Today on the bench I've got Xigmatek's Balder CPU cooler, one of their HDT (Heatpipe Direct Touch) series. Faced with some of the hottest and fastest processors available today how does it fare? We'll find out as we strap it to something and...
By The Best Case Scenario onThe Xigmatek Balder may not be at the forefront in terms of performance but it provides good value for money. The cooler was a little noisy with the fan at full speed but when left to the motherboard to control, this was substantially reduced. We would...
By HardwareHeaven onThe Xigmatek Balder SD1283 continues in the HDT technology tradition, a design that we've seen is extremely effective for cooling efficiency when used in a tower-style setup. An interesting observation here is that we've also seen that the...
By Pureoverclock onOverall, I was quite happy with Xigmatek Balder CPU cooler’s performance. It performed quite well, next to a much more expensive cooler, and even surpassed it in some areas. For a budget PC enthusiast I would say this cooler is a great choice....
By OverclockersQH onThe two coolers I have reviewed and tested today prove that beauty can be effective, even though not always. Xigmatek Balder features a nice-looking shiny heatsink, dazzling heat pipes and pretty fan highlighting, but also delivers decent cooling...
By X-bit Labs onThe Xigmatek Balder SD1283 includes one 120mm cooling fan, but can fit a second unit on the reverse side of...
By Benchmark Reviews onXigmatek's Balder SD 1283 CPU cooler has it all covered. It's got outstanding cooling performance, a distinctive look, an innovative direct touch design and mounting solutions that are second to none. Xigmatek has done a great job with the...
By TweakNews onZusammenfassend lässt sich festhalten, dass beide Kühler mit wenigen Ausnahmen im Test überzeugen konnten. Der Alpenföhn Matterhorn konnte vor allem durch die exzellenten Lüfter überzeugen, die selbst bei 12V nur minimal zu...
By AwardFabrik
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El Xigmatek Balder, es una excelente eleccion para sustituir a nuestro disipador de serie, con un elegante diseño y que ofrece unos resultados sin overclocking bastante aceptables, si bien no supero nuestra prueba de overclocking con el Core i7 920...
By Sabios del PC
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Zwar kann der Balder in der Optik und der Leistung nicht viel Neuerungen bieten, jedoch glänzt auch dieser Kühler aus dem Hause Xigmatek nicht nur bei den Leistungen. Die gesamte Optik ist mit dem Chrom-Look sehr edel und hochwertig...
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