Xigmatek Nepartak S983 CPU HSF Review

[Nathanial]

Xigmatek NEPARTAK S983 Review

Xigmatek
A Breif Introduction

Xigmatek has several years of experiences company background in Thermal IT industry provides our customer the best, reliable,
environmental and performing Thermal/Cooling Systems including excellent Service to fulfill global users and customers demands.

Xigmatek is also proud and full of confidence to offer excellent quality products and service to cover the customers requirements and demands,
within the standard channels as the consumer market and the distributing electrical appliances.


Features

H.D.T. (Heat-pipe direct touch) technology Great idea & actually works .
Particular fin design creates most effective air convection.
Anti-vibration rubber design.
3pcs 8mm efficient heat-pipes.
Outstanding performance & easy installation.
92mm highly efficient PWM fan.
Light-weight.
LGA775 push-pin / K8 & AM2 tool-less clip down mounting.

Specification

Product Name | NEPARTAK S983

{HSF Dimension}
99.52mm(W) x 62.74mm(H) x 134mm(D)

{Heat Sink}
Base Material - H.D.T. (Heat-pipe Direct Touch)
Fin Material - Aluminum Alloy

{Heat-pipe}
SPEC - 8mm
Quantity - 3 pcs

{Fan}
Dimension - 92mm(W) x 92mm(H) x 25mm(D)
Voltage Rating - 12V
Speed - 1200-2800 R.P.M.
Bearing Type - HYPRO Bearing
Air Flow - 52 CFM
Air Pressure - 3.7 mmH2O
Life Expectance - 40,000 hrs
Noise Level - 20-28 dBA
Connector - 4 Pin with PWM

{Weight}
643.4g (w/fan)

{Thermal Resistance}
0.18W

{Application}
All Intel Socket 775 CPU
Core 2 Extreme / Quad / Duo
Pentium Extreme Edition / D
Celeron D
All AMD Socket AM2 / 754 / 939 / 940 CPU
Athlon 64 / FX / X2 / Opteron / Sempron

Let's welcome the Nepartak then.

The HD pictures of the cooler (Thanks barry)







Also included:



Anti-vibration rubber mounts & 1 spare one
Full mounting kit
Thermal interface material
Instructions

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Setting it all up.

By the look's of how many things there are included i dont think it will take to long at all to build this cooler, just to test i timed myself.

All completed and that took 2 minutes 38 seconds and i was taking my time, that's also proof it's very user freindly and suitable for all.

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Testing components, software used & results

Test Components used

Asus BLITZ Extreme
INTEL Q6600-G0
CSX Diabilo DDR3 2000mhz
PC Power & Cooling - Turbo Cool 510W

Thermal Interface Material

Arctic silver Ceramique

Test Software used

cpu-z
wPrime
RealTemp

Ambient temps at the time of testing both coolers were 22.0 - 24.0 Celcius

Right i think it's time to prove what this baby can do .

Picture of the Xigmatek's temperature IDLE for 30 minuites at stock cpu clock 0% load.


Picture of the Xigmatek's temperature IDLE for 30 minuites at 3.6ghz 0% load.


Picture of the Xigmatek's temperature 50% through wPrime 1024M at stock cpu clock 100% load.


Picture of the Xigmatek's temperature 50% through wPrime 1024M at 3.6ghz 100% load.


Picture of the Xigmatek's temperature 75% through wPrime 1024M at stock cpu clock 100% load.


Picture of the Xigmatek's temperature 75% through wPrime 1024M at 3.6ghz 100% load.


Picture of the Xigmatek's temperature rapidly drop after 100% completion & 100% load of wPrime 1024M at stock cpu clock.


Picture of the Xigmatek's temperature rapidly drop after 100% completion & 100% load of wPrime 1024M at 3.6ghz.

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Time to compare this to the current champ.. well.. not for long.

Picture of the Arctic cooling freezer 7's temperature IDLE for 30 minuites at stock cpu clock 0% load.


Picture of the Arctic cooling freezer 7's temperature IDLE for 30 minuites at 3.6ghz 0% load.


Picture of the Arctic cooling freezer 7's temperature 50% through wPrime 1024M at stock cpu clock 100% load.


Picture of the Arctic cooling freezer 7's temperature 50% through wPrime 1024M at 3.6ghz 100% load.


Picture of the Arctic cooling freezer 7's temperature 75% through wPrime 1024M at stock cpu clock 100% load.


Picture of the Arctic cooling freezer 7's temperature 75% through wPrime 1024M at 3.6ghz 100% load.


Picture of the Arctic cooling freezer 7's temperature after 100% completion & 100% load of wPrime 1024M at stock cpu clock.


Right well your probably thinking where is the pic of the ACF7 completing wPrime the HSF kept going into the 70c temprature range
BSODing and restarting to the point it wouldnt even boot into windows i tryed adding a 120mm fan to it still no sucess! a word to Arctic Cooling.
*Beware of Xigmatek*

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Final thoughts and disscusion.

Theres nothing really bad about this cooler it's sexy, a brilliant performer it owns the ACF7, it has a great unique design as you can tell by the angled fin design. Its not loud and is bundled with an excellent fan, it also has clear instructions in many languages.

The presentation is very stylish, im sure if this review wasn't enough to convince you to buy one of these bad boys im sure the box will .

This is a perfect cooler for many quads out there & is also proof that size dosent always matter its all about thermal engeneering the picture below says it all.

Who need's lapping?



Some minor troubles i encountered when installing this cooler

When mounting this cooler if you have your ram in slot 1 you may have to remove it due to it being quite fiddily on the push down clips for 775 as the fan gets in the way quite a bit.

The rubber anti vibration mounts are a tiny but fiddily but once on I think it could even hold a 92mm vantec tornado in place no problem imagine the peformance then , and dont, please dont push your thumb down and move it accross the HSF's fins as now I have four slices on my thumb from doing so silly me.

The price.. it's £28.74inc VAT from Scan. from these test results i dont think i can complain it's alot of bang for your buck.



A big thanks goes to Tony over @ Xigmatek for supplying this review sample .

Nathanial

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Reserved

[GeorgeStorm]

Looks great, however, how much?

[jabski]

nice review

[Nathanial]

Originally Posted by GeorgeStorm

Looks great, however, how much?

Updated thanks for the heads up

thanks for the comment jab .

[smoking]

Really nice review Nath, Well done. X

[K404]

Nice one Nath

[I.L.P]

One test i'd like to see is loaded temps on orthos after about an hour to see if it can maintain temperature, readings at 20 minute intervals would be nice

cracking review though matey

[Johnny Bravo]

Good stuff man, whats next

[GeorgeStorm]

Nicely done,
Looks like a decent cooler
Better than the Arctic, which is considered a great basic one, but cheap enough not to have to contend with the TRUE, and still gives good performance.
Looking forward to more reviews!

[TheMadDutchDude]

Very nice mate. Well done!