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- Date:
- Thursday , October 15, 2009
- Author:
- Marc Adams
- Editor:
- Kyle Bennett
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Intel Core i7 Cooler Review
New CPU coolers from Kingwin, Thermal Transtech International, and ZALMAN. While air cooling has gotten about as good as it can possibly get, all of these coolers bring something unique to the table. But do these units perform? We find out.
Kingwin XT-1264
Back in July of 2008 we looked at three coolers from the company Kingwin and found their system of direct touch coolers to work pretty well. While the performance wasn’t Earth shattering it was enough to beat out competitors like Thermaltake and ASUS. Today we are taking another look at Kingwin with their newest cooler for the Core i7 platform, the XT-1264. The main difference? Kingwin has gone from a three pipe heat sink to a four pipe. We’ll see just how well this system works in a bit but first let’s break down the cooler itself.
Package & Specs
Kingwin uses a colorful packing setup similar to the ZALMAN box to convey useful information while hopefully grabbing your attention.
Dimensions: 120 (L) x 74 (W) x 150 (H) mm
Weight: 467g
Material: Aluminum fins with copper heat pipes
Heat Pipes: 4 x 6mm full-length heat pipes
Compatibility:
Fan:
Contents & Flatness
Kingwin supplies mounting kits for all the major CPU sockets. Oddly, the heat sink comes installed with the AMD kit. I say oddly not as a shot to AMD users but that Kingwin even took the time to install any of the kits.
The base of the XT-1264’s pipes make good contact with the blade and are ever so slightly raised above the rest of the base ensuring the heat goes where you want it to.
Photos
A few photos from different angles of the Kingwin XT-1264.
Installation
Installing the XT-1264 on an Intel platform is a piece of cake thanks to the push pin mounting system. Clearance all around the cooler is excellent and even the memory slots are free to be populated fully.
Contact with the CPU is good for the direct touch system. All the heat pipes make solid contact which should help transfer the heat to the fins and finally off the heat sink.