Cases & Cooling

Akasa's Ubercool CPU Cooler

Revo's the name, cooling's the game

By Alexandru Pancescu, Hardware Editor

20th of September 2007, 07:03 GMT

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Akasa finally decided to launch its much awaited central processing unit cooling solution named Revo that is based on some radical new ideas that should make your processor run cooler while keeping the noise at an absolute minimum.

Revo is based and powered by something called the thermodynamic 'bubble-pump' technology that should enable this new processor cooling system to achieve a high level of thermal performance while offering users an easy install kit and in some situations even noiseless cooling.

''We saw the potential in this new technology right

away'', says Adrian Young, Marketing Director of Akasa, who was cited by the news site tecmagazine. ''It's quieter than heatpipe coolers, cooler than conventional heatsinks, and easier to fit-and safer-than watercoolers. This technology could revolutionize CPU cooling''.

Akasa's Revo is based on an aluminum radiator with hundreds of fine-fins and in order to evenly distribute the heat on the entire surface of the radiator, the manufacturing company fitted it with eight multiports. Each of those multiports comes equipped with another eight separate capillary tubes so the liquid based coolant is rapidly dispersed through the entire radiator body. Above the radiator a variable speed fan directs cool air on the entire radiator's surface and thanks to a number of specially placed vents, some of that air is also directed to the mainboard, VRM circuits and chipset.

The base plate that acts as a heatsink is made entirely of aluminum and it sits directly on top of the processing unit. A specially created liquid coolant is traveling through sealed circuits and because the liquid is made up of two distinct components it acts as a bubble pump and this greatly improved the cooling efficiency of the entire system.

When things get really hot, the cooling fan is increasing its speed from the minimum 93rpm to a maximum of 2200rpm in order to force more air through the radiator. The entire Akasa Revo cooling solution is lightweight as it only has 330 grams and it was designed to allow for a tool free installation process while being compatible with Intel's socket LGA 775, AMD socket 939, 940, 754 and AM2.

For now, the Akasa Revo cooler is only available to system integrators and computer manufacturers but end users may sooner or later see this piece of engineering in retail stores too, but right no there is no word about its price tag.

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Akasa | Revo | CPU | cooler | Intel

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