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P4 Coolers - Zalman CNPS7000-Cu vs Thermaltake Spark 7

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Almighty1

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Hello all:

I was wondering if anyone actually compared the two or is there a review comparing the two somewhere since I want to know what the performance difference is in cooling between these two since the Zalman is known as the quietest and the ThermalTake is known as the Highest performing at one of the online shops so having a hard time deciding. If I do get either one of them to try out, do I have to take the entire motherboard out to change heatsinks since my previous systems had all been slot 1 motherboards with the socket370 converter so it mounts a different way.
 
Zalman has my vote altho I'd go for the Al-Cu model (i did go for it 😀) ... nearly the same performance at a cheaper cost and lighter wieght
 
I have no respect for Thermaltake heatsinks. The Zalman is an awesome HSF, you are insulting it by comparing it to the TT. The Zalman will most certainly give you quieter cooling and better performance should you crank the fan up a bit. It will definitely give you better performance for sound then the TT. I am in no way a Zalman fanboy, but all TT heatsinks are junk. I adamantly encourage you to get the Zalman over the TT.
 
I thought ThermalTake wasn't that bad since the Spark 7 I know got great reviews. But then the Zalman looks cool, the only problem is no one compared it to anything else. Got a question though, are the P4c-3.2Ghz chips actually hotter in temps than the PIII 1Ghz 133FSB chips?
 
I have been using the Zalman cooler for a couple of weeks now and it is great.
Runs cool, looks cool, sounds quiet - the perfect CPU cooler in my few.
It is big and is only for socket 478, mounting it only took a couple of minutes and doesn't require a motherboard out unlike some of the other 'big' coolers.
 
Thanks George Powell... The only reason I asked is I never had a socket motherboard ever since the Pentium days. The PII/PIII I had was a slot one motherboard so with the FCPGA CPUs, I used a slot converter and I always did the HS/fan and AS3 outside on the coverter and then plug the entire thing in so it was more mounted sideways rather than flat like socketed CPUs. The Zalman cooler is also for the Athlon64 I think right? I'm going to order a Zalman from SVC cooler but since I have the P4c-3.2Ghz CPU, 2GB of 512MB PC3200 DDR400 modules.... I'm kinda dying to upgrade my box... but I guess I'll wait until the Zalman arrives...
 
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