Xigmatek Venus XP-SD1266 Cooler Review

1. Introduction2. Packaging3. Xigmatek Venus XP-SD12664. Installation5. Testing Methodology and Performance results6. Acoustic Performance7. Closing thoughts8. View All Pages

Today we are going to test the Xigmatek Venus XP-SD1266 with the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition CPU.  We recently tested another cooler of similar dimensions from Akasa which we will use as a comparison during testing.  Each cooler tested today will only use a single fan to keep things on a level playing field.

We like to try and mirror ‘realistic’ conditions when possible, so instead of the ‘open bench concept’, we are mounting our test system inside the Enermax Fulmo GT Full Tower.

Room ambient temperatures were maintained at a steady 20c throughout testing.

AMD System:

Processor: AMD PII X6 1090T Black Edition
Coolers: Xigmatek Venus XP-SD1266, Akasa Venom Voodoo (1 fan)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46
Thermal Paste: Arctic MX-4
Power Supply: SilverStone Strider Plus 850W
Chassis: Enermax Fulmo GT
Memory: 8GB Avexir DDR3 1600
Graphics Card: HIS HD 5570

There are several different applications available that will load a processor to the limit while running through a series of complicated calculations. For today’s testing we are going to use the latest version of Prime 95.

Prime95 is a popular freeware application that can be used to stress test the CPU.

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At stock speeds the Xigmatek Venus XP-SD1266 does a fine job keeping the 1090T well below 50c.  With the fan running at full speed on both units the Xigmatek cooler  remained 2c cooler then the Venom Voodoo with Prime 95 running.

Even at 4.0 GHz the Xigmatek Venus XP-SD1266 kept our 1090T at 56 degrees Celsius while running Prime 95.  The Xigmatek Venus XP-SD1266 beat the Venom Voodoo by 5c, which is a significant margin.

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