Xigmatek S126384 “Thor’s Hammer” CPU Cooler Review

Packaging and Accessories

Even though you can't really make it out in the photos above, the box for the Thor's Hammer is massive. This has not been done to try and make it more grandiose or stand out from the crowd but rather for the simple reason that the cooler residing within is a titan.

Let’s face it, any packaging container whether it be a bag of crisps or a box of memorabilia has two main jobs. The first is to protect is contents and from a structural standpoint we have no issue what so ever with this box. It is reinforced with extra layers of cardboard and should be able to withstand any of life’s bumps and bruises. In a nutshell, it is an decently designed protective enclosure.


Unlike the previous Xigmatek coolers which were wrapped in Styrofoam, this big boy is in a plastic clam-shell case. This shell allows the S126384 to float in the center of the box with a huge crumple zone above and below it.


The list of accessories is fairly well rounded, but we do have some nits to pick with the list. You get a small ketchup style “one shot” applicator of TIM, 8 rubber fan mounts, a small instruction pamphlet, a dual purpose backplate for both i7 and 775, dual use brackets for both 775 and i7 (with mounting bolts and springs), two small screws to attach the brackets to your brand new cooler and a AMD lever style mounting bar for AMD systems.

What really bugged us was the fact the mounting bolts and their springs did not come with retaining clips or any other way to attach them to the brackets. The long bolts had a recessed lip where a clip could be attached to hold them in place BUT Xigmatek did not include them, as they did with the 775 only crossbow kit. This may not seem like such a big deal (and one could argue that it makes swapping from 775 to i7 easier as they just fall off) but it does make installing them that much more difficult. For the cost of TWO older Xigmatek S1283 coolers, we expected the mounting kit on the Thor's Hammer to be as user-friendly and easy to use as possible. It isn't.