Zalman CNPS8000 Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler Review

**Capper** · November 10th, 2006

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Today HardwareLogic looks at yet another cooling alternative from Zalman, the CNPS8000. While not in the same league as the CNPS9500 series when it comes to overall cooling performance, the CNPS8000 is all about silence, and it's very good at its job.
Featuring a copper base and heat pipes connected by aluminum fins and a super low profile, the CNPS8000 might be the perfect cooling solution for that SFF case or HTPC project.

http://www.hardwarelogic.com/news/62...006-11-07.html

Captain Crunch · November 10th, 2006

As always Great review.............I've always liked Zalman and think they're a great company!

**gvblake22** · November 10th, 2006

Kindof disappointing performance if you ask me. Even at the full speed with "moderately loud" acoustics, it seems like this heatsink should have performed better. But alas, it still does a good job when turned down to a low nearly silent speed, so it's ok in my book. Thanks for the review Capper!

**Capper** · November 10th, 2006

If you saw it, you'd understand why it lagged behind the others performance wise......its about 1/4 the size of the others, which are actually top of the line coolers.
When you stack it up against the average cooler, and the stock cooling solutions it faired decently. I'd liken it to the sweet AMD copper cooler that appeared toward the end with the s939

Zambini · November 10th, 2006

my CNPS9500 is uber silent. The only reason I know if my PC is on is one of my side fans runs about 3000 rpm. That and my lights.

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Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,610 Blog Entries: 6	If you saw it, you'd understand why it lagged behind the others performance wise......its about 1/4 the size of the others, which are actually top of the line coolers. When you stack it up against the average cooler, and the stock cooling solutions it faired decently. I'd liken it to the sweet AMD copper cooler that appeared toward the end with the s939 INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

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November 10th, 2006	#2
Captain Crunch Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Right side of middle Earth Posts: 658	As always Great review.............I've always liked Zalman and think they're a great company!

November 10th, 2006	#3
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,351 Blog Entries: 1	Kindof disappointing performance if you ask me. Even at the full speed with "moderately loud" acoustics, it seems like this heatsink should have performed better. But alas, it still does a good job when turned down to a low nearly silent speed, so it's ok in my book. Thanks for the review Capper!

November 10th, 2006	#5
Zambini Lvl 1 College Student Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St. Mere du SantaCruz Posts: 1,918 Blog Entries: 1	my CNPS9500 is uber silent. The only reason I know if my PC is on is one of my side fans runs about 3000 rpm. That and my lights.