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| Brand: | Akasa |
| Item Height : | 38 millimetres |
| Item Width: | 21.3 centimetres |
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| Wattage: | 2 watts |
Technical Details
- Suitable for 15.4” widescreen notebooks or below,Easy handling design for versatile and mobile usage,Full size aluminium panel for better heat dissipation,Efficiently reduces operating temperature and noise,Two ultra-quiet fans with on/off switch,Ergonomic design provides comfortable keyboard operation,Powered directly from a USB port,Additional USB port enables lo-power device connection (i.e. mouse),Non-slip pads for stable operation
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"Brilliant, quiet...the Vortexx Neo an excellent purchase for people who have cards with reference coolers" www.custompc.co.uk
"This is a brilliantly designed and engineered graphics card cooler for the price and I highly recommend it." www.chilledpc.co.uk
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Akasa Vortexx Neo - Video card cooler - aluminium with copper base
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I recently acquired a Nvidia 9600 GSO pro Card & the stock cooler - although doing it's job well with idle/load temps of 46/50; was like a Hoover! It was just too damned noisy with the stock cooler!
After researching what would fit my card I opted for this cooler.
It really is quite easy to fit - the only difficult part was cleaning up the old gunk left from the stock cooler - the assembly staff appeared to have erred on the side of caution and applied their heat paste with a spatula by the look of it.
Once fitted using the very straightforward clear and concise instructions provided - and put back into the MOBO and case - the temps were now 32C when cold and never go above 36C under normal operations hitting a peak temp of 46C when hard gaming - pretty awesome!!
Oh and welcome back peace and quiet!! Don't get me wrong - you will still hear it but it will be at a level now that is very easy for your brain to ignore and put into background noise - the difference between this cooler and a stock cooler is like Night and Day!
For the price - this cooler simply cannot really be beaten - it IS a bit on the huge side - you will lose a PCI slot underneath the card - but the trade off is well worth it - plus you can't really deny it looks cool when powered up!
After researching what would fit my card I opted for this cooler.
It really is quite easy to fit - the only difficult part was cleaning up the old gunk left from the stock cooler - the assembly staff appeared to have erred on the side of caution and applied their heat paste with a spatula by the look of it.
Once fitted using the very straightforward clear and concise instructions provided - and put back into the MOBO and case - the temps were now 32C when cold and never go above 36C under normal operations hitting a peak temp of 46C when hard gaming - pretty awesome!!
Oh and welcome back peace and quiet!! Don't get me wrong - you will still hear it but it will be at a level now that is very easy for your brain to ignore and put into background noise - the difference between this cooler and a stock cooler is like Night and Day!
For the price - this cooler simply cannot really be beaten - it IS a bit on the huge side - you will lose a PCI slot underneath the card - but the trade off is well worth it - plus you can't really deny it looks cool when powered up!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I ordered this cooler as the stock cooler on my ASUS Radeon HD 4850 became next to useless after a while, since it was simply recirculating warm air. The fact that this cooler draws air from inside the case over its heatsink and then exhausts it out of rear of the PC means that this should no longer occur.
The cooler requires that you remove the graphics card from your PC, if it is already installed and remove the existing cooler. My stock cooler was attached with 4 small spring loaded screws, which required a small screwdriver (about half the size as a phillips head).
It is recommended that all traces of old thermal compound are removed using a special solvent, although to be honest I managed fine with just a lint free cloth. Better cooling performance would probably be achieved with a more maticulous approach however.
The supplied thermal paste is nothing special, enthusiasts would definitely prefer to use some premium thermal compound, but again I didn't bother since I was only hoping to solve the issue of recirculated air inside my case.
It's very easy to attach the Vortexx cooler, simply apply thermal paste to the GPU die and bring the cooler into contact with the graphics card. The cable which supplies the fan power is designed to connect where the stock fan used to, however the design was different to my ASUS Radeon HD 4850, so I had to use the adapter and connect straight to one of my power supplies molex connectors.
Compared to the stock cooler, my graphics card and case temperatures are considerably cooler - motherboard chipset temperatures are around 20'c less and the graphics card no longer overheats and crashes, like it used to when used for more than a few minutes with a demanding 3D application. The Vortexx cooler is also very quiet, despite running at full speed due to being connected straight to my PSU.
Overall a very good value for money solution for anybody hoping to improve on their existing GPU cooling quickly and easily.
The cooler requires that you remove the graphics card from your PC, if it is already installed and remove the existing cooler. My stock cooler was attached with 4 small spring loaded screws, which required a small screwdriver (about half the size as a phillips head).
It is recommended that all traces of old thermal compound are removed using a special solvent, although to be honest I managed fine with just a lint free cloth. Better cooling performance would probably be achieved with a more maticulous approach however.
The supplied thermal paste is nothing special, enthusiasts would definitely prefer to use some premium thermal compound, but again I didn't bother since I was only hoping to solve the issue of recirculated air inside my case.
It's very easy to attach the Vortexx cooler, simply apply thermal paste to the GPU die and bring the cooler into contact with the graphics card. The cable which supplies the fan power is designed to connect where the stock fan used to, however the design was different to my ASUS Radeon HD 4850, so I had to use the adapter and connect straight to one of my power supplies molex connectors.
Compared to the stock cooler, my graphics card and case temperatures are considerably cooler - motherboard chipset temperatures are around 20'c less and the graphics card no longer overheats and crashes, like it used to when used for more than a few minutes with a demanding 3D application. The Vortexx cooler is also very quiet, despite running at full speed due to being connected straight to my PSU.
Overall a very good value for money solution for anybody hoping to improve on their existing GPU cooling quickly and easily.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I bought two of these as a cheap replacement for the noisey factory fitted fan blocks that XFX use on their 8800GS Alpha Dog graphics cards.
The cards are great but the fans weren't and I have 2 set in SLI so after reading the test reviews on the Vortexx Neo, I thought I'd try them.
They really are as good as they say. Reduces the temperature lower than the original and is incredibly quieter aswel.
The other noticeable advantage is that the warm air is vented directly out of the case pci slot thus helping to keep inside of the case cooler.
They also look really good to with the blue led's that are incorporated in them.
Conclusion:- Great price, Great looks and really amazing performance.
10/10 to AKASA.
The cards are great but the fans weren't and I have 2 set in SLI so after reading the test reviews on the Vortexx Neo, I thought I'd try them.
They really are as good as they say. Reduces the temperature lower than the original and is incredibly quieter aswel.
The other noticeable advantage is that the warm air is vented directly out of the case pci slot thus helping to keep inside of the case cooler.
They also look really good to with the blue led's that are incorporated in them.
Conclusion:- Great price, Great looks and really amazing performance.
10/10 to AKASA.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Quiet and Cool
My 8800GT was idling at 90 (yes Ninety) degrees and would make a loud whining noise when running such graphically intensive games as Spider Solitaire and Mah Jongg Titans, Team... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ade R
Awesome cooler
Does exactly as described. Bought this to replace the stock cooler on an Nvidia GeForce 8800GT. The stock cooler sounded like a 747 at take off and the GPU was beginning to cook... Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. Collins
Great product
Good cooler for the money. It cools better than my asus matrix cooler on my other 4850 and is easy to install.
Published 3 months ago by Aqeel Hussain
Not suitable for ATI Radeon HD4870
Bought this to replace stock cooler on ATI Radeon HD 4870. The capacitors on the board foul both ends of the cooling plate. Read more
Published 4 months ago by pennyfourth
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Published 4 months ago by lee
Great product
Great performance from this cooler, took my under load temp from almost 100 to 50-60 range. Given a new lease of life to my 8800gt, will last me till I graduate and have some money... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Stuart
With some small modifications....
Although I read it was compatible for the 9800 series, this cooler wasnt compatible with my Palit graphics card, but I found that swapping the RAM's Heat Spreader on the Cooler... Read more
Published 6 months ago by T. Barlow
Surpassed expectations
Bought this for my slightly old PNY Geforce 9800GT, which was hitting 90 degrees C during some games. Not good news! Read more
Published 8 months ago by MR J R BOWDEN
Okay. I'm officially impressed!
Had the HD4870 for a long time now and its handles games great on max settings but the fan was awful! Idled on 70 - 80 degrees, under pressure 100 - 110 degrees. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Martin
Looks great,so easy to fit and works like a charm.
So here we have the impressive looking Akasa Vortexx Neo VGA Cooler,Akasa have a really great range of products especially in the cooling department and this looks top of the... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. Dean Watson
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