Zalman 7000-Cu vs. Intel HSF Comparison

[bozo1]

Well, I couldn't deal with the noise from my retail HSF. I had the retail Intel one that ships with the 3.2c chips - copper base, aluminum fins hooked up to my Intel 875 mobo variable-speed CPU fan header. When it would get warm in the room and the fan RPM's got above 4800 or so, the thing was just too loud. It was louder than my Dual AMD system with two 42CFm Sunon fans.

Swapped out out for the Zalman and now my CPU temps are 6-8 degrees lower, fan RPM's at 2375 (full blast), and I can't hear it above my case fans.

 

[mindwreck]

that zalman heatsink beats the stock HS hands down.. full copper 92mm fan. this kind of comparison is an insult to the 7000 cu

 

[bozo1]

I know but I was after quietness. I was surprised at how loud the stock hsf was.

 

[RalfHutter]

Yeah, I was bored the other day and pulled my SLK900 off my 875PBZ and replaced it with the stock 3.0C (the copper base one) HSF just to see how well it would perform compared to my SLK900U + 92mm Panaflo combo. Ha! No comparison, the retail fan is so darn noisey it drove me crazy within 30 minutes). The RPM kept changeing every few minutes too. Up, down, up, down. How silly. And, to top it all off, even with all that racket, it doesn't cool as well as my SLK900 + 8V Panaflo L1A combo. Needless to say, the SLK900 is back in place quietly doing it's job.

 

[Slammy1]

You need quieter case fans .

 

[Ketchup]

The original P4 heatsink was nice and quiet, but, starting with the C1's, Intel decided these things needed to be heard, maybe so we can know they are working. Glad you found a better, quieter solution.

 

[User1001]

my stock 3.0c never went above 2500 rpm and was quiet. (Though performance sucked)