Zalman vs Arctic Cooling

[Cheex]

Zalman 9500 vs Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro

I want to buy one but...
Who wins price/performance ?

Prices are as follows:
ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 92mm 2 Ball Blue LED Light Cooling Fan with Heatsink
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Drum roll please...Ta-DA!! http://www.provantage.com/artic-acfzp7~7ARCT004.htm


...Galvanized

 

[krotchy]

Performance - CNPS9500
Price - Freezer Pro
Price/Performance - Freezer Pro
Looks - CNPS9500 (IMO)

You cant go wrong with either, so decide whats most important and go with it.

 

[Cheex]

Originally posted by: krotchy
Performance - CNPS9500
Price - Freezer Pro
Price/Performance - Freezer Pro
Looks - CNPS9500 (IMO)

You cant go wrong with either, so decide whats most important and go with it.

Personally, budget....Price/Performance wins....Freezer 7 Pro...
Thanks a lot.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: Cheex
Zalman 9500 vs Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro

I want to buy one but...
Who wins price/performance ?

Gotta go with the (Provantage) Freezer 7 Pro for price/performance...

 

[RallyMaster]

Another vote for Freezer 7 Pro (I own a Freezer 64 Pro).

 

[acegazda]

how does the freezer 7 pro stack up against the freezer 64 pro... the ninja/mine?

 

[996GT2]

To Acegazda:
Freezer 7 pro has about identical performance to the F64 Pro. Should be very close to the Scythe Mine and a bit worse than the Ninja.

To the OP:
I don't think the performance of the Zalman 9500 is justified by its high price. The Freezer 7 should be good for your needs, and if you want a more powerful HSF look to the Scythe Ninja, which is better than the 9500 anyway. (Cheaper too)

I have a Freezer 64 Pro in my system and my parents have a Freezer 4 in their Northwood P4 system. Both have worked very well and are very quiet when hooked up to a fan controller. My parents' computer actually idles in the low 30C range (that's usually AMD territory )

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: 996GT2
I don't think the performance of the Zalman 9500 is justified by its high price...

Agreed!

Zalmans look better though. Personally, I don't like flower fan aesthetics, but a LOT of ppl do. They're instantly recognizable, and a status symbol, of sorts, like, "Sweet, you got a Zalman in there, huh?" then "Wow! you got two Zalmans! How much did those set you back?"

Freezers are a kludge. In other words, no bragging rights! However, from a price/performance perspective, they're pretty hard to beat!