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This cooler is compatible with Intel’s 775 socket and a whole list of AMD sockets. Installation for my socket 775 motherboard is done by using the same retention principle as used on your original Intel cooler. It’s easy and it works really well.

The
HDT-S1283 has a similar look as the Achilles. The fin structure is less radical as the Achilles but it bares the same orange fan and it looks quite attractive. Here you can see the cooler installed on my motherboard and it’s quite easy to install the cooler, removing is a tad more difficult because the fan is mostly in the way for you to reach out to the retention clips.

I used SiSoftsandra’s built in Burn in tool to stress the system and the idle temperatures were measured during internet browsing and minor computer activity.

• All the temperatures were measured using Speed fan.
• All these temperatures were measured with a room temperature of around 21 degrees Celsius.
• And the results are displayed in Celsius

System used

• Intel Pentium E6300 with Arctic Silver 5
• Asus P5B
• 2x 1GB PC6000 CL4.0 HyperX
• Sapphire X1950Pro with Arctic Silver Ceramic
• 1x 74gb WD Raptor HDD
• 1x NEC DVD Burner

The Xigmatek HDT-S1283 did the same job as the Achilles. They performed almost identical. The fan on the Achilles is a tad noisier than the S1283, but both fans are controlled by PWM which means that they only spin up once the processor gets too hot. In regular desk work the fan would keep really quiet, but intense gaming or crunching numbers, the fan would occasionally spin up. Both the Achilles and the S1283 are two very good coolers and they are nearly identical, but if you want something a bit more flashy than go with the Achilles, if you just want a normal heat pipe cooler which is cheap and performs good than go with the S1283 or the smaller SD964.

Final words

• Easy Installation
• High compatibility
• Quiet
• Good price/quality/performance ratio