Xigmatek HDT-S1283  CPU Cooler Manufacturer Xigmatek Category CPU Cooling Size Universal Spec HDT, Copper Heatpipes & Aluminium Fins Editor Paul Lawton Share    digg this! " Overall a good cooler for a good price. I could recommend this to anyone looking for a sub £30 cooler or someone who is looking for out of the box silence ... "

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More Heatpipe Direct Touch CPU coolers from Xigmatek ... The HDT-S1283 with its large 120mm seems to do the trick

Introduction

For those who missed our other Xigmatek cooler reviews ... Xigmatek is a German based company that specialise in thermal products for PCs, manufacturing products such as heatsink & fans, CPU coolers and power supplies. They were  established in 2005 and have been building a name for themselves over the past year or so. Here's a little blurb taken from their website.

"XIGMATEK Co., Ltd. was established in 2005 with the aim of becoming one of the world leaders in the Thermal field. In XIGMATEK, the major members of management have many years experience in Thermal industry, PC, manufacturing and other applications. With our fruitful experience, we have full confidence that we can provide not only the best, reliable, environmental and performing Thermal/Cooling systems but excellent service also to fulfill global user’s demand."

 

Silent coolers used be expensive and once considered a luxury. However, with today's new cooling technologies, manufacturers are able to produce cooling solutions that's not only silent, but also offering good cooling performance.

In this review, our CPU3D review team takes a look at the Xigmatek's HDT-S1283 CPU cooler. This cooler uses the same HDT (Heatpipe Direct Touch) technology as it's little brother, the HDT-S964. However, this time the HDT-S1283 is a larger cooler with an impressive 120mm fan included. It features only 3 thick copper heatpipes which are exposed at the base of the heatsink unit. This allows direct contact with the processor and gives maximum heat absorption. These heatpipes then fan out to a very large array of Aluminum fins, which is then cooled by an impressive ultra quiet 120mm fan which mounted using anti-vibration rubber bungs, and spins at an amazing low 800-1,500rpm. 

          

We'll be testing this CPU cooler on our test rig which is comprised of an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor (G0 stepping) on a Gigabyte GA-P35 DS3L motherboard. We also used 4Gb of OCZ Reaper X PC2-6400 DDR2 ram, a Geforce 9600GT and a PC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 860W PSU. It'll be interesting to see how this CPU cooler can compete against the likes of the Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro and Intel's standard stock cooler. 

OK let's not waste any more time and take a closer look at the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 CPU cooler.