In the test 15 years ago: Xigmatek was on the way to success with the HDT-S1283

After Xigmatek shook up the cooler market in the 92 mm segment with the HDT-S963 (tested 15 years ago) for 25 euros, the 120 mm equivalent followed with the HDT-S1283 (Test). With a price of 35 euros, the cooler was cheap and offered excellent cooling performance.

Table of contents

1. 1 8- mm heatpipe with direct touch
2. Outstanding performance
3. Conclusion

8mm heat pipe with Direct Touch

Like the smaller HDT-S963, the HDT-1283 relied on Xigmatek's Heatpipe Direct Touch (HDT) technology, in which the heatpipes were in direct contact with the processor's heatspreader. The HDT-1283 uses three 8 mm heat pipes, which transport the waste heat to 55 aluminum fins. The overall weight of the cooler, which measures 120 × 76 × 159 mm (L × W × H), was about 680 g. The supplied 120 mm fan worked at a maximum of 2,200 rpm and was controlled by PWM.

Heatpipe Direct Touch with 8mm heatpipes

Rubber fan decoupler

No space problems – no mainboard removal necessary

Beware of cases that are too flat: The cooler is very tall at 159 mm

The installation of the cooler was easy and uncomplicated. The HDT-S1283 was attached to Intel systems using a push-pin system, AMD users could attach the cooler to the mainboard's retention module with retaining clips. The mainboard never had to be removed, which saved time and nerves. Only users with flat cases had to exercise caution, since the model was comparatively high at 159 mm.

Outstanding performance

The cooling performance of the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 was outstanding, in the test it shared first place with the Scythe Infinity at maximum speed. If you throttled the supplied fan from around 1,800 rpm to 900 rpm, you only had to lose 4 Kelvin and at the same time reduced the sound pressure level from a deafening 50.9 dB(A) to an acceptable 36.8 dB(A). The performance was significantly lower at an inaudible 31.0 dB(A) at around 230 rpm, here the CPU temperature rose by a further 16 Kelvin to 78 °C. For comparison: The Scythe Infinity reached 65 °C at 565 rpm with a sound pressure level of 30.4 dB(A). Accordingly, the strengths of the HDT-S1283 were clearly in the higher speed ranges with strong ventilation.

CPU cooler performance comparison

• Scythe Infinity [Sharkoon 2150 rpm]:
  • Load temperatures58.0
  • Volume in dB(A)50.7

< li class="chart__group"> Xigmatek HDT-S1283 [120mm series 1784 rpm]:

• Load Temperatures58.0
• Volume in dB(A)50.9
• Zalman CNPS 9700 LED [2584 rpm series]:
  • Load Temperatures59.0

  < li class="chart__row">Volume in dB(A)54.1

• Scythe Ninja [Sharkoon 2150 rpm]:
  • Load temperatures60.0
  • Volume in dB(A)50.6
• Xigmatek HDT-S963 [Series 2648 rpm]:
  • Load temperatures61.0
  • Volume in dB(A )51,4
• Scythe Infinity [Series 1121 rpm]:
  • Load temperatures62.0
  • Volume in dB(A)36.5
• Xigmatek HDT-S1283 [120mm Series 919rpm]:
  • Load Temps62.0
  • Volume in dB(A)36.8
• Scythe Ninja [Coolink 1556 rpm]:
  • Load temperatures63.0
  • Volume in dB(A)44.2
• Asus Silent Knight [Series 2004 rpm]:
  • Load Temperature63.0
  • Volume in dB(A)46.6
• Xigmatek HDT-S963 [Series 1740 rpm]:
  • Load temperatures64.0
  • Volume in dB(A )44,1
• Scythe Infinity [Series 565 rpm]:
  • Load temperatures65.0
  • Volume in dB(A)30.4
• Cooler Master Gemin II [2xNB SX2 1530 rpm]:
  • Load temperatures65.0
  • Volume in dB(A)46.9
• Zalman CNPS 9700 LED [series 1264 rpm]:
  • Load temperatures66.0
  • Volume in dB(A)34.6

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• Scythe Ninja [Pope 1187 RPM]:
  • Load Temps66.0< /li>
  • Volume in dB(A)36.7
• Thermalright Ultra-120 [Papst 1187 rpm]:
  • Load Temperatures66.0
  • Volume in dB(A)36.8
• Cooler Master Hyper TX [Series 1731 rpm]:
  • Load temperatures66.0
  • Volume in dB(A)42.6
• Thermalright SI-128 [Coolink 1532 rpm]:
  • Load temperatures66.0
  • Volume in dB(A )44,1
• Asus Silent-Square Pro [Series 2369 rpm]:
  • Load Temperatures66.0
  • Volume in dB(A)50.1
• Scythe Ninja [Pope 542 RPM]:
  • Load Temps68.0
  • Volume in dB(A)30.8
• Scythe Andy Samurai Master [Series 1160 rpm]: < ul class="chart__group-body">
• Load temperatures69.0
• Volume in dB(A)35.0

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< li class="chart__group">Asus Silent-Square Pro [Series 1176 rpm]:

• Load temperatures74.0
• Volume in dB( A)34,1

Unit: °C

Conclusion

For 35 euros, the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 was an excellent cooler – especially for users who wanted very high cooling performance. With the fan throttled to 900 rpm, the sound pressure level was okay. Anyone who really valued an inaudible system had to turn to the competition in the form of the Scythe Infinity. One alternative was to replace the supplied fan, which also made grinding noises at speeds below 500 rpm, with a better model.

In the category “In the test 15 years ago”, the editors have been taking a look at the test archive every Saturday since July 2017. The last 20 articles that appeared in this series are listed below:

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• Teufel and Logitech in a 5.1 exchange of blows
• Scythe's Katana 2 was the king of the middle class cooler
• An almost inaudible gaming PC for 3,100 euros
• Corsair's Voyager GT was the best USB stick for 100 euros
• HD 2000 with RV610 & RV630 convinced more than with R600
• DDR3 celebrated its premiere with the Intel P35 at Asus
• ATi CrossFire was 80 percent ahead – measured in dB(A)
• Halo 2 was a flop on the PC despite Vista
• Router, switch and NAS in one from Asus
• Xigmatek stirred up the market for 25 euros with Direct-Touch
• The best gaming mouse was Razer's Death Adder
• 5D ALUs didn't help the HD 2900 XT against the 8800
• GeForce 8800 Ultra
• The PlayStation 3 was much more than a game console
• The G84 GPU of the GeForce 8600 GTS came in 80 nm
• Five GeForce 8800 GTS 320 with G80 GPU at the limit
• Windows ReadyBoost turned USB sticks into turbochargers
• Intel's Core 2 Extreme QX6800 had four 2.93 GHz cores
• The NZXT Zero had the best cooling for 140 euros

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