How to install Akasa AK 965?

manic111 · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:25

I have a recently purchased AK 965 cooler. I've removed the stock Intel cooler which I had on my E4500. However, I now don't know which way round the fan should go on the Akasa. Should it be at the front or the back of the fins?

MeatLoaf · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:27

The fan should be facing the rear of the case but tbh i dont think it makes too much difference.

manic111 · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:28

Awesome, and cheers for the quick reply!

manic111 · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:54

This is unreal- with the stock Intel, as soon as I put the CPU under 100% load temps would jump to 60 and continue to rise to about 70. With this they jump to 45 and rise to about 52!!!

mick4545 · 27 Aug 2008 at 14:07

If this is anything like the Akasa AK-925, fan orientation is very important. It is a closed circuit liquid system. The outlet tube should be at the top, inlet bottom, the fan blows towards the top of the case. Otherwise cooling is compromised.

Edit: scratch everything I've said. Just checked the cooler out and it appears the be a heatpipe design.

manic111 · 27 Aug 2008 at 14:28

mick4545 said:
If this is anything like the Akasa AK-925, fan orientation is very important. It is a closed circuit liquid system. The outlet tube should be at the top, inlet bottom, the fan blows towards the top of the case. Otherwise cooling is compromised.

Edit: scratch everything I've said. Just checked the cooler out and it appears the be a heatpipe design.

Yea it is...and with temps like this I'm happy even if it is wrong

MeatLoaf · 27 Aug 2008 at 14:39

manic111 said:
Yea it is...and with temps like this I'm happy even if it is wrong

For the price its a great cooler. Very pleased with mine

warren_1979 · 27 Aug 2008 at 16:12

Yeah its one of the best performing coolers for the money. Are all the pins in ok? Becuase one pin on mine wouldn't fully click into place and it affected temperatures big time. I took the mobo out of the case (bit of a faf I know) to push all the pins fully through and now it performs excellently.

manic111 · 27 Aug 2008 at 16:16

2 of them didn't "click" in, but I pushed them down pretty hard and they are more secure than my stock cooler ones ever were, so they should be OK. I'm up to 1.375 volts and it hasn't hit 60C at load, so it's performing pretty well!

mick4545 · 30 Aug 2008 at 17:41

manic111 said:
Yea it is...and with temps like this I'm happy even if it is wrong

This is nothing like the AK-925 Revo. It is clearly a heatpipe design and as such fan orientation is not that important. The 925 is a closed loop and the outlet pipe has to higher than the inlet.

http://www.akasa.co.uk/akasa_english/spec_page/coolers/spec_ak_965.htm

This is the 925

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews.php?/cases_cooling/akasa_revo_thermaldynamic_cpu_cooler/1

manic111 · 30 Aug 2008 at 23:00

I know that, I was saying "yea it is" to the edit which said that it was a heatpipe design.

Blackhawk47 · 30 Aug 2008 at 23:29

a bad pic but my akasa 965 is like this. i wouldnt say the fan is facing the rear....

i had trouble with one pin btw. got it in the end tho.

MeatLoaf · 31 Aug 2008 at 01:49

Blackhawk47 said:
a bad pic but my akasa 965 is like this. i wouldnt say the fan is facing the rear....

i had trouble with one pin btw. got it in the end tho.

It is facing the rear of the case which is what i meant

Shaolin_K · 31 Aug 2008 at 14:53

yes - the airflow of the fan is indeed facing rear

I've currently got a Coolermaster Hyper TX 2 cooling an AMD AM2 3800X2 - is the Akasa any better / quieter (for those who've had experience of the two)?