Conclusion
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ARCTIC that we just tested, has proven to be
very good. Featuring a complete bundle, where you will
be able to find all you need and boasting noiseless performance, it has been able
to convince in passive as well as active cooling mode. We like the idea to upgrade the
cooler to make it even more powerful and capable of handling heavy loads on
high end graphics card. Doing so lowers the initial costs of the cooler if
you only need it for normal use and desktop system.
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Performance
- Manufacturing quality
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Pre-applied thermal compound |
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| Installation |
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| Mounting the cooler is quite easy
and doesn't take a lot of time. There is no need to tighten the screws
very hard, like with the last cooler from ARCTIC we tested, to provide a
very good pressure onto the graphics chip.
The only thing that will need bit more time is the application and
mixing of the two thermal grease. We did not
test the cooling efficiency of those heatsinks and thermal
pads/glue. Also note that the Accelero S1 Plus may not be compatible
only with reference cards but also with custom PCBs like our MSI Twin Frozr II. |
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- Compatibility list
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to buy the S1 Plus Turbo Module to make it compatible with high end
graphics cards |
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| Performance |
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If you drive the S1 Plus Turbo Module fan at twelve volts
they aren't noisy at all, in fact even if it's no more passive, it remains
very silent, which means that this was overall the quietest of all graphics
cards coolers we've tested so far. Furhtermore it is astonishing that this very
silent cooler is the one with the third most cooling capacity. Even
in passive mode it is competing in a completely different league (high temps but
noiseless) when you add a fan (in this case the one available in the S1 Plus
Turbo Module upgrade kit) it has been able to outperform all custom stock
coolers we've tested and it's not very far behing high end coolers like the
Accelero Xtreme Plus II.
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Very good performance
- Noiseless at 7v
- Very ery silent at 12v
- Performance at 7v |
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| Recommendation |
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The Accelero S1 Plus targets people
who are looking for a noiseless
desktop or office computers. When adding the
S1 Plus Turbo Module to it, it is even able to target a larger market such as
Gamers that want to play games having as less noise as possible.
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- Desktop PC
- Gaming (with enough airflow)
- Office PC |
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Overclocking |
The ARCTIC Accelero S1 PLus + Turbo Module receives
very good five out of five stars.
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