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May 2009
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The editors liked
Dual HDT technology
Attractive shaped fins and dark nickel finish
Antivibration fan mounts included for adding fans
Impressive cooling capability even without a fan
Incredible Price
Awesome Design
Decent Temps
Ability to expand to 2 Fans
Gun Metal Finish
Decent Passive Cooling Temps
High quality
Good performance
Well packed
Excellent cooling performance
Excellent passive cooler
Great look
Seven heatpipes
Effective direct touch design
Wide compatibility
Meets and exceeds our previous best performance
Seven total large-gauge heat-pipes
Staggered aluminum alloy fins offer excellent dissipation
Includes bolt-through mounting kit
Cools the most overclocked computer systems
Good looks
Direct heat pipe contact to the CPU heat spreader
The editors didn't like
Difficult to install
No included fan
Size can interfere with tall ram heatspreaders
Sharp corners on heatsink
No fan included.
Very tedious and frustrating installation
No fans included
BIG
May not fit in some cases
Premium pricing
No spare soft rubber Tclip supplied
Does not include cooling fans
Large size
And you need to use the provided tools to tighten the heatsink mounting screws
The Thor’s Hammer is a beautiful CPU cooler. With its nickel-plated black metallic look and its fancy fin design, it is very eye-catching.But appearance is not everything. Although its performance wasn’t bad at all, it performed a little worse than its...
Abstract: Today on the bench is the Xigmatek Thor's Hammer, their top-end heatsink offering. Also on the bench is AMD's top-end chip. When the smoke clears, will Thor triumph, or has he met Ragnarok in Thuban? We'll find out!Xigmatek has graciously offered us th...
Incredible Price, Awesome Design, Decent Temps, Ability to expand to 2 Fans, Gun Metal Finish, Decent Passive Cooling Temps,
Although the Thors Hammer didn’t not blow the competition away it did stayed in step and in some cases surpassed the competition. The cost of this cooler for what you get is very impressive, this was by far the nicest looking cooler out of all the test...
Dual HDT technology, Attractive shaped fins and dark nickel finish, Antivibration fan mounts included for adding fans, Impressive cooling capability even without a fan
Difficult to install, No included fan, Size can interfere with tall ram heatspreaders
The Xigmatek Thor’s Hammer definitely does not disappoint if you are looking for a cooler with impressive cooling capability. It handled everything I threw at it heatwise with relative ease, even right out of the box without a fan for thos...
Abstract: Video Review: If you're in the market for a medium sized cooler that performs well, looks great and has the option of installing two 120mm fans, this might be the cooler for you. The Xigmatek Thor's Hammer CPU Cooler might not be the best performing cooler on the market, but it still ranks high in it's class.
This is a very nice cpu cooler, I had my doubts about Xigmatek in the past but this certainly changed my mind. The cooler performs outstanding even compared vs a Zalman cpu cooler as we saw in the earlier test. The only flaw that I have seen is that n...
Excellent cooling performance, Excellent passive cooler, Great look, Seven heatpipes, Effective direct touch design, Wide compatibility
Very tedious and frustrating installation, No fans included, BIG, may not fit in some cases
Xigmatek's Thor's Hammer is a formidable weapon in the battle against processor heat. It performed on par with the very best coolers in the comparison using a couple of inexpensive and quiet fans. The Hammer is a big cooler, particularly with two 120...
The unique design adds curb appeal ) The new cooler from Xigmateks is definitely a nice change of pace. Its nice to see some new designs coming out for CPU coolers. The great thing about "Thors Hammer" is that not only is it an interesting new...
Abstract: Standing 157mm tall, the Xigmatek Thors Hammer heatsink tips the scales at 800 grams and has a rather boxy footprint of 120 x 116mm. It accomodates one or two 120mm fans that mount to the fins with special rubber vibration absorbing posts. ...
