Comments on: Xigmatek HDT-S963 Heatsink Review

By: goldfries » Albatron PXP35 Motherboard Review - HOME OF THE ORIGINAL PC BUYING GUIDE

Thu, 22 May 2008 16:03:10 +0000

[...] the ATX12V very inconvenient, I had to drag it across my heatsink. And mind you, this is just the Xigmatek HDT-S963. If you’re using a bigger heatsink then, be prepared to face more [...]

By: goldfries

goldfries — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:42:16 +0000

Should have some new stuff coming it. Stay tuned!

By: GRexer

GRexer — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:59:07 +0000

Ah… i see… can’t wait to see the HDT-S983 arriving at our shores, OCZ also has a similar model in the form of the OCZ Vendetta. 8mm heatpipes!

By: goldfries

goldfries — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:17:56 +0000

Size man, i can’t even close the casing with the S1283. If i could close it properly, I would go for the S1283 due to the additional surface area and 120mm fan.

By: GRexer

GRexer — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:06:59 +0000

Oh.. BTW, what made you choose the S963 as a permanent fixture over the S1283 in your own test rig anyway?

Due to the size or there’s other reasons involved? It’ll be interesting to know.

By: GRexer

GRexer — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:05:44 +0000

Seems like there’s a new Xigmatek around similar to this HDT-S963, it comes with 8mm heatpipes as compared to the 6mm ones in this HDT-S963, so it’s named HDT-S983 instead.

Can’t wait for you to get a sample to test on and see how much difference it makes in terms of heatpipe sizing.

By: goldfries

goldfries — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:47:23 +0000

Eh, same result is achievable by turning the air-con off and leaving it in the hot room. So far so good.

Nowadays I run the unit at fixed but lower fan speed, meaning that the RPM is not boosted even on load. What does this mean? more heat but less noise.

By: bryanyeo

bryanyeo — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:45:00 +0000

nice review

btw, possible to push your processor higher with more volts to see the performance of the HSF in a more demanding situation?