Akasa Revo Thermaldynamic CPU Cooler
A closer look
Published: 12th October 2007 | Source: Akasa | Price: RRP £39.99 ex VAT |
Well the Akasa Revo strikes me as a pretty damn neat looking cooler. Very industrially designed with a cool silver finish, the Revo is definately a cool addition to a case with a window.
The other thing that strikes you is that the cooler feels very well built. Constructed in aluminium with a blue and clear fan, everything feels very solid and built to last. The fan shroud isn't tacky and again feels well put together and all the joints are well done.
Taking a look closer in we see the pipes and the base of the unit.
Here we can also see the mechanism that afixes the cooler to the socket adapter. The grooves in the black plastic part are where the "arms" for the socket adapters slot in.
The Radiator on the cooler is well made and looks exactly like the radiators in watercooling systems (and cars for that matter). An interesting choice rather than the fins normally seen on air coolers.
The case again shows how well made the cooler is.
Similarly to the Asus Triton, the Revo's base still has marks from machining on it, but again is pretty flat with only a very small imperfection at the very edge on one side (when tested for flatness with a drop of water and some glass). This would not affect the cooling performance in any way in my opinion, as it is not in a place that would make contact with the CPU.
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Looks sexy 
£30 bit OTT though, since you can get a Freezer pro for about £15 and that does just fine.
£30 bit OTT though, since you can get a Freezer pro for about £15 and that does just fine.For £40 I would NOT buy that cooler, 120 ultra ftw!
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Originally Posted by name='Brooksie'
Looks sexy
£30 bit OTT though, since you can get a Freezer pro for about £15 and that does just fine. |
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Originally Posted by name='Mr. Smith'
For £40 I would NOT buy that cooler, 120 ultra ftw!
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Ah well.
It has to be said, I started reading the review (excellent again btw) with a pretty optimistic slant - especially with the idea of the tech involved.
To be fair, it looks an equiv cooler of a stock Intel (give or take minimal temps), but quieter. That in mind, the price is OTT imo.
Agree with the conclusion tbh. (however personally disappointed a bit)
It has to be said, I started reading the review (excellent again btw) with a pretty optimistic slant - especially with the idea of the tech involved.
To be fair, it looks an equiv cooler of a stock Intel (give or take minimal temps), but quieter. That in mind, the price is OTT imo.
Agree with the conclusion tbh. (however personally disappointed a bit)
Please note that I have now added a note from Adrian Young, Akasa's marketing director
What would be OC3D A-List of air coolers and other such products?
Do you have an A-List? If Not would be a worthy addition me thinks.
Do you have an A-List? If Not would be a worthy addition me thinks.
Hmm might be an idea actually mate. I might see what I can do about gettign some "top10's" from what we've done
omg why hadnt i thought of that lol
would be helpful to have a table - with a sort function (sort value for money, performance and looks (or whatever the scoring goes by) also sort by overall score)
ace idea!
would be helpful to have a table - with a sort function (sort value for money, performance and looks (or whatever the scoring goes by) also sort by overall score)
ace idea!
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Originally Posted by name='maverik-sg1'
What would be OC3D A-List of air coolers and other such products?
Do you have an A-List? If Not would be a worthy addition me thinks. |
Hi. New to the forums. Just purchased one of these and was getting similar performance to the stock cooler. I did a google (next time I'll do it before I buy) and found you guys.
I tried adding a 4000rpm fan to improve things, but I just dropped the temp by a further 1 degree. Very disappointing product for the price.
I am now in the market for a new cooler, this time I'll do some research.
I tried adding a 4000rpm fan to improve things, but I just dropped the temp by a further 1 degree. Very disappointing product for the price.
I am now in the market for a new cooler, this time I'll do some research.
Agreed it's costly for the price, although I did get better performance than the stock cooler
Awesome mounting system though in fairness
Awesome mounting system though in fairness
And exceptionally light. Should be easy enough to remove 
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