Xigmatek Dark Knight II, good for today Intel K's overclock?

[Slazyel]

Hi guys,

 

Currently i have a i5 8400 and plan to upgrade to a i5 8600k/9600k or a i7 8700k/9700k.

 

I got that cooler Brand new in a sale and was wondering if it can handle good overclock numbers for those processors.

 

I've also heard that it is better than the well known CM 212X Evo.

[GoldenLag]

do you have a Z series board to be able to overclock?

[Fasauceome]

Only 3 heat pipes, and not a particularly large looking surface area. Better than stock Intel, but not particularly beefy looking. Have you managed to find any thermal performance numbers on this product?

[Slazyel]

38 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

do you have a Z series board to be able to overclock?

Yes. I have a strix z370

[Slazyel]

20 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Only 3 heat pipes, and not a particularly large looking surface area. Better than stock Intel, but not particularly beefy looking. Have you managed to find any thermal performance numbers on this product?

Not on newer processors. But it is better than the 212x evo for haswell and older processors for example.

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, Slazyel said:

Not on newer processors. But it is better than the 212x evo for haswell and older processors for example.

If it's better on one processor, it should be better on all processors, considering same size CPU. Dissipating heat is its only job.

[WoodenMarker]

5 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Only 3 heat pipes, and not a particularly large looking surface area. Better than stock Intel, but not particularly beefy looking. Have you managed to find any thermal performance numbers on this product?

Heatpipe count isn't everything. The Dark Knight II comes with large 8mm heatpipes compared the 6mm's found on Hyper 212's and the center heatpipe is positioned right above the die. It should be fine with a moderate oc. I'm having trouble finding the benchmarks for the Dark Knight II since the original Dark Knight is often mislabelled as the II but they should be similar. I wouldn't be surprised if the sites that hosted the benchmarks have since gone down. Xigmatek's site is currently missing much of the usual documentation and the only Dark Knight cooler listed is the SD1483. 

[Zando_]

If you want to OC, you need a fricken beefy cooler. My 8600K at 5Ghz still hits over 80C in stress tests on an NH-D15S with dual fans (it's in an S340 Elite with a full complement of fans, so airlfow isn't the best but it's pretty good). About 60C in gaming though. 

[Slazyel]

48 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

If you want to OC, you need a fricken beefy cooler. My 8600K at 5Ghz still hits over 80C in stress tests on an NH-D15S with dual fans (it's in an S340 Elite with a full complement of fans, so airlfow isn't the best but it's pretty good). About 60C in gaming though. 

I have a sharkoon tg5 with 4 fans that comes with it plus a cm mf120 airflow rgb. Think it has a good amount of airflow. If i can game at 5.0ghz with 80+85c i will be fine too.

[Slazyel]

55 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

Heatpipe count isn't everything. The Dark Knight II comes with large 8mm heatpipes compared the 6mm's found on Hyper 212's and the center heatpipe is positioned right above the die. It should be fine with a moderate oc. I'm having trouble finding the benchmarks for the Dark Knight II since the original Dark Knight is often mislabelled as the II but they should be similar. I wouldn't be surprised if the sites that hosted the benchmarks have since gone down. Xigmatek's site is currently missing much of the usual documentation and the only Dark Knight cooler listed is the SD1483. 

The SD1483 is exactly the one i got

[LogicalDrm]

10 hours ago, Slazyel said:

The SD1483 is exactly the one i got

Stick with it and see what you can get. Looking at reviews, 212 wouldn't be significant upgrade and so if you think upgrade is needed, go for 140mm tower or something else which would be clearly better.