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Xigmatek AIO

Xigmatek Co., Ltd. is a new name in thermal products, It is a Taiwan company affiliated with the Xinruilian Science & Technology Co. Ltd., located out of China. This company is one of the largest fan and PC power supply makers in the world and produces the well-known X-Fan line of PC system fans. There are six founders and one major investor in Xigmatek — all of whom have many years of direct experience in the PC cooler industry. More information about Xigmatek and the company’s product line is available at the Xigmatek website.

Xigmatek is currently entering the US market, which is why the products will likely be unfamiliar to US readers. However, the company currently distributes products through primary distributors in Germany and Japan, and the products are available throughout Asia. While final pricing of the AIO will be set by the US distributor, MSRP is $69.95 with a likely street price of the Xigmatek AIO of around $60.

As the Xigmatek package proclaims, this self-contained water cooler is the AIO, or All-In-One, with an official model number of the AIO-S800P. The 800 in this case likely refers to the 80mm fan used in the design, and the P perhaps refers to «parallel» since the Xigmatek uses a pair of radiators for liquid cooling.

Inside the box is a ready-to-mount AIO, the mounting accessories for mounting the AIO on an Intel socket 775 or socket 478, and the mounts for AMD socket 754/939/940 and AM2. Xigmatek also includes an installation guide, two power converters for the fan headers to Molex connectors, and a packet of thermal grease. Everything in the package is protected by an inner plastic clamshell. Our sample was well-protected during shipping and had no visible damage when we unpacked the cooler.

If the Xigmatek looks to you like an old-time car radiator, there is a reason for that. Xigmatek has combined a bottom reservoir, just above the copper mounting plate, with a super quiet 12V pump in the reservoir area. This delivers liquid to the two radiators — one on each end of the tower — with an 80mm fan sandwiched in-between for cooling. Unique to the Xigmatek design is that no water pipes are used and water continues to cirulate even when the system is off. Xigmatel claims this design provides the least resistance to the flow of water into the radiator, which delivers an impressive 72 L/hr flow from a small 80mm design.

There are two fan connectors. One is a standard 3-pin for the water pump. If you are more comfortable this connector can be driven by an included Molex connector — useful for boards with anemic fan header wattage. There is also a standard Intel 4-pin fan connector for the variable fan speed, and an included adapter to Molex for those who prefer that route. We connected the 4-pin to the Intel header and the 3-pin to the Molex adapter for safety and experienced no problems during our testing.

Air-flow direction is indicated by an arrow on the top of the cooler, and the arrow should generally be pointed toward the back of the case, an exhaust vent, or a case fan. You can also see the cap for refilling the water system if needed. It is covered with «Warranty Void» tape, however, to reflect the fact that Xigmatek specifies a useful life of 30,000 hours before any refilling or topping off of the liquid is required.

Mounting is simple and reasonably secure with either 775 or AMD. The cooler mounts to a mounting cage (AMD) or adapters (775) that are screwed to the motherboard. The cooler rests on the mounting cage and is secured by four spring-loaded screws. You will need to remove the motherboard for mounting the AIO, but it is otherwise a fairly painless install.

The AMD/AM2 install is the more secure since it uses a complete rigid cage for mounting the cooler. The Intel install uses half-adapters molded from rigid plastic. The adapters seem rigid enough, but the half-adapter design allows a fair amount of flexing on the socket 775 motherboard used to test the Xigmatek AIO. The complete cage used for the AMD/AM2 install appears to provide better support for the 840g self-contained water cooling system.

Our sincere thanks to Frozen CPU and Xigmatek for arranging a retail review sample of the AIO.

Specifications

Our test system is Intel socket 775, but the AIO will mount on any recent AMD socket as well — including 754/939/940 and AM2. The Xigmatek kit includes the cage and spring-loaded screws for AMD processors. All the needed hardware is included, and installation is very easy on AMD/AM2 sockets once the motherboard is removed from the case.

Xigmatek AIO Specifications
Heatsink
Dimensions	114(W) X 121(D) X 127(H)mm
Weight	840g
Material	Copper Base and dual corrugated Aluminum Fin radiators
Water Block	Copper 70x54x14
Radiators	Two Aluminum 80×88.7x22mm
Water System	Refillable, should not require refilling for at least 30,000 hours
Rated Voltage	DC 12V
Pump
Voltage/Input Current	12V/0. 3A
Speed	3500rpm
Water Flow	72 L/hr
Bearing Type	Ceramic Shaft
Life Expectancy	50,000 hours
Noise Level	19dBA
Fan
Fan Size	80x80x25mm
Bearing Type	Ball Bearing
Fan Life	50,000 hours
Connector	4-pin (Intel 4-pin, PWM Ready) Variable Speed
Thermal Resistance	0. 21-0.35C/W
Speed	Lo Speed	1,800rpm	Hi Speed	3,500rpm
Noise Level	Lo Speed	20dBA	Hi Speed	32dBA
Fan Output	Lo Speed	27.88cfm	Hi Speed	52.72cfm
Air Pressure	Lo Speed	1.84mmh3O	Hi Speed	5.56mmh3O

The Xigmatek is relatively small compared to heatpipe towers. This is mostly because it is based on an 80mm fan and 80mm radiators. At 127mm high it should fit in most cases. You will need to check on the clearances for HTPC cases. The test bed EVGA 680i is a difficult to fit board due to the copper-finned heatsink and fan cooling the Northbridge. The AIO fit comfortably on the 680i. Installation was also an easy task on the ASUS Striker and ASUS Commando, and on the two new P35 ASUS boards — the P5K Deluxe and P5K3 Deluxe. The P5K3 Deluxe is another «difficult-fit» board since the heatpipes completely circle the CPU socket and connect various cooling heatsinks around the CPU socket.

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Testsystem

— Intel P4 640
— Xigmatek AIO-S80DP
— Asus P4AD2-E Premium
— 2x 512MB OCZ 667 EBT
— Club3D GeForce 6600GT
— Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 120GB
— BeQuiet BQT P4 450W

Messverfahren/Lautstärke:

Vor der Messung: Frequenzbewertung und Anzeigecharakteristik eingestellt.

Ausrichtung:

Das Messmikrofon wurde möglichst exakt auf die Schallquelle ausgerichtet.

Platzierung:

Schallpegelmesser wurde auf ein Stativ gesetzt, damit die Messungen nicht durch Griffgeräusche, Schallabschattungen (durch Hand oder Körper) oder Veränderung von Positionen verfälschen.

Die Genauigkeit beträgt bei unserem Gerät +/- 2dB bei 114 dB Schalldruck.

Die Lüfter wurden vormontiert auf den Kühlern mit einem unserer Sound-Level Meter bei einem Abstand von 50 cm gemessen.
Der „echte“ Silent Betrieb war mit unseren Geräten leider nicht mehr messbar. Hier trifft unser eigener subjektiver Eindruck zu.

(*klick* zum vergrößern)

Temperatur

Um einen möglichst praxisnahen Test zu simulieren, wurde das Gehäuse geschlossen.
Insgesamt durften zwei 120mm Gehäuselüfter im Case verbleiben und etwas Luftzirkulation mit einbringen. Die Temperatur im Idle Betrieb wurde nach 30 Minuten gemessen und die Volllast wurde mit dem Tweakers4u Toaster unserer Kollegen mit 100% Auslastung innerhalb von einer Stunde simuliert. Die Raumtemperatur lag bei ca. 22°C. Ausgelesen wird die CPU-Temperatur, für jeden nachvollziehbar, mit dem Programm Speedfan und von uns übertragen.

Um auch die wechselnden Umgebungstemperaturen beim Vergleich der Kühler zu berücksichtigen, wurde abschließend die Differenztemperatur Delta-T zwischen der ermittelten CPU Temperatur und der Umgebungstemperatur errechnet.

Als Wärmeleitpaste verwendeten wir wie immer Arctic Cooling Silicon Paste.

Das Asus Q-Fan Tool wurde deaktiviert.

Der verwendete Lüfter war bei geschlossenem Gehäuse und mit voller Drehzahl sehr laut hörbar. Über das Tool Speedfan wurde der Lüfter im zweiten Testlauf auf ca. 2.800 Umdrehungen geregelt. Dabei ist er noch wahrnehmbar, ohne aber störend aufzufallen.

Testlauf

Delta-T Xigmatek AIO-S80DP 2. 800 1/min
Xigmatek Idle Xigmatek Load
	50 25	°C

In der Vergleichstabelle sind für alle Kühler die Werte bei Standard Prozessortakt angegeben. Bei Kühlern, die über eine Drehzahlregelung verfügen, wird der erreichte Wert bei Höchstdrehzahl angegeben.

Temperaturen im Vergleich:

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coolers Akasa Revo, AURAS Conditioner and XIGMATEK AIO-S80DP (page 2)

The next cooler with the telling name «Conditioner» was released by AURAS, a regular in our cooling system tests. The box in which the novelty is delivered is made of thick cardboard. On its front side there is a photo of the cooling system, on the side — thermograms and technical characteristics of the device:

A polyurethane foam shell is inserted inside the box, in which the cooler and accessories of the package are firmly fixed. Among the latter, you can find a frame for mounting the cooler on motherboards with an LGA 775 connector, a frame for platforms with AMD K8 processors, cables for connecting the pump and fan, plastic clips, installation instructions and a syringe of thick gray thermal paste:

AURAS Conditioner (GTO-990) is a two-module cooling system consisting of a water block combined with a pump and a radiator with a fan:

The system components are interconnected by two rigid opaque hoses with an internal section of ~6 mm. Consider the components of the «air conditioner» in more detail.

The radiator of the cooling system is rather primitive. It consists of thin aluminum fins strung on tubes through which the refrigerant moves. Radiator dimensions are 99 x 61 x 138 mm with a weight of 555 grams:

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Radiator mounted 92 x 92 x 25 mm fan with PWM speed control. The speed range is claimed from 800 to 2400 rpm with a maximum airflow of 47 CFM and a noise level of 23 dBA. In order to reduce the latter, the fan is mounted on four silicone studs that reduce vibrations:

In addition, the fan is equipped with a blue light.

The second part of the cooling system from AURAS is a water block combined with a pump:

The simple device is very compact — its dimensions are only 37 x 64 x 84 mm. The power of the pump is not indicated in the specifications of the Conditioner, but the rotation speed of its rotor is declared at the level of 1400 rpm. The pump has a ceramic bearing life of 70,000 hours, and is powered by any available 3-pin connector on the motherboard, or from a Molex power supply connector using an appropriate adapter. There is a blue LED in the upper transparent part of the pump.

The design of the water block can be judged by the following scheme, borrowed from the official website:

As you can see, the architecture of the water block is extremely primitive. In modern water blocks, such a scheme (and just so implemented) has not been used for a long time. About the refrigerant and its service life inside the cooling system, no information is reported.

The base of the water block is protected by polyethylene film:

And, as it turned out, there is something to protect here:

Perfectly smooth, perfectly polished base does not require any fine-tuning and modifications.

Installation of AURAS Conditioner on motherboards is carried out using two types of fasteners, screwed to the base of the water block with four screws:

The heatsink/fan assembly is secured to the back of the system case with plastic clips. Thus, the entire cooling system is compactly placed inside the case:

Well, the backlight of the fan, coupled with the backlight of the pump, will add a bit of comfort inside your system unit case:

AURAS Conditioner is recommended for retail sale at a price of ~55 USD. Quite inexpensive for a liquid cooling system.

The third and last miracle cooler for today is the brainchild of XIGMATEK, which is also well known to our regular readers. The cardboard box is half-open on its front side, which allows you to fully see the XIGMATEK AIO-S80DP without even taking it out of the package:

The back of the box provides detailed specifications of the cooling system and its unique features.

The cooler itself is fixed in a plastic shell, molded to its size, and the following components are placed in the lower part of this very shell:

• two plastic mounts for LGA 775 and bushings for them;
• universal cooler mounting frame;
• four screws;
• cooler mount for platforms for AMD K8 family processors;
• two cables for powering the fan and pump;
• two sets of mounting screws and springs for them;
• 1 gram bag of SilMORE thermal paste.

Also included are installation instructions for the cooler in several languages:

The dimensions of the cooling system are small and amount to 121 x 114 x 128 mm with a weight of 840 grams. XIGMATEK AIO-S80DP is almost a “cube” consisting of two aluminum radiators, a fan installed between them and a pump combined with a reservoir and water block at the bottom of the device:

Detailed specifications of the cooling system are given below:

As you can see from the specifications, in essence we have a compact universal liquid cooling system, which is entirely located inside the system unit case directly on the processor.

Two aluminum radiators 80 x 88.7 x 22 mm:

The design of the radiators is made according to the classical scheme: a thin comb of fins is soldered (or glued) to the radiator channels:

An 80mm fan with PWM speed control is installed between the radiators. The structure is covered with an aluminum casing, on which the direction of air flow is indicated:

There you can also find the cap of the neck of one of the radiators sealed with a warranty sticker. The system is delivered already fully charged and ready for operation, so there is no need to top up anything. Although over time, this feature may be useful.

Water block base made of copper:

Base surface machined to a hard four:

There are also no complaints about its evenness. Unfortunately, the internal structure of the water block remained unknown, but it was possible to find a schematic arrangement of the entire XIGMATEK AIO-S80DP cooling system:

As far as can be seen from the bottom part, the water block has a cylindrical structure with a large number of thin copper rods.

There are two cables running from the cooling system to connect the 12-volt power supply to the fan and pump:

Installation of XIGMATEK AIO-S80DP on motherboards for modern Intel processors is carried out using two plastic fasteners installed on the board through bushings and attracted to the backplate:

After that, the cooling system is placed on the processor and is attracted by four screws with springs to the previously installed mounting frames:

The clamping force is very high. Despite the apparent bulkiness of the XIGMATEK AIO-S80DP, the cooler mounted on the board without any problems or interference. It remains only to connect the connectors to the motherboard (or directly to the power supply via the supplied adapters), and you can start the system.

The recommended cost of XIGMATEK AIO-S80DP is 44.9 US dollars.

The specifications and recommended cost of the cooling systems just discussed are presented in the following table:

thermal paste

Name of technical characteristics	Akasa Revo (AK-925)	AURAS Conditioner (GTO-990)	XIGMATEK AIO-S80DP*
Cooler dimensions L x W x H, (fan), mm	132 x 190 x 138 (92 x 92 x 25)	99 x 61 x 138 (92 x 92 x 25)	121 x 114 x 128 (80 x 80 x 25)
Radiator material and design	aluminum heat sink, connected by two tubes to aluminum radiator	pump combined with water block and separate block aluminum radiator with fan	two sections aluminum radiator, mounted on tank, combined with pump and copper water block
Fan speed, rpm	600 ~ 2200 (±10%)	800 ~ 2400 (±10%)	1200 ~ 3200 (±10%)
Noise level, dBA	17. 0 ~ 26.0	23 (max)	16.0 ~ 28.0
Airflow, CMF	11.44 ~ 41.96	47 (max)	27.68 ~ 52.72
Static pressure level, mmh3O	0.85 ~ 3.13	n/a	1.84 ~ 5.56
Type and number of bearings fan	1, rolling	1 hydrodynamic	2, rolling
Rated voltage fan, V	5 ~ 12	12	12
Fan operating time to failure, hour	45 000	n/a	50 000
Can be installed on CPU connectors	LGA 775, Socket AM2, 754/939/940	LGA 775, Socket AM2, 754/939/940	LGA 775, Socket AM2, 754/939/940
Gross cooler weight, grams	330	555**	840
Options (features)	fan with PWM support, Akasa	fan with PWM support and blue light, pump light	fan with PWM support
MSRP $	33.