Date:
Friday , March 14, 2008
Category:
Cooling
Manufacturers:
Arctic Cooling
Author:
Marc Adams
Editor:
Kyle Bennett

Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev.2

Inexpensive cooling for a hotter than hell 8800 GT sound like a good idea? Many have probably considered the Accelero S1 but might have been confused by the low price. For around US$25 this might be the best video card insurance you ever bought.

INTRODUCTION

Arctic Cooling is one of those companies that many hardware enthusiasts know of because it builds many products specifically for our niche industry. AC makes some of the most creative and best performing CPU and GPU heatsinks in the industry. Beyond that it has its own line of fans as well as PC cases and even lists “System Integrator” on its webpage although there is not much information on that subject. If some of its coolers look familiar, it is highly likely that you have seen them on retail video cards as Arctic Cooling partners with the likes of ECS, Inno3D, PowerColor, and Galaxy among others. No doubt though, the hardware junkies here in North America have fallen in love with its “Accelero” line of GPU coolers. What’s not to like when you combine great cooling with very reasonable pricing?

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Given the outcry from our readers when we left out Arctic Cooling in our first GeForce 8800 GT Mega Heatsink Roundup, we have gone back and added AC’s newest cooler to the mix. (In our defense, we were advised by AC at that time its S1 unit would not fit on the GT which turned out to not be the case.)

When Arctic Cooling told us it had a new and improved version of its very popular Accelero S1 GPU cooler we knew that we of course wanted to test it. It was time to fire up the new platform and strap this thing to our fire breathing beast and see if we could melt the new and improved Accelero S1 Rev. 2. The Accelero S1 Rev.2 cooler boasts some impressive specifications including a flexible mounting system, four copper heat pipes, widely spaced fins for increased heat dissipation, that looks mighty good on paper. But will it blend? Er, will it cool rather?