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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1214611632685

I know everyone will reccomend the xigmatek dark knight and I am going to get that one. Eventually... but I just was in my local best buy and was just wondering how good this worked

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Best buy probably raised the price a good $15 of what it should be sold for. So basically you'd be buying a $15 CPU cooler. It would not do anything. The Xigmatek would eat that baby alive. Basically, what you have linked is just you stock heatsink with a better fan.

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Well you can also get these for around the same price. That cooler in the picture, I highly doubt will perform on par with the other well known ones like the Xiggy, TRUE, and the Noctua.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186134
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233003
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835887016

If you want best performance, go with the Noctua NH-U12P, TRUE, and/or Cooler Master V8.

Those are all $40 or below.

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I'd take the Xigmatek over that cooler any day.
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Well you can also get these for around the same price. That cooler in the picture, I highly doubt will perform on par with the other well known ones like the Xiggy, TRUE, and the Noctua.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186134
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233003
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835887016

If you want best performance, go with the Noctua NH-U12P, TRUE, and/or Cooler Master V8.

Those are all $40 or below.
I like the dark knight from xigmatek. I was just wondering what you guys/gals thought on that. It reminds me of the time walmart charged about 220 dollars for an intel celeron D

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I like the dark knight from xigmatek. I was just wondering what you guys/gals thought on that. It reminds me of the time walmart charged about 220 dollars for an intel celeron D
See now that, is a complete and total ripoff. Damn these stores and their high markups.

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