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I AM TEH LAW GIVAH · 02-08-09

I agree with people about silence for noctua which is why i voted for em.. but if you want silence you could always just get a noctua on ocn for cheap or possibly somewhere else..
xiggy+pushpull noctua fan+xigmatek fan..
but i've heard the noctua pushpull set up is better than the xiggys..
either way xiggy is best bang for your buck

Swiftes · 02-08-09

Xiggy. The price is great and is a great cooler. But if $60 is little to you, Noctua all the way!

shedokan · 02-08-09

You can't beat the Xigmatek at price/performance, but I'd get atleast the Notctua or *allmighty* TRUE with high CFM fans.

linskingdom · 02-08-09

I had tried All of them. TRUE plus fan is the best but price won't be cheap. Between Noctua and Xig, Noctua is about 1c lower in my case so I would go for Xig S1283.

spaceballsrules · 02-08-09

Noctua for out-of-the-box great performance, stellar mounting system, and unsurpassed customer service.

ltulod · 02-08-09

xiggy is the best me think. decent price and performance = xiggy.

stn0092 · 02-08-09

Xigmatek. It might not be as capable as a TRUE, but it comes very close for a much lower price.

**phospholipid** · 02-08-09

look at it this way, they're all within 1-2 degrees of each other [stoclk]

xig is cheaper, but you can put a custom fan
noctua is quieter, i mean ridiculously quiet cause of its fan [20$ fan!]
if sound's not an issue, or not a major issue, i'd say a xig+ a slipstream fan, total about 55$.

i own a notcua, fyi, and i oc'd from 2.13 to 3.2 on stock volts, 43 degrees full load.

mfb412 · 02-08-09

i say noctua, its really quiet and deals with quads a little better

Auld · 02-08-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by phospholipid

look at it this way, they're all within 1-2 degrees of each other [stoclk]

xig is cheaper, but you can put a custom fan
noctua is quieter, i mean ridiculously quiet cause of its fan [20$ fan!]
if sound's not an issue, or not a major issue, i'd say a xig+ a slipstream fan, total about 55$.

i own a notcua, fyi, and i oc'd from 2.13 to 3.2 on stock volts, 43 degrees full load.

its actually $30 per fan on newegg rofl..... overpriced pos fans imo.

Anyways i have personally grown to appreciate silence and the noctua is designed to cool better with a lower RPM fan. NH-U12P gets my vote.

View Poll Results: S1283 or U12P?
Xigmatek HDT-S1283	40	50.00%
Noctua NH-U12P	27	33.75%
TRUE	10	12.50%
Other	3	3.75%
Voters: 80. You may not vote on this poll

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shedokan WaterCooler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Netanya Posts: 1,430 Rep: 93 Unique Rep: 59 Trader Rating: 0	You can't beat the Xigmatek at price/performance, but I'd get atleast the Notctua or allmighty TRUE with high CFM fans.

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