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Kingwin XT-1264 CPU Cooler Be it AMD or Intel, the mounting clips for your respective processor application are mounted on to the Kingwin XT-1264 by two Phillips head screws. These screws make changing the type of application you can use the XT-1264 on quick and simple. Being a vertical cooler, the unit's orientation is meant to be with the fan blowing air through the convection fins toward the case's rear exhaust fan. This makes for more better air flow in the case. Another good point about this type of design is that the majority of the cooler's mass is not hovering over motherboard components. No crowding whatsoever.
Removal of the fan was necessary for mounting the Kingwin XT-1264 on to our LGA775 motherboard. Here is where the ease of the clip we mentioned earlier comes into play. A fast snap off and then again back on, allowed us to mount our Kingwin cooler with as much effort as it would have taken the simple stock units.
Performance In order to give you an accurate comparison we are going to put the Kingwin XT-1264 toe to toe with the Thermaltake V14AX Cooler we reviewed a few weeks back. We like to test comparison coolers with review units at the same time and under the same conditions to give you the best and most accurate comparison possible. In this case, aside from seasonal temperature changes we have swapped in some silent low CFM case fans into our Zalman test box since our last cooler test. Both coolers today will be installed and run five times by placing our Core 2 Duo processor cores at 100% load by way of SiSoft Sandra Professional 2009's Burn In Module for 30 minutes with a final temperature reading taken at the end. The highest and lowest results will be thrown out and the remaining three will be averaged and graphed. The Kingwin XT-1264 will be run as it was designed with its PWM fan set to automatic within the BIOS. The Thermaltake cooler will be tested in both 'high' and 'low' fan speed settings (1600 and 1000 RPM respectively) and these results will be graphed along with the XT-1264. Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Paste will be used in all tests. Ambient room temperature at time of testing remained within one half a degree of 24 degrees C. Test Bed
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Conclusion Kingwin has a long lineage of excellent products and the Kingwin XT-1264 Cooler is no different. Giving us performance besting a cooler costing almost twice the price and doing so with a near zero sound signature. Built quality was impressive as was the efficiency of the design. Heatpipe Direct Touch coolers are the only way to fly with simple no frills performance. What makes it all the nicer is that it does so at a street price of $36. Anyone with a new Core i7 system need not fear as the Kingwin XT-1264 is socket 1366 ready. Thanks again go out to Kingwin for sponsoring this review releasing a product we can whole heartedly recommend. The Kingwin XT-1264 Cooler is available now at NewEgg and at Fry's. Pros
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