Thread: Akasa Freedom Tower Mini-Review

Originally Posted by Terbinator Thats why ive had to give them a miss http://www.scan.co.uk/AdvancedSearch...id=10&tfid=354

Originally Posted by Ulti Personally, I hate Intel push pins. I find them much more trickier to install than bolt through kits, especially when the motherboard is in the case. That is quite odd. Once the pin is pointing at the right direction, it is just put the heatsink on and push the 4 pins with your finger, or a pen with rubber-like end. I made mistake in the early days thinking that I had to push and turn the pins while you only need to...

Well iv'e ordered one and it should be here tuesday. I'l post some pics of installation and let you know my experiences of it.

Originally Posted by arthurleung That is quite odd. Once the pin is pointing at the right direction, it is just put the heatsink on and push the 4 pins with your finger, or a pen with rubber-like end. I made mistake in the early days thinking that I had to push and turn the pins while you only need to push. Provided there is enough clearance uninstalling intel heatsink is also easy, turn each of the pin by 90', give it a small wiggle and...

Noctua's mounting system is worse, it is fine if you're using a foxconn backplate, but when you move onto the thicker lotes backplate you need three hands (or a hole in your mobo tray) to actually get the bugger going, as you need one to hold the board, another to push the backplate into position, another to put the cross strut in place and then push the backplate up at one edge without going too far, and then screw it down....

Some form of nut that screws down from the top of the motherboard to hold the back plate in place, with the cooler bracket bolts then screwing into the nuts would of been a better solution. Check the bracket slot from below and you'll probably find it's not a single slot but looks more like 3 holes overlapping. the inner ones are 775 the middle 1156 and the outter 1366 One thing I will say for it is the plastic fan bracket looks...

Want some fries with that Freedom Tower?

Originally Posted by Terbinator And i've jsut been looking at these on Scan :S I NEED A DECENT 1156 COOLER :3 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Proli...-1366-(Fanless ) This is a decent 1156 Cooler. Need to pay extra for a fan though but any decent £5 fan (e.g. Yate Loon 120mm fan) will do the job With a decent 120mm fan, this will be super quiet as well. See review here: http://www.silentpcreview.com/prolima-megahelams although this is...

Originally Posted by aidanjt Want some fries with that Freedom Tower? correct, stupid name