Tuesday, May 30th 2023
Akasa's Gecko Turbo Cooler for SSDs Features a Blower Fan
There has been no shortage of various SSD coolers to date, but none seems to have implemented a blower fan as yet. Well, Akasa decided that it was a product that was needed in the market and was showing off its Gecko Turbo Cooler at Computex. The heatsink part of the cooler is dwarfed by the blower fan that sits on top of it, making for a rather amusing looking device. As to the noise level, we can only guess, as it wasn't plugged in, but blower fans don't tend to be the quietest fans around. That said, it's likely to bring the best airflow of any M.2 SSD cooler to date, even though it might be a tad excessive, even for PCIe 5.0 SSDs.
16 Comments on Akasa's Gecko Turbo Cooler for SSDs Features a Blower Fan
This plague of tiny fan driven ssd coolers is getting out of hand but at least there are some that are humorous.
Seems unimpressive for the noise.
NAND, OTOH, prefers being warm when writing.
And if you consider the smaller M2 Coolers with a dinky blower fan, further makes the statement erroneous.
As for the slim cooler, I'm pretty sure the tiny one on that model and most newer slim NVME coolers is a centrifugal blower type, which is different from the older NVME coolers that had a more traditional but tiny axial fan like the ADATA XPG Storm. I have a similar model to the former, and took it apart when the fan died. It doesn't have a straight path from the intake to the exhaust, instead only throwing out the air from one side. The fan blades were also different, straight instead of swept as you can barely make out in the ADATA cooler.
Regardless, the slim NVME coolers with such a tiny fan don't last very long, and their higher pitch can be annoying to some. It's mainly why I was keeping up with NVME cooler news, since I have a troublesome NVME that gets toastier than average, to the point that the regular aluminum block on the mobo can't cool it, even with a fan directly over it. Thus far, I'm working with a slightly larger cooler with a 25mm fan but doesn't completely ruin the aesthetic of the setup I have (more because there are no solid panel options for the case I have and I don't want to spend time vinyl wrapping it with automotive vinyl), and it hasn't died on me yet.
www.techpowerup.com/304463/first-consumer-pcie-5-0-nvme-ssd-gets-tested-makes-a-lot-of-noise
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I recently replaced it with a cooper one and it was better, and now my current one is a taller, passive all copper heat sink along the whole length of the SSD and my Arctic Frozer II AIO pump, which has a fan, blows right on it. The temps don't go above 38c playing battlefield 2042 or Star Ship Troopers coop, my cpu is i7 13700k.