Akasa MG-12

Advantages: Very cool, easy to install
Disadvantages: copper on the cpu side far from mirror ( needs a polish )

...Test system: processor - AMD Athlon FX62 (2 x 2800 MHz / 125W TDP) motherboard - ASUS M2N32 DeLuxe Wireles Edition (passive cooling system with HeatPipe) Cooler is very easy to install just one lever. More experienced users will probably remove thermal compound and polish the surface of the cooler ( it is far from being a mirror ) and then apply high quality thermal compound. This will give You another 1-2 C less and faster cooling down after stress. all tests were done using Zalman STG 1 ( high quality thermal compound ) Temperature readings after 60 minutes in idle: Akasa AK-876 37 Arctic Cooling 64PRO 38 Scythe Katana II 39 Temperature readings after 60 minutes in 100% load: Akasa AK-876 56 Arctic Cooling 64PRO 58 Scythe Katana II 61 Temperature readings... Read review

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Advantages: quick, easy, removal of any thermal paste
Disadvantages: Fumes are not so healthy, bottle cap design

...I got my Akasa TIM cleaner yesterday after asking the tech guys at my company, if they had anything to clean the junk silver thermal paste I had on my 8800 GTX graphics chip. Using a few paper towels and cotton buds, I followed the instructions on the bottle: - Scrape off most of the thermal paste - Apply cleaner using cloth (apply to the paper towel first, otherwise it will flow down onto the chip or motherboard) - Leave for 1-2 minutes (this can be done in 20 seconds). - Wipe clean The Citrus smelling cleaning solution liquefied the silver paste in seconds and almost damanged my graphics card, because it went off too quickly. Then, dipping a cotton bud in the solution, I also managed to clean the microscopic areas on the chip and the copper base on the 8800 cooler. It can attack your skin fairly quickly and the bottle design... Read review

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Advantages: Awesomely efficient cooling of your CPU
Disadvantages: means removing your MOBO to install it (But it is well worth it!)

...I installed the cooler and noticed an immediate drop in temp when the comp is under load. I had a bigger than standard cooler already but I have got into tweaking and overclocking my computer to enhance its performance. High temperatures get worse because to overclock you have to sometimes raise the standard voltages in the computers chip. Higher voltages = more power consumption and thus generates much more heat. The price that you have to pay for better performance. Under load before, the temp was getting to 60 degrees C on my AMD 4200+, now tuned to 2.6gig instead of the standard 2.2gig. Now, fully stressed it only just reaches 53 degrees. Better than I expected. To translate that to you more it means that this cooler is 12% more efficient than the better than standard one that I replaced earlier. I would suggest that this cooler... Read review

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