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Right guys, last week I made a thread asking if OCUK could get some of these units in and they did 
These are all in one water coolers but not for a CPU, but for your GPU.
They also perform amazingly well but when they released they were plagued by a stupidly high price tag, often £140+
Because of this it was actually cheaper to buy an all in one CPU cooler like an Antec Kuhler 620 or a Corsair H80 and use those with a custom made bracket.
That is now not the case as OCUK have these bad boys listed for £75! Now at this price they're actually cheaper then using the custom bracket method.
I'm not going to go into great detail about the unit, the box and the installation as there's plenty of reviews that cover that.
I used a copper shim on my MSI Twin Frozr 3 7950 and used thermal pads instead of thermal glue to secure the VRAM and VRM sinks.
Due to the way the stock cooling plate is on the Twin Frozr 3 it's not possible to use it in conjunction with the Accelero.
It might however work with stock cooling plates on other 7950's, looking at pictures of the HIS IceQ turbo 7950 that's so popular around here it would in fact fit that card without having to remove it. But as the main heat sink on the HIS also cools the VRAM you'll atleast have to secure VRAM sinks to the card.
Assembly and installation wasn't that bad.
Anyway....
Here's the unit on my 7950 and installed in my case...
It's secured to the front of my case ( Fractal Design Midi R2 ) with 2x 120mm Arctic Cooling F12 fans running at 7v
I don't have any shots of the temperatures my card ran at with the stock cooler but temperatures averaged between 65-70c with VRM temperatures roughly around the same. The card was very noisy at this temperature with the stock cooler.
Anyway, ambient temperature is 22c ( Other half has the central heating on )
The idle temps the card now runs at ( 30 Mins idle )
Load temps ( 30 mins Valley Benchmark Loop )
Temperatures are good and low, remember fans are at 7v only! Running them at 12v reduces temperatures to 48-49c at the cost of noise ( Although still quieter then stock cooler )
VRM temperatures are also stupidly low!!
Overal very impressed for £75! Everything you need in a single box ( Bar a 99p copper shim ) to cool pretty much any GPU you have at present or future.
The thing is SILENT as well..... In fact the nosiest thing in my PC is the noise from the pumps!
These are all in one water coolers but not for a CPU, but for your GPU.
They also perform amazingly well but when they released they were plagued by a stupidly high price tag, often £140+
Because of this it was actually cheaper to buy an all in one CPU cooler like an Antec Kuhler 620 or a Corsair H80 and use those with a custom made bracket.
That is now not the case as OCUK have these bad boys listed for £75! Now at this price they're actually cheaper then using the custom bracket method.
I'm not going to go into great detail about the unit, the box and the installation as there's plenty of reviews that cover that.
I used a copper shim on my MSI Twin Frozr 3 7950 and used thermal pads instead of thermal glue to secure the VRAM and VRM sinks.
Due to the way the stock cooling plate is on the Twin Frozr 3 it's not possible to use it in conjunction with the Accelero.
It might however work with stock cooling plates on other 7950's, looking at pictures of the HIS IceQ turbo 7950 that's so popular around here it would in fact fit that card without having to remove it. But as the main heat sink on the HIS also cools the VRAM you'll atleast have to secure VRAM sinks to the card.
Assembly and installation wasn't that bad.
Anyway....
Here's the unit on my 7950 and installed in my case...
It's secured to the front of my case ( Fractal Design Midi R2 ) with 2x 120mm Arctic Cooling F12 fans running at 7v
I don't have any shots of the temperatures my card ran at with the stock cooler but temperatures averaged between 65-70c with VRM temperatures roughly around the same. The card was very noisy at this temperature with the stock cooler.
Anyway, ambient temperature is 22c ( Other half has the central heating on )
The idle temps the card now runs at ( 30 Mins idle )
Load temps ( 30 mins Valley Benchmark Loop )
Temperatures are good and low, remember fans are at 7v only! Running them at 12v reduces temperatures to 48-49c at the cost of noise ( Although still quieter then stock cooler )
VRM temperatures are also stupidly low!!
Overal very impressed for £75! Everything you need in a single box ( Bar a 99p copper shim ) to cool pretty much any GPU you have at present or future.
The thing is SILENT as well..... In fact the nosiest thing in my PC is the noise from the pumps!
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