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Xigmatek Battle-Axe VGA Cooler |
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| 9.7 | Xigmatek has truly outdone themselves in price/performance with the Battle-Axe. With the possibility of purchasing the Battle-Axe for under even $25 USD after mail-in rebate, there really just isn't any other VGA cooler that can outdo it in price/performance. The only issues I had with this cooler weren't actually related to the Battle-Axe itself but in fact the ramsinks Xigmatek included. My first issue was the useless thermal tape pre-applied to them which I simply had to remove and use Arctic Ceramique. Secondly, no ultra-low profile ramsinks were provided to account for how closely the heatpipes come to two of the memory modules. Despite those two issues, I was otherwise extremely impressed. Installation of the Battle-Axe was extremely simple, taking no more than 10 minutes, and the core temperatures were outstanding, far outperforming the HR-03 GT at less than half the price. |
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