heres the last page translated by google of the review in french.....
http://www.matbe.com/articles/refroid/zalman-cnps-9500/page12.php
The Conclusion--
The Zalman products seldom disappointed us. This CNPS 9500 LED does not escape the rule and proves also tempting. Firstly it profits from the quality of Zalman manufacture. The parts are very well machined and the exemplary completion. Then, Zalman very planned for the installation until in depth. Nothing misses on this level and the installation is really easy. Zalman also thought of the various provisions of the sockets so that its CNPS 9500 LED is always positioned in its ideal position. The bundle also contains celebrates it variator of Fan tension Subdue 2 which is accompanied by adhesive in order to stick it to an external wall of your case to facilitate the access of them.
In terms of pure performances, the 9500 is located at a very good level and is the ventirad most powerful Zalman ever left by the mark. In 12, 9 and 7 volts, it is however outdistanced somewhat by the kings of the category: Thermalright Xp-90 and Xp-120. But its design incorporating the ventilator within the wings enable him to put everyone of agreement in 5 volts and to make as well as Gigabyte G-Power Pro, much noisier in 5 volts than Zalman. It is its force there: its propensity to continue to cool very correctly even with low rotation.
On the level of the sound harmful effects, they are not quietest of the ventirads tested and if one excludes Thermalright Xp-120, it is that which offers the best sound compromise performances/nuisances. Remain to see whether it will be always the case when we incorporate Thermalright Xp-90 C in our comparative, which could not delay. The CNPS 9500 LED is however already very near to Xp-90 tested with Zalman 92 millimetres similar to that which it uses and it is only in 5 volts that Zalman 9500 manages to make the difference.
If we summarize, we can say that this CNPS 9500 LED is compatible with all the sockets (except late the socket 462), that its obstruction enables him to be installed on all the mother charts, that its weight is reasonable and that its performances are very good without generating exaggerated sound harmful effects. There remain to him however two obstacles to become impossible to circumvent: its very high price of 60 euros and performances of Thermalright. The price is élement temporary since at the launch of a product, the price is always with its maximum. It should consequently be able to be in the neighbourhoods of the 45-50 euros by the end of the year, which would position it definitely better vis-a-vis posted Xp-90 with 33 euros without ventilator. You will thus have included/understood it, the 9500 LED is excellent produced but it is still and always Thermalright which makes the law in the field of the solutions of air cooling... For recall, Xp-90 is the only product to which we granted a score of 5 stars. Zalman on its side deserves 4.5 stars well...
I did read the review and in the 12,9 and 7 volt catagorie even though it held its own...it was outdistanced by a few also notable heatsinks...yet in the 5 volt catagorie thats where the Zalman 9500 took center stage!!
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