you seeing how they x1900 uses the same sort of PCB. What I find shocking is that the CFM on the fan for this cooler is *under* 10CFM :nono:Quote:
Originally Posted by perkam
That, and warm air recirculation :/Quote:
Originally Posted by Sentential
I think that's a poor design choice, especially since they prided themselves on being the only cooler on the market that drew air in from the case and expelled it out the back instead of blowing hot air on the rest of your components.
I will, however, be interested to see how this turns out.
Oh come on, all we have is 1 picture, and we are all ready saying it sucks?:rolleyes:
The main point for this one, it seems, is noise reduction. Their current NV Silencer 5 (Rev. 3) is 0.9 sone, with the new one's 0.4 that ought to more than halve noise. Performance/noise ratio has always been a trade-off, and Arctic Cooling have been aiming at low noise, so this is probably the right move (if data's correct).
Numbers of the data sheet sound nice, but it is a no-go for me in case hot air aint blown out of the case...
Same here - the blower out the back is the clincher, tho they are the quietest VGA hs / fan I've ever seen.
http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=a...read&arc_id=63
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A...g/AcceleroX2/1
Reviews of this new cooler. Looks good. :)
nice bit, cool heatpipes etc.
only down bit is that it doesnt blow the hot air out of the case and it blows the hot air onto the motherboard.
i think a design were hot air gets blown outside fo teh case should b doable also with heatpipes so i wonder why they didnt go that route.
heh reading now, was just about to post them.:)
This is stupid
http://www.ngohq.com/images/articles...x2/Website.jpg
The heat is blown into the mobo :slap:
Just read the review, and they look great, better than the stock heatsink at 100% load, which is pretty awesome, and the noise levels are good, ill be ordering one when there available.:)
it amazes me how some of these things get out of the design phase.. lol. If the fan drew air the other direction and spit it out through the "turbine" area that would be quite a bit better imo... burying the hot air into the mobo to have it pool there at the base of the socket it just silly. Maybe that's what they mean by "unique cooling design". heh.. anyways.. my $0.02Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinnacle
So who cares where the dam air goes, it's hardly going to effect the motherboard.
You have no idea of what your talking about:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hicks
I doubt the airflow hitting the motherboard is more than 5C above the intake temp. Still sucks that the cumulative heat stays inside the case, but with good overall ventilation it shouldn't make much difference.
Im very disapointed with this new AC design.
The test are done with the X1800 and not X1800XT or XTPE -with runs hotter.
I dont think it can do a better job with volts at 1,45 and clocks above 700core/800mem.
The must be a better alternative now when the new AC not are using the exhaust system anymore.
Has someone tried to mod one of the Silencers to fit the X1800XT, or tried different coolers with good results?
Have tried the Zalman VF700-CU, but this doesnt make a better job.
Air flow seems to be particulary useless :(
I love so much my Aqua 690 :D
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Originally Posted by aMp
Course i don't. results are all that matters, and going on those 2, they look good. People are obsessed with exhaust coolers, sure it's nice, but decent airflow negates the fact your dumping hot air in the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinnacle
I am not an expert, nor am I claiming to have one of these. But there are two things I worry about from this cooler.
First the overall design, blowing air down into the motherboard seems a bit strange, their exhaust out of the case was one of the MAJOR selling points about Arctic Coolers, it won't be long till Zalman and others bring out a gfx cooler similar or better than these accelero's now that AC don't use the exhaust out of the back I'll not be buying one for the x1800. I don't know why they designed out their best feature personally. Seems like they are shooting themselves in the foot.
Secondly, the design blows out air over the voltage regulators atthe back of the card, I'd have thought these get very hot, and such warm air blowing over hot components and then onto the chipset. Another completely odd design.
I was thinking they could have simply curved the fins inside, so instead of the fins aiming down to the motherboard, curve them to face out of the back of the case - to me this seems the most logical course of action, you get the unique rear exhaust feature found on the Arcitc Coolers, but also the new heatpipe design of the Accelero's.
One other thing, how long do you think they ran those accelero's for, I'm betting for not more than half an hour just to get the results, as well as having the side of the case off, how else would they have measured db of the cooler?
If this is the case the reviewers havent shown what happens after prolonged use in a closed case, with the side oanel on, and after a day of use and hours of gaming, I am sure the accelero would abnormally increase the temperature inside the case.
Anyway, again I don't claim this to be set in stone, simply an avid XS readers POV.
I've always been a fan of AC, their products are high performance with minimal noise (unless you want to oc). Reviews look really promising. Where can I buy a air of these puppies? :cool:
i bet the tests were done in a mobo outside a case.
The test were done without the sidepanel on.. -I wonder why.
oh, ok, in a case...but no sidepanel.Quote:
Originally Posted by mbm
Does anyone have any solid info/proof whether these accelero's were tested on an open mobo - i.e. setup and run outside of a case, or if it was tested in a case but with the side panel off?
I might e-mail the testers and see if they can provide more info.
Edit - Great, I can't seem to send an e-mail to NGOHQ.com as when I try and send them a message from their site I get the following error:
The string you entered for the image verification did not match what was displayed.
I'll try e-mailing the other site
Edit 2 - Just noticed the we did not use a side panel bit on the techpowerup review. What was the point in this, we need to see the Accelero tested in default, normal setup as in with a side panel on and 2 relatively low powered case fans. That will give the best test of the cooler.
As inside a closed case, it will have to use the air inside the case, and if as I fear the car will be dumping hot air into the case surely the performance will suffer after extended use. Say 3 hours of looping 3DMark 2005 and I reckon we'll see the true nature of the accelero