The follow up to the Akasa Nero, the Nero S fancies itself as a premium cooler ready to take on the best. With four fat direct-contact heatpipes and a nifty S-blade fan it certainly looks up to the task. We see if it'll triumph or go up in flames in the bit-tech thermal test rigs.
March 22, 2010 | 09:07They might take our lives, but they will never take our Freedom Tower! Well, we'd rather they didn't take either, truth be told - we're rather fond of our lives, and also of this excellent and well priced cooler. Read on to see why (and we promise no more Braveheart references).
February 27, 2010 | 06:46The Akasa X4 is a budget HSF that could be next of kin to Arctic Cooling Freezer 7. It sports a nifty version of the push-pin mounting mechanism used by the Intel reference cooler and also supports AMD sockets AM2 and AM3. We see how the sub-£20 X4 performs in overclocked systems.
December 13, 2009 | 13:20Finding a case that delivers solid build quality and cooling for a low price can be tough, but Akasa hopes to have hit the sweet spot with its latest offering, the Freedom Xone. We strap in the bit-tech testing gear and find out if it has got what it takes to house your hardware.
November 12, 2009 | 08:58Having tested plenty of mini-ITX kit recently, we've been searching for a quality low profile cooler to squeeze inside our HTPCs. We've bagged three miniature coolers to find out if, when it comes to keeping your system cool, does size matter?
June 11, 2009 | 09:34This time in our On Our Desk round-up we take a look at remote control helicopters, iPhone games, card readers, hard drive enclosures and a copy of the Mass Effect OST - mainly because we've got to give our worktops a good spring cleaning before we move offices.
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