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#888 - Xigmatek Cooler Roundup |
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Written by Zach Jeffers
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Sunday, 04 November 2007 |
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XP-S964:
As was with the HDT-S963, the Xigmatek XP-S964 CPU cooler was shipped to us in a standard white box. This package did not feature the product window and we assume that this, again, is pre-release packaging. The XP-S964 includes most everything that the HDT series includes; PWM 92mm fan, heatsink, mounting screws for Intel chipsets, three to four-pin Molex adapter, Intel and AMD mounting pieces and a small amount of thermal paste.
 
The XP-S964 does not stand as tall as the HDT series, but does still qualify as a tower cooler. This cooler is the only one out of the three that did not interfere with the side intake fan on our test case (Antex P190). This was only by a hair’s width though.
 
At the top of the unit, you can see that this cooler has an additional heatpipe for a total of four pipes. The pipes are shown peering through a thick aluminum shroud. This shroud allows the air flow to be forced over the entire surface area of the aluminum fins. This shroud also allows for a mounting point for the included fan, along with a second fan if you so desire. The front side of the cooler features pre-mounted rubber fan mounting pins where as the back of the unit features four holes for manual mounting of an additional 92mm fan.
 
 
The base of the Xigmatek XP-S964 cooler is an aluminum top block over a copper bottom block which sandwiches the four copper heatpipes between them. The top of the block features the same channeled grooves that the HDT series does for the AMD retention arm and screw holes for the Intel mounting brackets. The shape of this block is what makes this unit especially intriguing. Instead of the standard square or rectangle block shape, the XP-S964 utilizes a skewed block. Xigmatek advertises this as a way to better distribute the heat dissipation of the CPU.
 
Mounting the included 92mm fan is as simple as pulling the rubber pins through the mounting holes in the fan. Be careful while you do this. During our testing, we pulled one pin into two pieces due to too much force being applied to the pin.
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