8mm thick??minus the cut off shud be left 5-6mm i guess.. wont bocor so ezly la... hahaa

i thought 8mm is the whole pipe right... but at the bottom i believe its less than 8mm coz its like thinner right....

btw if i lap my scorpion shouldnt i lap my proc too?? or not only one surface is flat only (heatsink) then my proc still not smooth right...

lol tats why i mention 8mm and after cut off is 5-6mm la...

lap both will yield a better result but dont forget once u lap any of them = void warranty...

This post has been edited by vincentlaw: Mar 18 2008, 08:00 PM

eh... i thought u said after lapping... my bad.....

but how thick is the proc?? the heatsink dont bocor also later the proc bocor then

This post has been edited by ham_revilo: Mar 18 2008, 08:23 PM

i do believe is 8mm is the diameter of the heatpipe not the thickness...

haha.. wouldn't see any much difference for performance.. the main concern is to tighten the fin

this recall me back.. manufacture told me be4 xigma's heatpipes polished to flat for HDT while HaiNan really cut the heat-pipes one..
i ask them again for confirmation..

btw, inside heat-pipe got liquid one.. cant say still got 5 to 6mm thick left

hmm sure marr, ppl love cheap hardware with decent performance
TRUE is good i must say but the it overpriced, IMO

aiks... got liquid 1 ah... hmm then will bocoooooor... haha.... better becareful...

the only thing i worry if i lap s1283 is the copper pipe loose from the alluminium base.

This post has been edited by riku2replica: Mar 18 2008, 10:04 PM

You thought they use normal glue?
I lapped two xigmatek with 1500 and 2000 grit sandpaper, the heatpipe still attached to the aluminium firmly.

this one cannot fit into normal atx casing...need to buy server casing one...

huh, what you talking?
this cooler will fit most of the atx casings.

my Xigmatek s1283 just arrive today..but not the red Red-Scorpion one..
this is the previous xigmatek s1283..
very happy cause it perform better than my stock intel cooler..(sure everyone know bout this la)..

previous setup with stock cooler
O`c test result : max temp- around 65`c

after change to this xigmatek s1283
and the result



sorry..only short test..

only some smaller width casing cannot use... other than that it shudnt be a problem.... this is also 1 of the problem for being too big.. hehe... its stated in te CONS of the review... not very casing friendly..

This post has been edited by vincentlaw: Mar 18 2008, 11:50 PM

nice OC result there... bro is this in aircond room? maybe we can ask ham_revilo to test in similar settings to compare red scorpion with this s1283

ya..in aircond room..
if without aircond turn on..the temp r around 57-59c max

yup,Xigmatek heat pipe inside is using liquid,not like the Enzotech Ultra-X which using powder.

anyway,8mm is the diameter,not the thickness,the thickness will be less than 3mm,if u lap it too much,surely the base will bocor.

for those who wan to lap the hsf base and the proc IHS,it's better to use S&S kit to make sure more pressure contacted to each surface after lapped,cause after lapped,the surface become thinner and the pushpin might have not enough pressure when contacted.

Guys will there be any difference if i put my thermal paste directly on my procs rather than on the cooler it self...

shud be the same if u do it correctly

so that means u also lapped the xigmatek that i bought from u rite???
no wonder the heatpipes surface is so smooth