Zalman is back with the CNPS9800 MAX: A new benchmark for the £12 cooler

[brownninja97]

doing this in college so may contain less information then normal.

Recently zalman dies, more recently zalman gave death the finger. They are back and they are at it again with a new cpu cooler however instead of attacking the budget bracket they are making a new bracket. The £15 bracket, sounds low and yes it might be but for that price you get 120watts of cooling ability which is pretty good with all things considered. 

 

 

It comes with the standard issue zalman features, the fins arent copper however because they do need to get a profit somewhere, and yes 2 6mm heatpipes isnt a lot but its backed by a 120mm fan which isnt two bad.

 

rpm range: 900-2200

 

cfm: 46.7 @ 1500rpm

 

Fancy words to make it seem like they have innovated. So the placement of the heat pipes means that the the dead zone issue will be reduced. 

 

The fins have fancy designs, this causes turbulence and that is a very good thing to have especially with a cooler at this price bracket.

the dimensions

This is zalmans attempt at returning fire at linus because they dont have a square frame around the fan.

 

Grease me senpai

 

Here is all of the stuff which comes with this cooler. It supports all the stuff it should support.

 

Prices:

 

UK: £12

 

US: $15

 

Euros: Not known as of yet

 

Sources:

 

http://zalman.com/global/product/Product_Read.php?Idx=939

 

http://www.hwp.ru/news/Zalman_planiruet_nachat_prodazhi_novogo_CPU_kulera_bashennogo_tipa_modeli__CNPS9800_MAX_136891/

[Tagiau]

When will they learn that circles don't attract people. proof being minecraft. 

[brownninja97]

When will they learn that circles don't attract people. proof being minecraft. 

 

 

no hard feelings

[qwertywarrior]

120 watts for that price is pretty good

[Fulgrim]

>Grease me senpai

 

 

God dammit, lost it when i read that.

[Tagiau]

no hard feelings

They weren't in infdev. Which is the only version of minecraft i played. 

[JoaoPRSousa]

Nice!

[dragosudeki]

When will they learn that circles don't attract people. proof being minecraft. 

But, round edges is the future. Look at phones. 

[JoaoPRSousa]

Recently zalman dies, more recently zalman gave death the finger.

 

Another quote for my profile! :lol:

[CatCloud]

If it's better then stock I approve tenfold.

[Sharif]

As long as there not dead i am happy 

[Sidiox]

Why is zalman nearly the only one using a round design in their coolers? Are all the other ones being stupid or is zalman being silly, I would assume it has some impact on cooling and manufacturing cost.

[Thorium19]

Hmm, an interesting cooler, 120W of dissipation for £12 is a steal really, especially when almost every other cooler at that price doesn't even have a heat pipe, so I can see the appeal of this if you don't quite have the money for a be quiet pure rock or hyper 212.

[brownninja97]

Why is zalman nearly the only one using a round design in their coolers? Are all the other ones being stupid or is zalman being silly, I would assume it has some impact on cooling and manufacturing cost.

they like to be different, it has its benefits but it also comes with problems. Its about having a branding, like if you saw this in a build you would know that it is definitely from zalman because its the  type of cooler that they use. Having that branding is very powerful, thats why a company like noctua doesnt really need to do much, people blindly follow them for everything. 

[mariohead123]

That is pretty sweet, when they come out I might pick one up to replace my stock cooler 

[Sidiox]

they like to be different, it has its benefits but it also comes with problems. Its about having a branding, like if you saw this in a build you would know that it is definitely from zalman because its the type of cooler that they use. Having that branding is very powerful, thats why a company like noctua doesnt really need to do much, people blindly follow them for everything.

Seems reasonable, but keep in mind that the brown plastic on the noctua fans doesn't really impact preformance, this an actually different design with different effects on airflow, I am truly curious as to which design is better (I might even create a simulation in CFD for this)

[brownninja97]

Seems reasonable, but keep in mind that the brown plastic on the noctua fans doesn't really impact preformance, this an actually different design with different effects on airflow, I am truly curious as to which design is better (I might even create a simulation in CFD for this)

i personally believe that square designs are better however with a circle design it means that the heat spreads in multiple directions, i would think that the heatsink should expand around the fan then but that would cost more and it would mean that it would look too attractive. 

[themaniac]

i wonder how it performs compared to others 

[brownninja97]

i wonder how it performs compared to others 

not sure but its definitely beats anything in its price range.

[SSOB]

Nice name... No but seriously i hope this is an evo killer. I am sick of pretty much 50 % of the builds these days using evos

[That Norwegian Guy]

Is nobody mad about the LED fan?

No takers? Honestly?

 

k, then...

[themaniac]

not sure but its definitely beats anything in its price range.

ok

[themaniac]

it also looks like you can't change the fan

[brownninja97]

it also looks like you can't change the fan

you can change it for another zalman fan. dick move however

 

Is nobody mad about the LED fan?

No takers? Honestly?

 

k, then...

i dont think this cooler would go so well with a black or white fan

[themaniac]

you can change it for another zalman fan. dick move however

ok and yeah it is