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The ARCTIC Accelero Hybrid ships in a plain white box with a high resolution image taking centerstage on the front of the box.
Inside the packaging, the bundle is extensive. There are 31 separate heatsinks to cover the installation on various graphics cards.
Accessories
| Heatsink | 31 pcs |
|---|---|
| Screw (M2) | 4 pcs |
| Washer | 4 pcs |
| Spacer (2.5 mm) | 4 pcs |
| Spacer (3.5 mm) | 4 pcs |
| Spacer (4.5 mm) | 4 pcs |
| Adhesive Tape | 2 pcs |
| Insulation Tape | 5 pcs |
| Thermal Pads | 3 pcs |
| EVA Foam | 1 pc |
| GPU Back Plate | 1 pc |
| Thermal Adhesives (3 g) | 1 pc |
| VGA Bracket | 1 pc |
| 4-Pin Fan Power Adapter | 1 pc |
The main shroud for the video card is made from plastic with the name of the product highlighted on the front. ARCTIC have installed an 80mm white fan underneath which is designed to cool the PCB components, such as the VRM's and memory heatsinks, which we will install later in the review. This fan only pushes 13.1 cfm, controlled by PWM to spin between 900 rpm and 2,000 rpm.
The radiator and pump are enclosed and our unit arrived in good condition from the Far East. Occasionally we have seen some minor surface damage to the radiator fins during transport but ARCTIC are using very heavy duty packaging to reduce the chances of this happening.
We have also no concerns with the engineering quality of the Accelero Hybrid. The pump and radiator are all well finished, and the seals held in place during transit across the world. The copper cold plate is also flawless, finished to a fine, smooth base. The tubes are 416mm in length.
The radiator cooling fan is a fluid dynamic bearing 120mm unit, rated to operate between 400 rpm and 1,350 rpm. It is PWM controlled, with 74 CFM airflow.
Thats a great piece of engineering from ARCTIC. quite expensive, my last video card cost that.
I was wondering when these would come out for GPU’s. Looks like a decent bit of kit. For a little more money however, I’d go for an EK H30 Supreme 240 and an EK 680 block for even better performance and only £20 more.
You should’ve done some overclocking tests.
that was the plan, however it ended up rather dull as the overclocking headroom was limited to the gpu core on this specific card, not the cooler. And the temperature variable between reference and hybrid didn’t change. (still 30c+)
So the signature 2 by evga which is a dual fan solution stock clocked @ Core Clock: 1097MHz, Boost Clock: 1163MHz only costs $519 is a better choice in my opinion.
Hi Godrilla. absolutely, but we wanted a reference card with reference cooler this time. We used an ASUS GTX680 Direct CU II TOP for the last Accelero review and a few readers said that people aren’t likely to buy a overclocked card with enhanced cooler which costs extra, just to remove the cooler and use a third party cooling system like this.
This time we opted for a basic GTX680 to note the possible improvements from the Accelero Hybrid.
SLI ? Is this a 2 or 3 Slot sollution ?
Sli would he possible if your case can handle the two radiator positions.
Nice review, thanks guys. A very steep price though, especially when you can easily mod a CPU closed-loop cooler such as the Kuhler 620 onto a card. Much cheaper, at about £45.
Good rig, but pricey. I will look for cheaper item instead.
Will this cooler work with a GTX 680 SC with a backplate on it or will the backplate interfere with it?
Question:
Will This Work On ASUS 680 OC? [DC2O]
Some users say that Asus TOP & OC models cant use the hybrid.
Is this true?
Any clue if this would work to make a ASUS Direct CUII 2GB triple slot card fit in the two available slots on the Bitfenix Prodigy? I really want to use this cooler if it will fit in the two two slots available but I can’t seem to find any answers if there’s any overhang into a third slot. Seeing as the Prodigy doesn’t have a third slot available to overhang into this would be a potential issue. If it stays within the two slots available I’ll probably buy it for my GPU even if i have to mod the heat sinks a bit to make them fit. If someone could answer back that’d be awesome!