Nice roundup kenny
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Xigmatek is a name well-known as a world leading innovator in PC thermal performance and peripherals. With so many advance innovations in today's tech world, we sometimes wonder, "do some of these slight changes in design from competitor to competitor really make a difference? Today we will be taking a look at Xigmatek's new line of PC fans and see if their unique designs answer that question. We are going look at 4 models, and each has its own touch of flare. We will be putting them to the test to see how they stack up to the competitors.We have the following models today: Xigmatek's XAF-F1253 (120mm Orange Blades), Xigmatek XAF-F1251 (120mm Black Blade), Xigmatek XAF-F1456 (140mm Blue Blade), and Xigmatek XAF-F1454 (140mm Smoked Blade).Before we dive into the essence of the XAF series fans, lets talk a little about Xigmatek.
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Last edited by Solara2xb; 17-10-2012 at 11:22.
CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K @ 5GHz |
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Nice roundup kenny
Solara2xb (17-10-2012)
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Do you know how they sound horizontially mounted? BTW, nice review.
Solara2xb (17-10-2012)
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RAM: 16GB Corsair Dominator GT 1866MHz (9-10-9-27) |
GPU: XFX HD 7970 Black Edition 3GB and Diamond HD 7970 3GB both @ 1125/1575MHz |
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Nice job Kenny. Did you test the fans on a controller. If so, how did they perform?
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Solara2xb (17-10-2012)
CPU: Intel i7 5930K / Intel i7 4820K / Intel i7 4790K |
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RAM: 32GB Kingston DDR4 3000MHz / 32GB Corsair 1866MHz / 16GB HyperX Savage 2400MHz |
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Thanks All!
I didn't notice any diff with them mounted Horizontially, I had them all placed horizontally during testing for some of the pics (to capture the LEDs on) and they performed the same as if they were vertically on the bench.
Fan controller will help with controlling the noise if you don't want to run at full speed. I didn't notice anything abnormal about them in low speeds, I also used a fan controller to make sure all the PWM models were tested at full speed which used a molex plug to power. Did a great job.
SamCR3 (17-10-2012)
CPU: Core i7 3930K |
M/B: ASRock X79 Extreme9 |
RAM: 64GBs Kingston Beast 2133MHz |
GPU: Two EVGA GTX 690s in Quad SLI |
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Good job Kenny! Xigmatek is happy with your review and is posting it in several places.
Solara2xb (17-10-2012)
CPU: Intel i7 5930K / Intel i7 4820K / Intel i7 4790K |
M/B: ASUS X99 R5E / ASUS X79 Sabertooth / ASUS Z97 MVIIF |
RAM: 32GB Kingston DDR4 3000MHz / 32GB Corsair 1866MHz / 16GB HyperX Savage 2400MHz |
GPU: EVGA GTX780 TRI SLI Classy / EVGA GTX 780 SLI / XFX R9 290 (xfire) w XSPC WB |
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CPU: i7 3770k De-Lidded@4.7 |
M/B: MSI Z77 M-Power |
RAM: 8GB G.Skill TridentX @2933 |
GPU: 2x EVGA GTX 680's |
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Solara2xb (18-10-2012)
CPU: intel 5960x |
M/B: rampage 5 extreame |
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB DDR4 2800MHz Timings are 14-16-16-31 Voltage: 1.35V |
GPU: 2 evga 980ti aic 80% + kingpin |
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nice review kenny
You Raise The Blade You Make The Change
Solara2xb (18-10-2012)
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CPU: AMD Phenom x6 1090T BE |
M/B: Asrock 990fx Fatal1ty |
RAM: G.Skill Sniper 4x4Gb 1800 |
GPU: Saphire HD6970 // XFX HD6950 CFX |
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