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Old New Coolers from Zalman, Tuniq, Noctua and Thermaltake for the Overclocked Yorkfield Processor (page 3)

Category: Coolers

by Sergey Lepilov

[ 04/29/2008 | 06:44 PM ]

Installation Tips

Zalman CNPS7500-Cu LED cooler can be installed onto contemporary mainboards for Intel processors quite easily. Note that nevertheless you will have to remove the board from the system case before installation, so that you could attach the plastic retention bracket to it first. The cooler retention clip catches on to it when the cooler is installed:

And that’s all. Although I have to say that the cooler is not pressed too hard against the processor heat-spreader, because we could feel Zalman CNPS7500-Cu LED slide over it a little. In case of K8 processors, the clip catches onto a standard plastic socket frame, so, you won’t have to remove the mainboard from the case.

The cooler seems to be very compact inside the case and doesn’t stay in the way of any other electronic components:

One of advantages of this cooling system is the direction of the airflow from the fan to the mainboard power elements and their heatsinks. According to Zalman engineers, this reduces the operational temperature of these elements and hence improves the overall system stability.

Besides, the cooler casts soft blue lighting:

The recommended price of the Zalman CNPS7500-Cu LED cooler is close to that of contemporary super-coolers and equals $45. It is pretty expensive for a simple copper cooler, I suppose. However, Zalman has never been known for democratic pricing…