TRUE vs. Noctua NH-U12P vs. Xigmatek Dark Knight review - Page 17 - Overclock.net

mechati · 02-26-09

Are You going to test them only on already clocked CPU or do clocked (3.8 if I saw right) and stock? I am only asking because I do not think I saw it in posts earlier.

ljason8eg · 02-26-09

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Originally Posted by mechati

Are You going to test them only on already clocked CPU or do clocked (3.8 if I saw right) and stock? I am only asking because I do not think I saw it in posts earlier.

I'm going to test them only with the CPU overclocked. I want the good coolers to really shine and leave any pretenders by the wayside. A lot of what I read says the Xig can't handle a highly OCed quad. We shall see.

shoot2scre · 02-26-09

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Originally Posted by ljason8eg

I'm going to test them only with the CPU overclocked. I want the good coolers to really shine and leave any pretenders by the wayside. A lot of what I read says the Xig can't handle a highly OCed quad. We shall see.

Well I have a pretty good OC on my chip (considering the VID) and my Dark Knight does a pretty damn good job. Especially considering what I paid.

That being said... I'm sure the Noctua and TRUE will beat it out... by how much... is the real question.

As for my previous offer... $38 is more than I'm willing to spend on a fan... but like you said... I think Push-Pull with the san ace is really just not necessary.

Further... since you will be testing these with the same fans... it's not like one cooler will get a push-pull setup... where another won't.

I think you should stick the methodology that I listed on page 4.

ljason8eg · 02-26-09

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Originally Posted by shoot2scre

Well I have a pretty good OC on my chip (considering the VID) and my Dark Knight does a pretty damn good job. Especially considering what I paid.

That being said... I'm sure the Noctua and TRUE will beat it out... by how much... is the real question.

As for my previous offer... $38 is more than I'm willing to spend on a fan... but like you said... I think Push-Pull with the san ace is really just not necessary.

Further... since you will be testing these with the same fans... it's not like one cooler will get a push-pull setup... where another won't.

I think you should stick the methodology that I listed on page 4.

You're lucky and have a Q6600 that actually runs cool, unlike my inferno of a chip :P

Yeah i'll just stick to the one san ace fan then, like you said, it won't give one an advantage over the other.

redalert · 02-27-09

Just ordered the Dark knight for ljason8eg I should have it by Tuesday and mailed out on Wednesday

Danylu · 02-27-09

Nice

ljason8eg · 02-27-09

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Originally Posted by redalert

Just ordered the Dark knight for ljason8eg I should have it by Tuesday and mailed out on Wednesday

Thanks so much dude!

redalert · 02-27-09

Glad I waited too I had a bad IDE cable on a friends computer die tonight so I just added it to the order

ljason8eg · 02-27-09

Well that worked out well! I think the TRUE will be here by the end of next week as well.

ljason8eg · 03-02-09

Just had a thought. Is it even a good idea to lap the Xig? It's HDT and i'm not sure if that's a good idea, but it would kinda mess up the tests if i couldn't lap it.

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