XIGMATEK HDT-S1284 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler

[Delepitor]

looks to be a very nice cooler .....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233017

[disturbedcreations]

Never heard of the brand, usually not so keen on offbrand stuff, but i guess my Z5 ultra turned out to be pretty decent.

planning on getting it?

[Oliver]

Does it use those plastic snap in connectors for the 775 sockets? Those suck so bad Id never get one that doesn't use a back plate to screw into.

[Delepitor]

wasn't thinking about getting it becuase i have a better one right now just wanted to show someone else a desent cooler.. and see what you all thought

[disturbedcreations]

Meh, looks cheap and i don't think it will have much cooling power, but i could be wrong.

[Delepitor]

its design is that of some of the best coolers on the market the only thing that could fall short is the fan and how permenet is that..... dont see why you dont like it

[disturbedcreations]

Not saying i don't like it, just thinking it may be of poor quality or cheap materails.

That and acording to the item description it's made out of alluminum alloy.

Looks capable but i don't think it could do much better then stock cooling. (even though in theory it's the same thing, just bigger fan with lower rpm since intel coolers are just a hunk of alluminum with a fan on it.)

[Oliver]

I have had good luck with solid copper heatsinks...

[downlinx]

Test System Configuration

• CPU: Core 2 Duo E6320 (Overclocked: 500MHz FSB, 1.475Vcore, 3.5GHz)
• Motherboard: Asus P5K-VM
• RAM: EliteGroup 2x1GB DDR2-800
• HDD: Seagate ST3500630AS
• PSU: NorthQ Black Magic Flex 650W

We decided to test the coolers by using the included silicone grease, we placed a layer on the CPU and left the system working in order for the thermal paste to stabilize for about 4 hours. The motherboard fan speed control was disabled. CPU load was achieved by running Prime95 torture test (blend) and Super Pi simultaneously for 30 minutes. The idle temperature measurements were noted after the system was resting at the windows desktop for 15 minutes. Ambient temperature is maintained (as accurately as possible) at 24 degrees Celsius at the time of the test. SpeedStep is disabled. The speed of the Xigmatek fans is PWM controlled.
well lets take a look at the numbers

Performance Testing






Xigmatek HDT-S1283 Idle Temp (°C) Load Temp (°C)

Stock Speed (1.86GHz) 39 45

Overclocked Speed
(3.5GHz, 1.475V) 43 54

Xigmatek HDT-RS1283 "Red Scorpion"

Stock Speed (1.86GHz) 38 46

Overclocked Speed
(3.5GHz, 1.475V) 44 54

Xigmatek HDT-S1284 "Achilles"

Stock Speed (1.86GHz) 36 40

Overclocked Speed
(3.5GHz, 1.475V) 40 50

Akasa AK-965 (Full fan speed)

Stock Speed (1.86GHz) 39 48

Overclocked Speed
(3.5GHz, 1.475V) 43 57

Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme + NB SX1 fan

Stock Speed (1.86GHz) 33 38

Overclocked Speed
(3.5GHz, 1.475V) 38 48

Thermalright IFX-14
+ NB SX1 fan

Stock Speed (1.86GHz) 30 37

Overclocked Speed
(3.5GHz, 1.475V) 34 46

Stock E6320 Cooler
Stock Speed (1.86GHz) 39 52

Overclocked Speed
(3.5GHz, 1.475V) 42 60

Unexpectedly, the thermal performance of the Xigmatek HDT-S1284 almost places it at the top of its class. It can easily be compared to some of the most popular and largest Thermalright coolers when the CPU is under load. When the CPU is idle the PWM controlled fan of the Xigmatek cooler slows down, therefore comparisons with the rest of the coolers are unjust because they all use constant speed fans. Nevertheless the HDT-S1284 delivers some impressive performance while its fan barely becomes audible under load.

The HDT-S1283 and HDT-RS1283 coolers perform similarly, with minor performance differences which can easily be counted as negligible. Unsurprisingly their performance is worse than that of the S1284, but these two coolers still perform very well and will certainly give the competition a run for their money.