FRONTPAGE Arctic Accelero Hybrid 7970 GPU Cooler

Overclockers.com · Oct 24, 2012

Arctic is one of the most well-known manufacturers of heatsinks for both graphics cards and processors (as well as a popular producer of thermal paste and case fans). Today we will be taking a look at Arctic?s venture into a closed-loop cooling solution ? the Accelero Hybrid 7970. Supporting a dozen AMD video cards ranging from the HD 5830 through the HD 7970 (with some exceptions - also note there is a Nvidia compatible version) this cooler is set to be marketed as their flagship cooling solution. In this article, the cooler will be installed onto a MSI HD 7970 Lightning Edition, and then com... ... Return to article to continue reading.

SMOKEU · Oct 24, 2012

I expected a much better result from the Twin Frozr.

Janus67 · Oct 24, 2012

Yeah I'm pretty confused by the results of the twin frozr. When I re-mount I will have to try it one more time (for a 3rd time) to see if the numbers change. I probably won't have time for a couple of weeks though as I will be moving next weekend.

txus.palacios · Oct 24, 2012

We should look for someone with a watercooled 7970, for him to compare his solution with Arctic's.

Janus67 · Oct 24, 2012

The problem with a watercooled card is there are way too many variables.

Pump, other things in the loop, radiator, fans, air flow, type of waterblock, length of the loop (if that matters) etc.

Deadphishy · Oct 25, 2012

From the looks of it, it is clearly just a repurposed (Asetek) Antec Kuhler 620 with a different copper base.

a 620 can be had for around 60 dollars so what does the other 120 get you? a plastic housing to bolt on the waterblock/pump and a bunch of memory/VRM heatsinks?

txus.palacios · Oct 25, 2012

Deadphishy said:
From the looks of it, it is clearly just a repurposed Asetek cooler with a different copper base.

a 620 can be had for around 60 dollars so what does the other 120 get you? a plastic housing to bolt on the waterblock/pump and a bunch of memory/VRM heatsinks?

FTFY.

I guess you get the waterblock design.

Deadphishy · Oct 25, 2012

txus.palacios said:
FTFY.

I guess you get the waterblock design.

Ah thanks. I forgot that Asetek makes most of the stuff for other vendors.

notJUSTguitar · Oct 26, 2012

That looks pretty cool.

Yeah, the results for the Twin Frozr are kind of sad, but I think that's accurate.

I have a lightning. Stays nice and cool with stock voltage, but when I increase the voltage even a bit the temps soar (compared to stock).

wagex · Oct 26, 2012

i would like to see alot thicker radiator on that bad boy, like double the thickness. specially for 180$ same fpi though so quiet fans work.

Conumdrum · Oct 26, 2012

I'm sure it's too wide for standard SLI?

Janus67 · Oct 26, 2012

Conumdrum said:
I'm sure it's too wide for standard SLI?

Do you mean the thickness with the built-in heatsink?

I believe it is approximately 2.5 slots, I figure to just call it a 3-slotter to be safe.

Bobnova · Oct 26, 2012

Deadphishy said:
From the looks of it, it is clearly just a repurposed (Asetek) Antec Kuhler 620 with a different copper base.

a 620 can be had for around 60 dollars so what does the other 120 get you? a plastic housing to bolt on the waterblock/pump and a bunch of memory/VRM heatsinks?

Mostly, you get the mounting system to the the 7970, plus you get the built in spacer so it can actually touch the 7970's recessed core.
Plus a bunch of RAM and MOSFET heatsinks and such.
It does seem like an awful lot more money to pay for mostly the same stuff.

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