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Originally Posted by hellcamino
Well, SteveO is using a few of them and using them over the TRUE he still owns. Remember that I still build many pc's for other people and the vast majority are air-cooled, most of the coolers on the market don't impress me much either! I can vouch for the Xigmatech being less than stated. It works real well as long as you don't mind your cpu idling at 50c on a quad.
The reference to a TRUE...I wouldn't use one if given to me as the QC on them is awful at best. The need to lap a new heatsink is bs.
When I do give you any kind of advice John I do it sincerely and drawing on the hundreds of pc's that I have built in the last 3-4 years. Almost all were overclocked and only one that wasn't mine was water cooled. Let me know how the front ram slots work out for you with that megahalem btw =P
Have I done any official comparison testing? No. What I have done is a lot of hands on work with machines and gotten to know pretty well what works and what doesn't and what foibles certain piles of parts may have. I think on a quad you will find that the megahalem is better than stock but not by tons, on a dual core it should work fairly well...About on par with a Zalman.
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Reserving this post to either prove you wrong or show that you need to mount your aircoolers better :p
Here is a little teaser until I finish my compilation of reviews, links and screenies of real users with lower temps than you state. Especially idle temps
http://blog.daum.net/dsjjang8/8907284
Notice to all viewers: Hellcamino and I are good friends. This is not personal, but rather a little competition of who is right. Don't take this as a flame war cause all is good in msn chat :p