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... Read review

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Advantages: Keeps my drives nice and cool, Cheap
Disadvantages: One fan began to make horrible noise

...This is a great cheap way to add a cooler to your hard drive. My hard drive was constantly getting overheated and ended up cutting out often. So I went on a mission to find a hard drive cooler that will allow me to continue to use the 3.5" bay. And I found this! When you get this, it comes with screws and an inbuilt power splitter, incase you're out of moldex conectors. You screw the cooler onto the bottom of your hard drive with the screws that came with it. Once you've plugged in the power it should be already to go. Turn on your computer, and you're able to see the fan working it's wonders. The fan does an excellent job at cooling my drive. The only problem I have is after a while one of the fans malfunctioned and ended up making a horrible loud noise. To solve, I just cut this fan off. The cooler still worked fine for me... Read review

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Advantages: Non-conducting, easily applicable, very good cooling
Disadvantages: tube is rather small, for approx 10 applications

...too much pressure (i.e. the holding clip or screw pressure). Akasa claims that it can be used in a temperature range of -20 to 120 degrees Celsius. I wanted to try the effect of this paste on my 8800 GTX cooler, so I took the card apart (voids the warranty) and removed the existing thermal pad with Akasa TIM Remover (Citrus-based solvent). After the 8800 chip was cleaned up, I applied this paste in a zig zag pattern, evenly covering the chip and then putting the heatsink back on. After moving the cooler in a circular direction to force the air out, I fastened back the screws. Booting up the PC and starting the NVIDIA Monitor, the idle temperature of the GPU was 69 degrees, compared to 76 degrees before. When running Supreme Commander, this temperature went up to 82 degrees, compared to around 86 before. Since the Zalman fan... Read review

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Advantages: Quick way of expanding hard drive space or retrieving data from a damaged laptop.
Disadvantages: Can over heat if left on for serveral hours at a time.

...The Akasa Integral external storage enclosure, is a great device for individuals who wish to perhaps expand there laptop with more hard disc drive space, or perhaps for those who wish to retrieve the data from a damaged laptop, that still has a working hard drive. I found the device incredibly handy when my laptop crashed, and I had no way of accessing the data. All I did was remove the hard drive from the laptop and insert it into the storage enclosure device, and away I went, full access again to all my data, just by plugging it into another desktop or laptop. There’s no complicated software to install on the computer, just plug it In and you can access the data as if it was on a flash drive. There are no mains plugs involved, it use's a USB port from the desktop or laptop to power its self, and it also comes with a protective... Read review

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Advantages: Size, Build Quality,
Disadvantages: Slightly expensive for a case, no fans included

...******************Intro***************************** You know that when you move house something is going to go wrong, on this occasion everything looked great until I went to switch the hub of my life on, POP! There went the power supply, motherboard and processor! Oh Joy! Anyway my planned PC project was moved forward a few months. I spent all of Christmas and some part of the New Year researching the components and selecting the best mix. As I was changing my motherboard and power supply I needed a new case the Akasa Mirage-62 looked like a really good choice even though the price was a little high. I paid around £100 for this case from www.scan.co.uk If you want a cheaper alternative the Akasa Eclipse-62 is around £20 cheaper and basically the same case but with a different front bezel styling. This review... 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... Read review

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Advantages: About as exciting as cables connecting your PC components get
Disadvantages: None

...For those of you unfamiliar with the art of poking around inside computers, an IDE cable is the bit that connects your hard drive to the motherboard to transfer data between the two. Normally, this item is a rather dull grey flat "ribbon cable" with (usually, as far as i can remember) 3 unmarked connectors. This IDE cable from AKASA is different... they do them in a variety of pretty colours (such as the Blue one pictured), and are rounded.... which apparently helps the airflow inside your computer casing, and keeps things cool (apparently your processor runs faster the cooler you keep it + too much heat tends to be one of the many things that can cause the bits inside your computer to wear out quicker)........ they've also "idiot proofed" the cable by labelling the connectors "mainboard"(?), "Master" & "Slave" (master= main hard... Read review

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Advantages: Near silent operation, very light weight
Disadvantages: £40 price tag, looks ugly

...'s such as I do, but I was striving for less noise more than looks, so decided to follow the advice. Installation: This was a breeze for my AMD Socket AM2 board. There is an adapter for Intel also, but I cannot comment on this as it was unused. One thing worthy of note: If you are replacing a heatsink, you will need to buy a cleaner such as Akasa TIM £5 from PC World to get all the thermal paste from your CPU and make it spotless. Even a thumb print will reduce the effectiveness of heat conductivity, and you can't use any old cleaner for this purpose. The verdict: I am still breaking in silver compound that sits between the heatsink and the CPU, and am told after 200+ hours of computing this will further reduce the temperature by 2-5c. This in mind, the CPU remains below 40c and is kept there using ASUS Q-fan. The difference with my old... Read review

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Advantages: Well built, looks nice, works well
Disadvantages: Instructions a bit vague, cheaper options out there

...Modern PCs are getting warmer inside. Faster processors and graphics cards all mean a lot more heat being generated. To add insult to injury, hard drives are also getting faster and hotter. The bad news is, hard drives don't much like being too hot. If you want to ensure your data remains safe and sound, you may want to consider some extra cooling just for your hard drive(s). Enter the Antec HD Cooler. Installation The Antec HD Cooler consists of a well made aluminium jacket which holds the drive and a front panel which contains two fans and a temperature display. The package also consists of a pair of thermal probes, one for the drive and one for the case, some screws and 4 pieces of thermal tape. A switch lets you select between Celsius and Fahrenheit display modes. I'd recommend you set this before fitting the drive unless you... Read review

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Advantages: good film, it has Cooler in
Disadvantages: er... not the best one ive seen

...OPENING This feature is about Freeza's brother... Cooler. If you want infomation on Freeza, check out my Freeza saga review, i think that will suit your infomation fine. Cooler is the brother of Freeza, and the son of King Cole. Cooler is much more powerful than Freeza, so Goku and his friends will have a big struggle trying to defeat this new enemy. CHARCTERS IN FEATURE Goku - He is a Saiyan that came from a distant planet called Planet Vegeta, he is sent to Earth to destroy it when he becomes older, but he falls off a cliff and bashes his head, which changes his destiny. Now what we know of him, he is a Super Saiyan, this is a very powerful form of a Saiyan. He has a wife called Chi-Chi, and a son called Gohan, who is a half saiyan, whom is in this feature also. Goku's Rival is none other than Prince Vegeta, the hard headed Saiyan... Read review

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