Zalman CNPS9700 LED Processor Heatsink and Cooling Fan

Zalman CNPS9700LED

Strengths: Made of pure copper and small portion of aluminum, which ensures efficient heat transfer. 110mm Fan with blue LED looks awesome at night if u have transparent side case. Has silent mode & rpm regulator

Weakness: Very big so make sure your case can fit it. Also, be careful transporting your case w/ this thing installed as it is only held by 2 screws when attached and can potentially break off.

Overall this is an outstanding cooler. Not only is it the best air cooler available but it can also take on some liquid systems out there. I used to own a kingwin liquid cooling system but I have to say the hassle of installing one of those was not worth it. You can get the same effect with Zalman 9700. A very cool feature is the speed control that you can attach to the side of your case and...
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Overall this is an outstanding cooler. Not only is it the best air cooler available but it can also take on some liquid systems out there. I used to own a kingwin liquid cooling system but I have to say the hassle of installing one of those was not worth it. You can get the same effect with Zalman 9700. A very cool feature is the speed control that you can attach to the side of your case and adjust as needed, for instance when overclocking. Also, if your goal is to minimize the noise you can run it in silent mode with slower rpm, which would still be more than enough to cool your CPU if you are not an extreme overclocker of course. The only potential issue I can see is somewhat poor design for attaching this thing to socket 775 CPU since it is only attached w/ 2 screws. There are 4 screw spots on the bracket so I wish all 4 of them were utilized. Currently you can use either of the pair depending on which orientation you are installing it in.

By gundilok - Dec 15, 2007

Great CPU heatsink fan

Strengths: Big fan, all copper, easy to install, speed control

Weakness: speed control is manual and not controlled by the motherboard. It is also huge and heavy (but that is also a plus)

I have done a lot of research and it came down to this processor heatsink. it fits perfectly in my 900 case with the side fan installed. I would highly recommend this heatsink fan if you are trying to push your processor to the limit. Buy it and enjoy your overclock!

By Serj - Oct 7, 2007

funky lookin!

Strengths: Unique look keeps cpu very cool fairly quiet

Weakness: semi-difficult to mount large size

For the most part this HS is awesome...it keeps my E6600 OCed to 3.2gHz at 41°C idle and 50°C max load so defn does the job...it is fairly large and can be a pain to mount depending on board. I do like the fact that it has a seperate dial that allows u to adjust the fan speed as needed.

By Tophan47 - Jul 25, 2007

Zalman CPNS 9500AT

Strengths: Efficient cooling, nice look, quiet

Weakness: Price, weight

Received and installed this monster fan on my new system, with a E6600 CPU. I have not put the system on heavy load yet, but I am very impressed by how quiet the cooler is, as well as how well it cools. I am reading 28C for the CPU. Great job Zalman.

By cowfunone - Jun 20, 2007

on top but not one of the best

Strengths: it has the look and it does look very nice behind the side glass. its performance is very solid and fan is quiet. It got my e6400 overclocked to 3.0 ghz right under 60 full load and about 40 idled.

Weakness: Somewhat disappointing for me because I expected a lot more from Zalman since the 9500 series did so well. I don't think this has any improvements over the previous version of 9500.

its price is higher than better performing coolers such as tuniq tower 120 (in my mind is the best). Even the typhoon with a little cheaper price would do better than this cooler. If you don't push your chip to the limits and want to have something look nice behind the side glass door. Get this. Installation is also easier than most other top coolers.

By wisemensurvive - Mar 15, 2007