Accelero vs Silencers

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El Crackador

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I have always wondered why did Arctic Cooling make the Accelero instead of making another Silencer for the high end ATI cards? I know that they said it was because they thought people were going to make the switch to BTX cases or something like that but I would think that throwing the heat out of the case would still cool quite a bit better that dumping it directly on the mobo. I know that the cooler still performs well but overall my buddies mobo temps were increased by about 8c when he switched to the accelero. Then he switched cases to the antec 900 and his mobo temps dropped to an absolute low.

With an Accelero do they just expect that you have a sweet setup that can move the hot air out of the case?
 
The Accelero also allows for SLI installation/takes less slot space. That's likely a huge consideration. Though, I did like to exhaust the air out the back, my Acceleros (I have 4 now) work as well as any of the Silencers I used, and one was a direct swap.
 
El Crackador said:
I have always wondered why did Arctic Cooling make the Accelero instead of making another Silencer for the high end ATI cards? I know that they said it was because they thought people were going to make the switch to BTX cases or something like that but I would think that throwing the heat out of the case would still cool quite a bit better that dumping it directly on the mobo. I know that the cooler still performs well but overall my buddies mobo temps were increased by about 8c when he switched to the accelero. Then he switched cases to the antec 900 and his mobo temps dropped to an absolute low.

With an Accelero do they just expect that you have a sweet setup that can move the hot air out of the case?
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I would have to agree what he is saying. I have one on my X1900XT and it does a nice job, dont get me wrong. But when im gaming, its a heat trap under the video card to the bottom of my my case. I sometimes have to take off the side cover when im doing some long late night gaming, because the heat build up gets too hot and then VPU recover kicks in saying it lost communication with the card and its been reset or whatever that message is. This is 4 hours or more of straight gaming on a graphically intensive game like Oblivion where the card is stressed to the max. It does happen though, VPU recover for the win!!!
 
My experience with the Accelero has been quite positive in the two months that I've had it installed. My Lian Li PC-7B has two 120mm fans, so heat isn't too much of a problem - my mobo temps barely changed at all. Even with the P.E. Bios (overclocked and overvolted) on my x1800xt, my max temps sit around 80C (compared to the 85C with the original fan without overclocking). Not to mention that it's dead silent - I have no complaints about the Accelero.
 
Lazy_Moron said:
I would have to agree what he is saying. I have one on my X1900XT and it does a nice job, dont get me wrong. But when im gaming, its a heat trap under the video card to the bottom of my my case. I sometimes have to take off the side cover when im doing some long late night gaming, because the heat build up gets too hot and then VPU recover kicks in saying it lost communication with the card and its been reset or whatever that message is. This is 4 hours or more of straight gaming on a graphically intensive game like Oblivion where the card is stressed to the max. It does happen though, VPU recover for the win!!!
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Haha, my overclock was a bit too high and this saved my ass in Oblivion :p

Anywho, I like the dumping the heat out the back. But space is a problem sometimes, hence the Accelero.
 
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