In recent years, the CPU heatsink market has seen some major changes. Just a few years ago, the humble heatsink was a single piece of aluminium with fins cut into it - Fast forward a couple of years and heat pipes started to appear, they were widely regarded as a marketing gimmick at the time, but as the technology progressed, we started to see some excellent performers....
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Excellent! And looking formard to the NB cooler review, the offset fins should fit 12cm wide coolers without blocking the first PCI Express slot!
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Nice review...
Just waiting to see your porter review and to see what you thought of that badboy. (apart from it being a bugger to fit).
I was considering the 1284, but decided that the 1283 would be better. My thinking is that 3 pipes in contact with the the C2D IHS was better than 2 1/2 as you pointed out the area of the 4 pipes overhangs the edges of the IHS.
My initial thoughts of the Xigmatech porter and 1283.....very impressed
Xigmatek Achilles S1284C HDT CPU Cooler Review
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