LGA 775 CPU Cooler Mega Test

Review: LGA 775 CPU Cooler Mega Test

--- Thermal Performance, Conclusion and Certification

Thermal Performance

Based on our readings, the thermal performance of the Evo 120 was fairly average but those readings are going to be flawed. The Evo 120 was the one and only cooler that wouldn't allow us to shut the side panel on our test chassis.

If we though that the readings actually counted for anything – and we don't – then the idle figure of 45 degrees would put the Evo 120 in a tied 12th place. Under load, we managed to take a peak reading of 59 degrees. That's not bad but we can't guarantee the same would have been achieved in an enclosed chassis or that the Evo 120 would have been in joint 11th place under load.

Conclusion

We'd initially thought that Akasa had resolved all the problems seen with the first version of the Evo 120. Alas, that wasn't the case. The over-complicated mounting system and the fact that the side of the Antec chassis had to be left off meant that the Evo 120 V2 was handicapped even before the race got properly under way.

The thermal results don't mean a lot – respectable though they are – while an overly-complicated mounting system and the potential for getting the installation wrong leave the Evo out-classed in its present company.

Certification

The Evo120 V2 from Akasa failed to achieve HEXUS certification.

Review: LGA 775 CPU Cooler Mega Test

--- Thermal Performance, Conclusion and Certification

Thermal Performance

Conclusion

Certification

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