ARCTIC's Accelero S3 passive graphics card cooler is now available. The cooler is entirely passive and thus keeps your graphics card cool and silent. It's suitable for both AMD or Nvidia graphics cards and offers up to 135W of cooling performance.
The Accelero S3 builds on the firm's previous S1 PLUS with an improved patented heat sink design. This 'high end' cooler can cope with the heat produced by mid range graphics cards such as the R7-260X or a GTX 660. ARCTIC says that you can use the Accelero S3 with an optional 'Turbo Module' fan to cool as much as a 200W load to open up more GPU options.
ARCTIC has taken into consideration the fact that it's not just the GPU on your graphics card that gets hot and needs its thermals attended to, so offers a new back side cooler to cover other important performance components such as the RAM and VRMs. The back plate construction brings along an additional structural benefit: the cooling system is clamped onto your graphics card and doesn't require a user to fiddle around with thermal glue.
The ARCTIC Accelero S3 passive cooler is compatible with the following graphics cards:
- Nvidia
GTX 750(Ti), 660, 650(Ti*), 550 Ti*, GTS 450*, 240(OEM)*, GT 640, 630, 440, 340, 330, 320, 240, 220- AMD
R9 270*, R7 260(X*), 250(X), 240, HD 8760*, 8740, 7850*, 7790*, 7770*(GHz*), 7750, 7730, 6850*, 6770*, 6750, 6670(LP), 6570, 5770*, 5750, 5670, 5550(OEM), 4850*, 4830*, 4770, 4730, 4670, 4650, 4550, 4350(LP), 3870*, 3850, 3690, 3650, 3470, 3450
KEY: * recommended with properly ventilated case only, ** recommended with S3 turbo Module only
The Accelero S3 heatsink measures 230 (L) x 135 (W) x 42 (H) mm and the back plate heatsink 218 (L) x 98 (W) x 23 (H) mm. Those parts weigh 410g and 305g respectively. The heatsink is made from aluminium and the four heatpipes included in the design have a diameter of 6mm.
As mentioned in the intro the ARCTIC Accelero S3 is available now. It's listed on Amazon UK for £34.99 inc postage.
