Great work everyone, good information

One thing I'm still dabbling in is how to work out its theoretical performance with a given fan setup and how much efficiency they lose past the power spec., when they're only rated for 130W TDP. S1284 is very likely to be better than the S1283 just due to the TM and fan though, as long as you have good base contact.

Quote Originally Posted by Cpl Ledanek View Post
Off the top of my head, thats only the second accurately working E8400 DTS I've seen here, exactly as the working ES samples at load with a TT120.

You can order Xigmatek S1283 and S1284 from many online places, but make note the S1284 they list and don't describe or picture is the HDT-D1284 (around 39 EUR mark), not the S1284 replacing S1283.