ARCTIC Accelero Twin Turbo 690 Cooler review (w/ Asus GTX690)

1. Introduction2. Installing the ARCTIC Accelero Twin Turbo 690 Cooler (1)3. Installing the ARCTIC Accelero Twin Turbo 690 Cooler (2)4. Installing the ARCTIC Accelero Twin Turbo 690 Cooler (3)5. Performance Results6. Closing Thoughts7. View All Pages

The ARCTIC Accelero Twin Turbo 690 Cooler ships in a white box with a high resolution picture of the product on the front.

The bundle includes a black and white user instruction manual, and all the necessary mounting screws and spacers. We will look at this closely as we install the cooler.

The first process is to remove the cooler from the GTX690 which takes around five minutes. There are more than 20 screws on this card, so it takes a little time to remove. After the cooler is removed, it is best storing it along with all the screws. Use one of the little plastic bags supplied with the ARCTIC Accelero Twin Turbo 690.

The ARCTIC Accelero Twin Turbo 690 Cooler is a substantial design with two large, white, 120mm fans set behind a black plastic shroud. These fans are fluid dynamic bearing models with a power consumption of 5.04 watts.

The cooler itself measures 288mm x 138mm x 50mm (LxWxH). It weighs 805 grams. There are a total of 10 x 6mm heatpipes split into two sections for each of the GTX690 cores.

We need to open the screws and spacers accessory kit. There are four white spacers at the bottom of this picture above …. we need them first. These are slightly longer than the other spacers.

Some of the previous ARCTIC GPU cooler reviews have frustrated me a little. The one stage of the install process I didn't like was the ‘adhering sticky tape to the spacers'. This was a horrific section of the review process, which drove me nuts. Thankfully ARCTIC have taken feedback on board and have preapplied the sticky tape to the spacers.

The image above shows four spacers which need attached to the four central middle screw holes. Take a little time lining these up from a viewpoint directly above. It will only take a couple of minutes if you do it properly. It is imperative that you don't slap these down ‘roughly in place', as accuracy is very important.

When these four are adhered to the central plate, just double check they are perfectly aligned over the screw holes underneath.

Next, we need to position spacers over the other threads. These aren't adhered in place, but the video card is installed upside down, so they won't fall out of place anyway. ARCTIC have positioned tiny metal risers over all of these holes to hold the spacers in place without user intervention.

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