Xigmatek Gaia SD1283

By XSReviews on May 04, 2012

The Gaia is an excellent performing heatsink overall, almost keeping up with the Coolermaster Hyper 412S. Give the Gaia some higher quality thermal paste and it should easily be on par or beat the 412S. The build quality is good, everything is well...

By DreamWare Computers on November 25, 2011

Over the last couple of weeks I've had a great introduction to Xigmatek with the opportunity to check out a few of their CPU coolers. So far you've seen reviews for the high end Aegir, the entry level Loki, and today the mainstream Gaia. The...

By Hardware Secrets on October 21, 2011

The Xigmatek Gaia seems to be a bigger version of the Xigmatek Loki (sharing its problematic mounting mechanism). However, in our tests, it actually performed worse than the Xigmatek Loki. Maybe the problem is the fan, which is not strong (though it...

By TechReaction.net on July 07, 2011

The Xigmatek GAIA as well is a full-featured mainstream cooler like their AEGIR, and we are pleased to see it raising the mid to high-end of the mainstream cooler bar. The GAIA, despite it’s narrow design, performed well throughout all of our...

By TweakNews on April 06, 2011

Xigmatek's Gaia SD 1283 CPU cooler has it all covered. It's got outstanding cooling performance, a diminutive acoustic footprint, a distinctive look, an innovative direct touch design and a robust yet easily installed mounting solution. Xigmatek...

By Pro-Clockers on February 05, 2011

The Xigmatek Gaia SD1283 offers an exceptional low-cost performance cooling solution that would make a great replacement for someone looking to upgrade from the stock cooler. The noise level difference alone would be more than enough to welcome the...