The Dark Knight was no pushover, but its performance and ease of installation were definitely a notch behind its nearest rivals.
Its new innovation in ceramic coating proves to provide great thermal performance and Xigmatek continues to provide great consistency in quality...
Here's what Frostytech has been able to find out. The black ceramic coating on the Xigmatek Dark Knight SD1283 Night Hawk Ed. heatsink is described as high thermal conductivity metal surface treatment by its manufacturer; SAU Applied Materials. ...
When unboxing the Dark Knight SD1283 Night Hawk Edition the first thing which will strike the user is that it feels noticeably different to most coolers. As well as giving the cooler a unique look it has a very distinct feel too, very slightly...
Today we are looking at the Night Hawk Edition of the Dark Knight cooler, set to bolster Xigmateks’ ever expanding product portfolio. Xigmatek produce many chassis designs alongside a range of power supplies. They are well known for their CPU...
Xigmatek is a company that's usually known to make CPU coolers, PC Cases and fans, just like many companies out there, and also known to use orange coloured fans for their CPU Coolers.Apart from the orange coloured fan blades, they also love to use...
We revised our test setup, and submitted 33 popular CPU coolers to our rigorous new tests. Read on to find out which one cools the best, which one is the most silent, and most importantly, which one gives you the best value for your money. When you...
With these two coolers tested, I can tack up another tally on the "performed as expected" in my records. At a $50 price tag, the Xigmatek Dark Knight SD1283 hangs onto the performance bracket of mid-range coolers. The Loki SD963 is a little more...
Erase from your mind the previous SD1283 coolers, and you are left with one – the Nighthawk – which on its own is a great cooler from an established company in the cooling market. Coating a cooler with ceramic might be outside the box a...
Xigmatech has been a recent edition to the CPU cooler market. Established in 2005, they have been releasing cooling solutions for many different configurations, designs, and budgets. We will be reviewing their 4th entry into the SD1283 line of coolers,...
The Xigmatek Dark Knight Night Hawk Edition has an excellent cooling performance, especially when taking into account that it is a medium-size cooler with only one 120 mm fan. In our system, it doesn’t interfere with any memory socket, allowing us...
First thing first, you cannot talk about the Xigmatek SD1283 Dark Knight Night Hawk without talking about the ceramic coating. I can’t say that the cooler performed as well as it done because of it but it did performed pretty darn well. In our...
Video Review: The Xigmatek Dark Night SD1283 CPU Cooler perform well, looks amazing, includes one 120mm fan (but another can be added) and fits all sockets. It has lots of aluminum fins and three 8mm heatpipes which come in direct contact with the...
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Mit dem Gaia lieferte Xigmatek einen sehr guten Ersatz für den unbeliebten Boxed-Kühler. Mit dem Dark Knight SD1283 will der Hersteller noch einen Schritt weitergehen und den Kühler auch im hochpreisigeren Markt positionieren. Dies ist...
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