Akasa Revo Thermaldynamic CPU Cooler
Test Setup and Testing Method
Published: 12th October 2007 | Source: Akasa | Price: RRP £39.99 ex VAT |
The following Test Setup and Method was used:
CPU: Intel Core2Duo E6700 @ 3.33Ghz
Motherboard: XFX 650i Ultra
RAM: 2gb Mushkin XP2-6400 4-4-4-12
HDD: OS - 160gb Hitachi Deskstar SATA II
Power: Zippy 500w
Case: A+ Case Monolize
Graphics Card: Sapphire X1600Pro with Artic Cooling Accelero S2
OS: Windows XP Professional
The Temperature was at a pretty constant 25°C room temperature and the system temperature was 31°C.
Artic Silver 5 was applied onto both of the heatsinks to give as fair a comparison as possible. Please note that as AS5 "cures" (about 200hours and at least 2 cycles), the temps are likely to drop 1-3°C. Due to time constraints neither cooler had this luxury, and this was a fair comparison.
For the testing I had the E6700 clocked both at stock settings of 266 x 10 (2.66GHz) @ 1.3v and 330 x 10 (3.3GHz) @ a fairly high 1.45v to really push the coolers.
Temperatures were logged using CoreTemp monitoring software. Temperatures were checked with a thermal probe and found to be fairly accurate.
For idle temperatures I left the PC for 30mins then recorded the idle temperature every 10 seconds for 5 minutes, making sure I did not use any program that was not already running at windows startup.
For the load temperatures I ran an instance of prime 95 with in-place large FFT's for maximum heat and power consumption, as well as an instance of Folding@Home set to take up any spare cycles of the CPU. Once again I left this for 30mins then recorded the temperatures over a 5 minute period.
For comparison I used Intels stock cooler, the Scythe Infinity and Asus's Triton Cooler . Note that for the testing with the Asus Triton 75 testing with a fan I used the same fan as on the Scythe Infiniy for parity and fairness.
Motherboard: XFX 650i Ultra
RAM: 2gb Mushkin XP2-6400 4-4-4-12
HDD: OS - 160gb Hitachi Deskstar SATA II
Power: Zippy 500w
Case: A+ Case Monolize
Graphics Card: Sapphire X1600Pro with Artic Cooling Accelero S2
OS: Windows XP Professional
The Temperature was at a pretty constant 25°C room temperature and the system temperature was 31°C.
Artic Silver 5 was applied onto both of the heatsinks to give as fair a comparison as possible. Please note that as AS5 "cures" (about 200hours and at least 2 cycles), the temps are likely to drop 1-3°C. Due to time constraints neither cooler had this luxury, and this was a fair comparison.
For the testing I had the E6700 clocked both at stock settings of 266 x 10 (2.66GHz) @ 1.3v and 330 x 10 (3.3GHz) @ a fairly high 1.45v to really push the coolers.
Temperatures were logged using CoreTemp monitoring software. Temperatures were checked with a thermal probe and found to be fairly accurate.
For idle temperatures I left the PC for 30mins then recorded the idle temperature every 10 seconds for 5 minutes, making sure I did not use any program that was not already running at windows startup.
For the load temperatures I ran an instance of prime 95 with in-place large FFT's for maximum heat and power consumption, as well as an instance of Folding@Home set to take up any spare cycles of the CPU. Once again I left this for 30mins then recorded the temperatures over a 5 minute period.
For comparison I used Intels stock cooler, the Scythe Infinity and Asus's Triton Cooler . Note that for the testing with the Asus Triton 75 testing with a fan I used the same fan as on the Scythe Infiniy for parity and fairness.
On to the installation..
Most Recent Comments
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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