Arctic Accelero Hybrid VGA Cooler Review

Conclusions

On our CPU cooler tests, we learned that liquid cooling systems with relatively small radiators don’t perform much better than huge heatpipe-based air coolers. The Arctic Accelero Hybrid, the first liquid cooling system for video cards we tested, followed the same rule.

The Accelero Hybrid showed a cooling performance similar to the best air coolers we tested so far, keeping a low noise level. The advantage of this product is the space required around the video card, which is far less than that of high-end aftermarket air coolers. This can be particularly important for users who use two or three video cards in the same computer.

It’s a shame, howev
er, that the Accelero Hybrid was not designed keeping in mind the limit of two slots. A video card with this cooler installed will use a little more than two slots, so if you need to install another card, it must be three slots away (i.e., leaving two unused slots) from the first one. In this case, maybe if you install only the block, without the frame, the card can use only two slots. Another drawback of the Accelero Hybrid is its price tag.

For its high cooling performance and overall quality, the Arctic Accelero Hybrid receives the Hardware Secrets Silver Award.