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Hardware Akasa Nero S CPU Cooler Review

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Claave, 22 Mar 2010.

  1. Claave

    Claave You Rebel scum

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  2. rickysio

    rickysio N900 | HJE900

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    I keep wondering why these manufacturers can't just group all 4 pipes together and leave paperthin thickness aluminium between them. Just bend the outer tubes, and it should solve the issue of no transfer due to HSF being too small.

    And I predict a series of comments about how the V-X performs (or underperforms, rather) again. :S
     
  3. lacuna

    lacuna Minimodder

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    touching.
     
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    touche
     
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    DarkHarlequin Padowan Learner

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    toupée
     
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    I get the feeling that the AMD mounting mechanism is a bit naff by today's standards. It seems that any cooler that uses the latch to secure it underperforms on AM3 compaired to other sockets.
     
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    Fizzban Man of Many Typos

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    I would have liked to see a direct comparison between this and the Akasa Freedom Tower. Especially on LGA775, although I understand us poor old Core 2 Duo owners are being put out to pasture.
     
  8. Baz

    Baz I work for Corsair

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    :duh: edited so we don't touch you quite so much.
     
  9. MaverickWill

    MaverickWill Dirty CPC Mackem

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    I wish you-know-who would touch me...
     
  10. SchizoFrog

    SchizoFrog What's a Dremel?

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    No offence intended to Bit-Tech as they do not make these coolers but these reviews are getting to the point of generic. For a few degrees here and there give or take £5-£10. Is it really that important? When building a system that is likely to be costing you in excess of £600, does £10 really break the budget? The whole recent batch of CPU coolers virtually all look the same too, metal plates with what looks to be, even if it isn't, a standard case fan attached. What happened to the good old days when CPU coolers also looked cool as well as kept your CPU cool? - (Although I do like the Special Edition of the Titan Fenrir, I just wish they did a blue version).

    Bit-Tech - Do you have to draw straws to see who gets the pleasure of these tedious tests?
     
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    Combatus Bit-tech Modding + hardware reviews Lover of bit-tech Super Moderator

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    I wish I didn't :eyebrow::jawdrop:
     
  12. MaverickWill

    MaverickWill Dirty CPC Mackem

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    :waah::waah::waah:

    On a related note (because I kinda have to), I liked the Nero, so big points to Akasa for this! Looks to be a strong contender for a while on the big-boy socket!
     
  13. Cobalt

    Cobalt What's a Dremel?

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    Notice that all of the coolers perform worse at idle on the AMD tests. That's because Bit is using a 1.6V core compared to 1.3V/1.35V of the Intel systems so its probably got a higher thermal output when not loaded. The load figures are comparable though; its just that the Intel graphs use a different scale.
     
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