Arctic Accelero Xtreme 2900 VGA cooler review

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Arctic Accelero Xtreme 2900 VGA Cooler review

We can now easily and safely lift the reference cooler. One quick look before we move on. Clean the GPU carefully and remove that residual thermal paste.

Arctic Accelero Xtreme 2900 VGA Cooler review

First step in installing the Xtreme is locating the voltage regulators. You can't miss them. We stick the heatsink onto it and secure it with two screws.

Arctic Accelero Xtreme 2900 VGA Cooler review

Then we apply thermal pads to all memory chips and one voltage regulator which actually is located slightly above my finger.

Arctic Accelero Xtreme 2900 VGA Cooler review

At the backside we do the same. All memory chips will get a thermal pad.

Arctic Accelero Xtreme 2900 VGA Cooler review

We are nearly done already. We take the cooling unit, put it on it's back and then line up the VGA card with the cooler mounting holes. At this point do not forget to connect the power connector of the cooler to the PCB.

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