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

ARCTIC supply several packs of adhesive thermal pads, which are positioned over all the VRM and memory positions. These are really easy to work with as they can be positioned easily multiple times without problem. All of the pads are sized to fit the indentations on the cooler, so its a very easy process.

When the pads are all in place, the underside of the cooler should look like the above. No thermal glue is needed for this install which means switching back to the reference cooler at a later date is easy enough.

While the reference cooler has two fan headers for the ASUS card, the ARCTIC Accelero Twin Turbo 690 Cooler only needs attached to the four pin header. Shown above.

It is worth remembering to remove the two plastic covers on the copper cores on each side of the card. If you forget, it could be disastrous when you boot up the system!

ARCTIC recommend you use the little insulation strips to cover circuit components. There is really no need to use these as the card spacing wouldn't touch any of the sensitive components. If you want to be safe, then run the insulation strips across the circuitry close to the VRMS on the board.

ARCTIC include a tube of their high grade MX4 paste. This thermal compound performs well, but it is also a thinner consistency and easily spread.

No need to use all of the thermal paste, the container has more than enough for both cores. We had almost one third of the paste still left in the container when we finished. ARCTIC suggest placing the paste directly on the larger copper blocks of the cooler itself, but that can tend to create more mess.

The central section of the ARCTIC Accelero Twin Turbo 690 Cooler can be moved up and down on an axis. It is important to line the central plate level with the rest of the card.

Flip the GTX680 PCB over onto the cooler as shown above. Look directly down onto the PCB and check that all the screw holes are lining up with the cooler threads underneath. Remember, the middle plate section of the cooler itself can be moved a little for fine adjustments.

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