Anyone Running a zalman CNPS7000

[oddjob303]

I've seen these at the compusa's in my area but i still havent seen a review for it. I want to buy this sooo much but im still running AMD 650mhz non tbird w/ pc133@ pc100 speeds. I wanna skip a couple generations of amd procs and wait till hammer(pentium is too much $$$) but wondering how well these perform. All i know is its freakin heavy.

 

[KDKPSJ]

Well, I hope you could read Korean, because there are bunch of them on Korean sites. Zalman just had field test held in Korea. Anyway, I will try to give you some infos from those testers.

As you already know, CNPS7000 is devided into two, CNPS7000CU, 100% copper, and CNPS7000ALCU, aluminium and copper.
Everyone tried to install CNPS7000CU on AMD CPUs(such as Duron, T-Bird, T-Bred, any socket A one's) complains that if you do not take care, the core will be broken very easily. You have to be very careful when you install it on those Socket 462 CPUs, because, well, it's not for Socket 462.
Especially for CNPS7000CU, you have to give a special attention when you move your comp, because it weights 773g!

Here are some graphs using CNPS7000Alcu
Low Noise Mode
On that graph, Green is CAK4-88T (I have no idea what it is), pink is Zalman at low noise mode, and red is watercooling. CPU used for test is T-Bred 1700+@204x9 at 2.1v (I am sure it is T-Bred A).
High Noise Mode
Again, everything same, but Zalman at high noise mode.

There are about 6 different people who reviewed it, and everyone says:

Pros:
1. Pretty ok heatsink
2. Even at high noise mode (2600 RPM), it makes very low noise.
3. Good RPM controller
4. Using 92mm fan

Complains:
1. Officialy, do not support Socket 462
2. Without 4 holes around socket on the mobo, it is impossible to install (like Alpha's). Even with 4 holes, it is very hard to install.
3. Dangerous to install
4. Use screw to place heatsink (not clip)
5. No fan grill

Well, it seems like there are more bad opinions, heh. Oh, another thing about CNPS7000 is, this thing is HUGE. Take a look some pictures below.
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Well, as you see (if they come out correctly), it almost reach to memory socket, or other stuffs on the mobo. So, you should make sure if you have enough space for it.

I hope it helps to give you at least a bit of idea about what this thing for.

 

[oddjob303]

thx everydae yeah that thing is freakin huge when i was holdin it. you know how well the all copper one performs beause thats what ive seen at compusa

 

[Lizardman]

what? there are plenty of reviews on the next just use the yahoo search engine. Here is an example.

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