Arctic Cooling Accelero S Cooler

[Passenger57]

The Accelero S series coolers were supposed to be released in June, then August, and now October. The Accelero S is the passive cooler Arctic Cooling has been pimping for months as "better than the DHES of the Arctic Silencer coolers". I'm debating getting an Accelero S1 for my 7900GT if they ever make it to market. Time for AC to put their cooler where their mouth is. I'm looking for any recent sightings, and especially REVIEWS of the Accelero S coolers.

 

[Passenger57]

See the response I received from Arctic Cooling. We'll be lucky to see them by the end of the year:


Dear Mr. XXXX,

Thank you for your interest in our product. According to our plan the review samples will be ready by end of October 06. Meanwhile please find the latest press releases of our products and let me know if you are interested in reviewing them.


yours sincerely
__________________________________

VC TRAN
Marketing Manager

ARCTIC COOLING HK Ltd.
Unit 712-713, Cyberport 1, Pokfulam
Hong Kong
Phone + 852 2989 6077
Fax + 852 2989 6055
vancan.tran@arctic-cooling.com
www.arctic-cooling.com

To: info@arctic-cooling.com
Sent: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:19 PM
Subject: Accelero S Series Coolers

The Arctic Cooling website lists the Accelero S series coolers being available in October. Will they actually be released this month, and if so, what retailers will be carrying them?

Additionally, I'm assuming that initial samples will be sent to technical review sites, so that they may begin reviewing and helping to publicize these new coolers as soon as possible. Please direct me to any reviews that are available for the Accelero S series coolers, as I have been searching and have found none so far.

Thank you.

 

[Passenger57]

Update:

I just happened to check Arctic Cooling's website again today and guess what? The Arctic Cooling Accelero S series coolers have been delayed AGAIN, this time until December.

Can I call shenanigans now please?

 

[1Dark1Sharigan1]

If you want passive cooling, why not get the Thermalright HR-03?

 

[Hauk]

Arctic Cooling missed the boat and blew a huge opportunity for the 7900 series. Passive cooling would have been nice, but near silent (and available) is what I'd recommend with this excellent Zalman product:

Zalman VF900

Several flavors available now too. There's a nice looking silver one for a few bucks more:

Fataility Version

You can throttle the fan down to 5v silent with the included gizmo.