ganzey
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did u have a bad experience with a v8 or v10?
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did u have a bad experience with a v8 or v10?
bomberboysk
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As someone who has built systems for nearly 10 years, and owning an HDT-S1283 as well as using the S1284 in builds, as well as a megahalems and V8, the prolimatech megahalems has lower temperatures on an i7 than the S1283 does on my core 2 quad, and i7's run hotter than core 2 quads. The S1283 and S1284 are great budget heatsinks, they are not the top of the line(And frostytech only uses 125W, once you get to higher wattages, the V8, TRUE, and Megahalems really start to shine over the HDT coolers.
Those are temperatures above ambient using a Yate Loon fan At stock.
Above are the results for an overclocked i7 920.
Images are from benchmarkreviews. Notice once overclocked, the megahalems beats the S1283 by nearly 10c. And the S1284 that is coming up 5th there isnt even a production model, it is the all copper finned prototype.
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bomberboysk
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16, i built my first system when i was around 7 with some help(Where my mom worked she used to have a boyfriend that built computers), and on my own a system at 8. Thats why i said almost 10 years
The V8 is a better cooler than the xiggy's after you get to high wattage, or if you put a very high cfm fan on it such as a slipstream, but the megahalems and true are the best air coolers as proved Plus 150W is still pretty low, the i7's at stock are pumping out 130W, and can get over 200W once overclocked.
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bomberboysk
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Heatpipe direct touch only works so well, its not a miracle technology. The Prolimatech has more heatpipes, which means it can transfer more thermal load away from the CPU. The Prolimatech also has higher fin density, larger fins, and more fins, which means it can dissipate more heat than the xigmatek. A Well designed heatsink with a copper heatblock and heatpipes will perform more effeciently than a HDT model as it has more surface area with which to disappate the heat to. Just like the same reason inside an LN2 or LHE pot the bottom is not flat.
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=316&Itemid=62
At stock idle, i would agree the S1283 probably can outperform the prolimatech, but its load and overclocked settings the xigmatek just cannot handle the higher heat load.
jasonn20
New Member
The problem is static pressure. You can have a fan that will push 50cfm of air but give's how much static pressure??? If you took the fan off the Megahalems and placed on the Xima how would the comparison be then???
I am sorry I am not sold on this.
Direct heatpipes is a miracle design!!
I am sorry I am not sold on this.
Direct heatpipes is a miracle design!!
bomberboysk
Active Member
Your sounding like a saleman for xigmatek now. 50cfm is quite low for a 120mm fan FYI, for fans of the same size, static pressure is directly proportional to cfm. The TRUE and Megahalems were designed to be able to be run passive(That means without a fan) or active, while the S1283 is a heatsink that was designed for active cooling. Figures dont lie, the Prolimatech and TRUE both cool better than the xigmateks(by far, not talking a 1-2 c difference, this is more along the lines of a 10c difference, and that difference will get bigger the more heat and higher overclocks you push your cpu to)
jasonn20
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I see your heatsink has wided fins to let better static pressure at lower cfm but still think with the fan I linked it would perform as good or better.
This is like a comparison between horsepower and torque. torque gets you off the line and horsepower gets you on down the road
I own a Ximatek DK and even though it says 90cfm it does not have alot of static pressure.
I am just stating the FACTS!! I am not in any way associated with Zimatek.
This is like a comparison between horsepower and torque. torque gets you off the line and horsepower gets you on down the road
I own a Ximatek DK and even though it says 90cfm it does not have alot of static pressure.
I am just stating the FACTS!! I am not in any way associated with Zimatek.
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bomberboysk
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No doubt any of the heatsinks would perform better with a higher quality fan, but all other variables taken out the prolimatech megahalems or the TRUE are better coolers. I actually use a xigmatek S1283 on my computer in my sig, its not a bad cooler, but ive used a prolimatech megahalems in a build for someone, and its quite a better heatsink than the xig.
bomberboysk
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Those graphs were taken directly off of benchmarkreviews website. Plus in my own experience, its temperatures on a core i7 where lower than the temperatures i got on my Q9450 with an S1283, and as i said earlier, the Core i7 runs hotter than the core 2 quads.
ganzey
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that would be thermal grease, like arctic silver 5. i had no idea that this would spark such an argument. thats why i created a poll, vote for ur fav heatink.