Product ReviewsZalman CNPS8000B Pure COPPER/ALUMINUM Heatpipe CPU Cooler 92MM LGA1156 1155 1366 775 AM3 AM2+ AM2
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 Rating: Review Date: 01/13/13  |
Cons: Serious overclockers will want something larger
Pros: Quiet, effective, and very easy to install |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/25/12 |
Cons: - Rear mounting plate *may* interfere on some boards, but not mine.
Pros: - Low profile, offset design.- Quiet- Good cooling Comment:
I purchased this for use on my LGA1155 mITX board. I specifically needed something that would clear the RAM slots ok with standard height modules, clear the PCIe port for a GPU and be low enough for a mITX case with limited headroom. From my research, this is the only heatsink I could find that fit the bill. It runs about 10C cooler than the Intel HSF and even at 100% fan speed, it only emits a whooshing which isn't offensive at all.Alternatively for those of you looking at the 100mm Scythe Shuriken, be advised that because the bulk of that heatsink isn't offset relative to the base, it WILL block the PCIe slot on most present gen mITX boards by an annoying few mm. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/03/12 |
Cons: It would appear that for whatever reason I have been able to break my main motherboard with this setup. very poor instructions on how to tighten screws
Pros: seems to keep things cooler than stock. nice and quiet Comment:
Instructions say nothing about tightening. Upon initial inspection I noticed the springs with the stops for the screws so when tightening down I did not think that it would harm to tighten to the stops ... wrong. After the first board I figured that maybe getting it out of the case I had hit something.Needing a computer downstairs, I salvaged another board and installed the cooler on it... same results. Everything turns on with no post. On this board I attempted to loosen the screws thinking that maybe it was too tight.... sure enough I was able to get a system to post. I put the stock setup back onto the original board however it still will not post. It seems to work fine on the current board and is nice and quiet. i just would have preferred a little better instructions to be included. Hopefully with this review being the first no one else will follow in my footsteps and tighten too much. |
Bought this to replace the small aluminum cooler that came with an i7-3770K. The Zalman cooler installed easily without fiddling, it's very quiet; with the CPU at 100% and reporting 65 C, the fan stays at an inaudible 1100 rpm. It moves enough air to keep voltage regulators and memory happy. I've used Zalman coolers in several builds and have never been disappointed.