Review: akasa venom voodoo

All accessories are protected in boxes. Except for the heatsink around it foam rubber.

The box includes:

• Akasa Venom Voodoo Heatsink2 x 1900 RPMA 120mm FansIntel and AMD AccessoriesIntel Kit 2011Manual

The manual explains in detail the installation of the heatsink, in several languages.

Top view of the heatsink.

On the front we find a plastic trim with the Venom series logo.

Side view of the heatsink.

The heatsink features 12 cast copper heatpipes at the bottom for increased dissipation.

View of the copper base.

The fans run at 1900 RPM and come pre-installed in a plastic frame. Top view.

Bottom view.

Includes silent blocks to avoid vibrations in its operation.

We can regulate the operation of our fan from our motherboard, thanks to its PWM (4-pin) function.

Among the accessories it includes are: thermal paste, hardware for AMD and Intel socket. We can see the 4 screws for socket 2011.

Anchor for Intel.

And for AMD. Nice touch to include AMD's rear backplate.

We are going to install the heatsink on the Intel 1555 platform. The first thing we must do is adjust the screws of the backplate to socket 1555 and insert it through the back of our motherboard.

Next we add thermal paste and place the heatsink.

We add the four plastic washers and screw in the four screws.

Once installed we measure the distance that exists to install memory. We have checked to install both the Kingston Hyperx Genesis and the G.Skills Ripjaws x and we have had no complications in their installation. (we recommend installing it before).

To test the actual performance of the heatsink we are going to stress the CPU with full memory floating point calculation (Linx) and prime number (Prime95) programs. Both programs are well known in the overclocking sector and serve to detect failures when the processor works 100% for long hours.

How are we going to measure the processor temperature?

We will use the internal sensors of the processor. For this test on Intel processors we will use the “Core Temp” application in its version: 0.99.8. It is not the most reliable test, but it will be our reference in all our analyzes. The test bench will be around 29º ambient temperature.

In our test bench we will use its two 12v (1900 RPM) fans and we will check its performance with the Noctua NH-C14 and Corsair H80:

It is our first contact with an AKASA product, and it could not have been better leaving a pleasant taste in the mouth. We really liked the design of the heatsink: aluminum foils, 12 copper heatpipes, copper base and its dominant color is yellow. Giving an aggressive aesthetic to the heatsink.

The incorporation of two fans at 1900 RPM PWM and its excellent meshing win integers when choosing the heatsink. Both come pre-installed in a rubber frame with Silent blocks, which eliminates annoying vibrations. Full-performance fans give off excellent air flow, but the noise emitted can be improved.

We have verified in our test bench that it obtains an excellent performance: 4.8GHZ Linx: 71º and in Prime95: 76ºC. In other words, very similar results to the Noctua NH-C14. But a bit far from the Corsair H80 (+5 ~ 7º) but this one costs double !!

The Akasa Venom Voodo is a heatsink perfectly studied for Gaming and 24/7 use. Its price of € 45 RRP makes it one of the best quality / price heatsinks on the market. Do not worry that it will soon arrive in Spain.

From Profesional Review we give you the quality / price award and the silver medal: