A quick look: Xigmatek HDT-S1283 Heatpipe Direct Touch Cooler

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Intro:

So I wanted to go back to air for various reasons I won't mention. Anyway, I wasn't really interested in paying out the wazoo for a TR Ultra 120 + a quality 120mm fan + the pain to lap it...so I scouted around for cheaper alternatives.

I found the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 cooler...the heatpipes contact the IHS of the CPU directly like on the OCZ Vendetta, but the there's quite a lot more surface area for heat dissipation. I scored this for 33 shipped from somewhere in Sweden, I figure if OcUK can source this cooler it would end up selling nicely.

ANYWAY, on to my quick and dirty review of the cooler:

The box:

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Contents: You get a 1300rpm PWM 120mm fan with some silent mounting rubber thingies, some AM2 bracket and the annoying push-pin S775 clips, in addition to a funky spoiler thing for directing some airflow down over your mosfets or whatever, a molex adapter, and of course thermal paste.

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The Cooler: Just your standard finned heatpipe tower, except the heatpipes are on the bottom for direct contact with the CPU.

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Fitment: I've always had water for my intel setups so I've never had to fuss with these weird mounting clips. Man are they super lame. Anyway, I finally got it fitted with just enough room for my HR-05

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Performance: Well I tested by running 30 min of Orthos stress cpu.

The CPU is an e6300 @ 3.3ghz 1.4v

My water setup was: DDC 18w/Alphacool top, HE120.2 + shround + 2x120mm fans, 3/8'' tubing, EK wave CPU + MCW60 gpu, Swiftech Micro-res.

Ambient = 21C

Water
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34c / 50c load

Xigmatek 120mm Cooler
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41c idle / 54c load


As you can see, the Xigmatek is not bad at all especially when you compare the costs of each setup. Oh and also, the 120mm fan is actually very quiet even on full blast (1350rpm)...
 
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Nice fan :)

You just made it between the HSF on the board and the cooler.

Why the other fan strapped to the Zalman?
 
Wiggins said:
Nice fan :)

You just made it between the HSF on the board and the cooler.

Why the other fan strapped to the Zalman?
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The other fan is strapped there because I accidentally broke the fan header off the 3d card and don't have a soldering iron around...also the 92mm fan can be controlled via speedfan and the GPU fan can't and runs at 100% at all times.
 
I have the same fan. 5 days in, and im far from impressed in its cooling performance. It replaced a freezer 7 , and yes the fan is a lot quieter (full fan speed even), but it spins at such "girlie" slow speeds at max , im thinking of replacing the stock fan for a more "manley" beast.
 
Yeah I wish it spun faster too.

I don't get it...did you look at the specs! They make me LOL!

Speed 1000-2200 (Blatant Lie)
Air Flow 72.1 ~ 99.6 CFM (lies!)
Air Pressure 2.6 ~ 4.8mmH2O (more lies)

As for cooling performance, it seems darned good to me...are you sure you have it mounted right? Also I noticed you have an E8400...you realize those temp sensors are reading crazy high numbers right?
 
I have a E8500 , and yeah i know the temps dont appear to be spot on :(. The cooler is fitted correctly, and thus far, it keeps my wolfie no cooler than a freezer 7 it replaced :mad: (ok the freezer 7 fan was at full blast i`ll admit). also noticed you have yours with fan pointing upwards
 
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After well over a week testing, this fan , although quieter appears to be no better than a Freezer 7 it replaced. This may be due to how inacurate sensors are telling me how hot or cold my E8500 is however.
 
depending on its price it might not have a place in the market, due to it only having 3 heatpipes i cant see it beating the high end thermalright/tuniq/scythe stuff. also i wouldnt trust a 120mm cooler on the 4 silly push pins.
 
Is much like the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro, almost the same money as well. Would be interesting if Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro owners post their temps see how it compares.
 
The advantage this cooler has over a Freezer 7, as far as i can say and see, the fan does not need to hardly spin to cool the chip. Fan set at full 1200 rpm, and fan set to low 300 rpm, hardly much diff in temps at all. Its a keeper for me, as its virtually silent.. literally. A freezer 7 is not, and only works the same, if the fan is at full bore !
 
Bought this cooler last week to replace an AC F7 Pro. Have to agree that it doesnt cool THAT much better but it does the job. Managed to get my E6400 to 3.6ghz stable and temps didnt go above 70C. With the AC F7 Pro the pc would just reboot after starting Orthos. At 3.4ghz the AC F7 Pro would be topping 72C. Worth adding that my CPU needs 1.44v to be stable at 3.6ghz and only 1.352v at 3.4ghz, so with the increase in voltage and clock speed the cooler is doing quite a good job I think.
 
mattyrigby00 said:
depending on its price it might not have a place in the market, due to it only having 3 heatpipes i cant see it beating the high end thermalright/tuniq/scythe stuff. also i wouldnt trust a 120mm cooler on the 4 silly push pins.
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Doesn't the TRUE Ultra 120 only have 4 6mm pipes? This has 3 8mm pipes right? So both still have a total of 24mm of pipe to take heat away from the CPU.

The Tuniq Tower only has 3 6mm pipes so less than the Xigmatec.

Seems the only thing that has more 'pipe' is the TRUE Extreme, which has another 6mm pipe wedged in.

On that basis it should be pretty equal. A lot of people are quick to note the FrostyTech review but then more people are quick to slam it. Going by that it seemed a genuinely cheaper alternative to a TRUE Extreme.. I assume that unfortunately isn't the case?
 
looks good

the fan will be sucking some air through that (northbridge?) heatsink as well, which is good.


Adrianr said:
Doesn't the TRUE Ultra 120 only have 4 6mm pipes? This has 3 8mm pipes right? So both still have a total of 24mm of pipe to take heat away from the CPU.

The Tuniq Tower only has 3 6mm pipes so less than the Xigmatec.
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Yes, but things move more quickly at the edge of holes, so the higher overall circumference, the better it is.
 
Bito said:
Would that fit facing the rear of the case, i.e rotated 1/4 turn ?
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I think so, but it would hit the thermalright HR-05 I had installed there.

On my P5E it won't fit facing the rear because of all the heatsinks and stuff around there. My antec p182 has a fan on top sucking out though so airflow is still very good.
 
Xigmatek HDT-S1283 : Additional fan on base

Has anyone ever fitted a small 40mm fan directly onto the aluminium base of the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 to have air blowing onto it, to see if that would help with cooling the cpu a little more ? (In the same styling as fitting a 40mm fan to some boards northbridge/southbridge)

Would be interested to know if anyone has before I buy another 40mm fan and try it myself for the sake of it.

cheers

dave
 
Adrianr said:
Doesn't the TRUE Ultra 120 only have 4 6mm pipes? This has 3 8mm pipes right? So both still have a total of 24mm of pipe to take heat away from the CPU.

The Tuniq Tower only has 3 6mm pipes so less than the Xigmatec.

Seems the only thing that has more 'pipe' is the TRUE Extreme, which has another 6mm pipe wedged in.

On that basis it should be pretty equal. A lot of people are quick to note the FrostyTech review but then more people are quick to slam it. Going by that it seemed a genuinely cheaper alternative to a TRUE Extreme.. I assume that unfortunately isn't the case?
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The TRUE has 6 6mm pipes.
 
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