Zalman coolers

[skullrebell]

I'm interested in zalman coolers  for my cpu, but i was watching a video and it stated that their useless in horizontal cases , any truth to this?

[thekeemo]

personally I think total BS

[mvitkun]

I'm interested in zalman coolers  for my cpu, but i was watching a video and it stated that their useless in horizontal cases , any truth to this?

How would that make any sense?

Which heatsink in particular?

What video?

[skullrebell]

personally I think total BS

as do I i just dont know because it seems plausible? but im just trying to decide on a heatsink to purchase that will fit with my saphire vapor x r9 290, 4 dims of corsair vengance  tall,  msi z97 gaming 45 mobo and not a aio liquid cooler as i just dislike them. and both fanteks options ive reviewed dont seem like they will work, and the corsair 212 evo seems like it wont be enfough, and i dont think the noctua nh d15 will work with my ram.

[skullrebell]

How would that make any sense?

Which heatsink in particular?

What video?

searching for link, believe one without led, and it seemed plausible due to how they were saying the vapor in the tubes would stay in one spot unless in a vertical case.

[skullrebell]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1YH1GW1047 this is the one im most interested in

[capawesome9870]

I'm interested in zalman coolers  for my cpu, but i was watching a video and it stated that their useless in horizontal cases , any truth to this?

 

in theory the the orientation of the Tower heatsink would make a difference but i do not think it is much. . . .

so i tested with a room of 26c and a Prime95 for about 5 minutes i got these results. 

 

Motherboard Flat, tower standing up

after 5 minutes the temperature normalized 61c

after the test it took about 1 minute to reach 42c

Took about 3 more minutes to reach a temperature of 36c (which is my normal idle temp so i moved to the next temp)

 

a side note, the "MB" sensor temperature went from 33c to 32c when the system was laying flat

 

 

 

motherboard vertical, tower horizontal with the heat pipes aligned horizontal

after 5 minutes the temperature normalized at 61c

after test it took about 1 minute to reach 42c

and again took about 3 more minutes to reach 36c

 

 

although i did only do a 5 minute test in both positions the heatsinks reached 59-60c with in 2-3 minutes and only went up 1 degree (to 61c) and stayed there for the rest of the 5 minutes so i stopped the tests. 

 

i would say that that the orientation doesn't matter too much. 

 

 

 

 

 

test ran with the system below with 5x 120mm 1200RPM fans blowing in (2 side panel, 2 front, 1 bottom) and 3x 120mm 900RPM fans exhausting air out (2x top an 1 top rear) (plus the 120mm PSU fan at the bottom with the fan inside the case blowing out).  also a 120MM Coolermaster Silkflow 1800RPM (i think it is rated for 2k) attached to the Zalman CNPS 10x Quiet heatsink, orientated to blow air towards the top 120mm fans. 

 

test ran was prim95 in-place large FFTs on 8 cores

 

 

as do I i just dont know because it seems plausible? but im just trying to decide on a heatsink to purchase that will fit with my saphire vapor x r9 290, 4 dims of corsair vengance  tall,  msi z97 gaming 45 mobo and not a aio liquid cooler as i just dislike them. and both fanteks options ive reviewed dont seem like they will work, and the corsair 212 evo seems like it wont be enfough, and i dont think the noctua nh d15 will work with my ram.

 

i think it is the Cooler Master 212 EVO, and that is a great cooler for the price may not have as much cooling capacity as a NH-D15 but will still do the job.  i picked up my Zalman Heatsink on sale, if it was for it being cheaper i would of got the evo.