Xigmatek Battle-Axe VGA Cooler

[Kenshai]

Not sure about this, but it would be probably alright to run this without the fans wouldn't it? Since it's so similar to the accelero?

 

[niko084]

Wow, looks nice, but also looks like it might break my card...

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Not sure about this, but it would be probably alright to run this without the fans wouldn't it? Since it's so similar to the accelero?

wrong - what your thinking about is the Acelero S1 which is this...

which is capable of passive cooling but i dont like my card frying so u could add one of these

which attaches on like this

the cooler in question is this

which as u can see is more or less the spitting image of this

but one great thing about the Acelero TT is the pwm feature - so u can plug the fans right into the graphics card & let the card auto control the temps, - I doubt the fans on the Xigmatek are as quiet/efficient as AC's but i suppose if you really wanted to then you could swap them out - something u cant do with the AC Twin Turbo

 

[Kenshai]

Ah the s1 has a different design for the heatsink, more dense etc etc?

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Ah the s1 has a different design for the heatsink, more dense etc etc?

yeah - more fins, more dense & a much bigger area which to cool a hot GPU (bigger then a slice of toast)

 

[niko084]

With decent case airflow, the Accelro works fine without the fans.

If the fins on the new Xig are thin enough it should also work passively.

 

[Kenshai]

Just looking at it, it's the length of that 8800gts, which I'm going to assume is about 9". That seems quite a large cooler, I was thinking the acelero's were around 6-7" but the actual cooling surface on it I'm assuming amounts to more than this xigmatek.


Edit: Microcenter has this for $3 after the Xig rebate.

 

[SystemViper]

I liked the Acelero S1 when i had it on ,y 8800 gts's but the added fans are garbage, which makes hte cooler less then a steller buy.

 

[niko084]

I liked the Acelero S1 when i had it on ,y 8800 gts's but the added fans are garbage, which makes hte cooler less then a steller buy.

Indeed, you really need to put different fans on it.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I suppose i could use it passively depending on the power consumption of the card itself but why would you want to do that if you cant hear the fans anyway when the system is powerd on???? I highly doubt that this would be as effective passive cooling then the S1 as the space between the fins are a lot smaller.

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I hope your refering to the Acelero S1/S2 & not the Twin Turbo

 

[Kenshai]

Would be more than enough to cool a 4850 I imagine?

 

[niko084]

Would be more than enough to cool a 4850 I imagine?

Should be, I'm really wanting to go get one tonight, but I don't want it if I can't have my ram sinks..

 

[Kenshai]

I'm going to go ahead and order one off Microcenter, to try and get that $30 rebate on it.

 

[cdawall]

does that take up a full 3 slots?

 

[Kenshai]

does that take up a full 3 slots?

That's why I was wondering if it would run alright without the fans, I guess I'll let you know when it gets in.

 

[locoty]

does that take up a full 3 slots?

YUP, it takes full 3 slots

 

[cdawall]

bah i cant use it right now i have a WIFI card in the way will low profile 92mm fans fix that?

 

[DonInKansas]

I would think so. Most likely it's one slot eaten by the sink and one by the fans.

 

[cdawall]

sweet going to do that

 

[nflesher87]

cdawall, I believe that may possibly work, however you just won't be able to use the top grayish cover, the fans will have to be bare (though you could always screw fan covers on each)

 

[OnBoard]

Hmm, no-one mentioned these points, so might as well tell why I didn't get this, when looking for a new cooler.

It's not a 4 heatpipe cooler, it's 2:

The fins are blocked on bottom=almost no airflow to memory.

Then there is the pipes running up and close to mem chips doesn't allow to use almost any ramsinks. That was mentioned here and in review at least.

There are obvious design flaws in this, maybe they'll fix it to next version. Oh and this cooler is quite old, when it came out it it was much more. Score is too high and influenced by the rebate price, but it's also true that Thermalrights never get cheaper, so dunno.

 

[Kenshai]

Hmm, no-one mentioned these points, so might as well tell why I didn't get this, when looking for a new cooler.

It's not a 4 heatpipe cooler, it's 2:

The fins are blocked on bottom=almost no airflow to memory.

Then there is the pipes running up and close to mem chips doesn't allow to use almost any ramsinks. That was mentioned here and in review at least.

There are obvious design flaws in this, maybe they'll fix it to next version. Oh and this cooler is quite old, when it came out it it was much more. Score is too high and influenced by the rebate price, but it's also true that Thermalrights never get cheaper, so dunno.

How do you mean, it's one of the cheapest vga coolers on the market either way, especially for what it offers. It's $24 on at the egg, or $3 after that rebate, either way. It's a cheap cooler when comparing to other's vf900 is $40, vf1000 is $45. Accelero is $20. I don't see what your point is on the whole rebate comment.

 

[OnBoard]

Kenshai: my point with the rabate was that this review was not made when the cooler was released. Now it's cheap and much better value for money. But like I said Thermalright products don't go down in price, same as Zalman. So if you happened to buy it when it was new, it's lost half it's value, but if you buy it now then it beats pretty much everything on price/performance except Arctic Cooling.

 

[Kenshai]

Kenshai: my point with the rabate was that this review was not made when the cooler was released. Now it's cheap and much better value for money. But like I said Thermalright products don't go down in price, same as Zalman. So if you happened to buy it when it was new, it's lost half it's value, but if you buy it now then it beats pretty much everything on price/performance except Arctic Cooling.

Ah, from when it first released, my mistake. Didn't think about that, even though I read your post multiple times.

 

[1/2_Baked_Alaskan]

Xygmatek Battle Axe

I too found the HeatTapes Provided to be of no use, so I did what any Modder would do, I reached into my Box of Spare Parts, and Located A Vantek IceBerg VGA Cooler, and used the Copper Ramsinks that were Provided, oh, and they had a Much Better Thermal Tape.
In the Matter of the HeatPipe being so FN Large, I had to take a Dremel to my CopperHeatsinks and Grind them Down enough of the Fins so Could Slip them in Around the HeatPipes, easy enough, though it took a bit of Playing around with them.
Lastly, I cut the PWM Portion of the Stock Gigabyte HD4850 Heatsink and used it to Cool the PWM Circuit. My Temps seem to a little better than what you Found with yours, though I took the time and Played with it, it is in my Humble Opinion, one of the Best Dang Coolers once tweaked for top Performance.
I found the Heatsink Plate very Flat which really surprised me, so I didn't have to resort to Lapping, which I have had to do on Some Coolers in the Past.

My Rig:
Asus P5K-E Pro, Intel Core2 Duo E6850, True120 (27c Idle, 44cLoad)
4 Gigs OCZ Platinum 1066 DDR2
Gigabyte HD4850, Xygmatek BattleAxe w/Ramsink Mod
Seagate 250 Gig 7200.11 HD, Asus 20X DVD +/-RW SATA
Ultra XBlaster MidTower, Black, CoolerMaster Real Power Pro 750 PSU
Windows Vista Ultimate 64Bit, Logitech G15, G9
Sceptre X24D Monitor
Plays Great!