Xigmatek Thor’s Hammer
Xigmatek coolers are popular for good reasons, which include quality appearance, good cooling capacity, and moderate price, but the company is taking its time updating the installation kit of several products to support Intel’s LGA 1156 interface. The firm had to add its Crossbow multi-platform LGA installation kit in order to qualify any of its super-sized coolers for today’s review.
Targeted at the enthusiast market, the Thor’s Hammer heat sink is intended to be used with the enthusiasts’ choice of favorite fans. Adding two of its Crystal-branded blue-LED clear fans to the package brings the total cost of this combination to $91, including the $65 sink and $8 Crossbow mounting kit. The Crossbow LGA 775, 1156, and 1366 bracket set is expected to replace the included LGA 775 and 1366 brackets in future packages. LGA 1156 users who want to save a little money will thus need to pay close attention to the product description listed by their favorite seller to determine when the package has been updated.
Direct-contact heat pipes highlight several elements of Thor’s Hammer production, including its black-nickel finish and relatively wide crevices between the pipes and base. Although the base and pipes are extremely flat, extra paste is required to fill the gaps for optimal contact area.
The Crossbow installation kit’s socket support plate attaches to the back of the motherboard via pre-applied self-adhesive film, while spring-loaded screws hold the cooler against the CPU via the support plate’s threaded holes. Because the cooler body prevents screwdriver access from above, Xigmatek includes a small wrench that can be used to tighten or loosen the screws from under the sink’s fins. Although removal and reinstallation are theoretically possible from inside some cases, this extremely tedious task is significantly eased by installing the cooler with both fans removed outside of any case.
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Is the Titan Fenrir unavailable in the US, or is it just ignored...
i have the mugen 2 coolin my q9400 @ 3,2 GHz at auto voltage. temps are ~40 idle, ~62 load, but watch out - its PASSIVE, honey ! no fans on it, its sheer size is taking all the heat away, although the case is HAF 932.
Sunbeam core contact freezer includes 1156 bracket? I've been trying to find those adapter for some time-even tried emailing Sunbeam's tech support.. and now it showed up in Tom's.. anyone have any links of online retailers selling em'??
Very useful article.
I use a Cooler Master Hyper TX3, which keeps my CoreI5 750 at 29-32 degrees C. It is not overclocked, but it certainly leaves a lot of room with temps that low.
great review...i have the freezer 7 pro(lga775) cooling my pentium D 915( oc to 3.2ghz) and it does a sterling job keeping the cpu,s idle temp at just 29°C...rising to 47°C(max)at full load..
i was looking at the corsair H50 however why fix it when its not broken....
that said i would choose the Scythe Mugen-2 if i had to replace the freezer 7 pro.....
good article !
Since I hear nothing but good things about the Titan Fenrir I am a little disappointed to not see it in this test...
why dont they have the prolimatech mega shadow in there?
i5 750 @ 3.6ghz @ 26 degrees in my pc best cooler available imo for 1156
Well, It's a very nice review. As we all knows that Noctua NH-D14 beats Prolimatech Megahalem by near about 2-4 degree C so may be that is why they have not included Megahalem in this test but overall a very nice review and from this review I have decided to buy Scythe Mugen 2 Revision B.
the freezer 7 looks neat with the white fan specially if you have the accellero xxx edition of inno3d graphic cards!
I have bought this one and are getting it tomorrow. Will be interesting to see the temp after installing Scythe mugen because now I have a some piece of shit to cooler and fan that keeps my 2,8 ghz processor at a 80 temp when full process and around 60~ in idle.. Plus it sounds like an airplane when the fan is on
So this will be interesting and appreciated with a new cooler. Nice review!
im not sure if I should get the hyper 212 plus or scythe mugen 2 rev b. the scythe costs me 50 euro and the hyper 212 plus just 30 euro. Is the scythe worth the almost double price? I am planning to overclock my i7 860 to 3.8ghz. And I am fine with cpu temperatures which are not above 70 C
great review, thanks. which PWM fan did you use to replace the thermalright one?
noctua is one best cooler
watch my noctua
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlillcv4W6w