Zalman CNPS 7000-Cu vs Swifty MCX400 vs SLK900

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tutrinh

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what do you think about the Zalman?
I currently own a Swifty MCX4000 and don't know is there any better solution for air cooling? and I need a HSF that can handle at least 800Mhz - 1Ghz or overclock in AIR

 

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Zalman HSFs can usually handle a lot. My uncle actually has a CNPS and it works nice, but I don't know how far it can handle an OC.

 

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IMO you currently own the best air cooling solution for the p4, as long as ur using the 92mm fan bracket of course

 

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I agree with obliv...You have a coin toss between the MCX4000 and the Swiftech SLK-900...One to two degrees F between the two...And if you use a 92m/m fan...Well it just does not get any better...Sidewinder sells the brackets for 5 or 6 dollars...One thing for sure you already have one of the very best heat sinks out there...If the Zalman is better I doubt very seriously it would be worth changing from your Swifty...

 

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Hookem said:

One thing for sure you already have one of the very best heat sinks out there...If the Zalman is better I doubt very seriously it would be worth changing from your Swifty...

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Noise.

 

obliv

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use a 57 cfm 35 dba panaflo, 5v it. and bam, its silent.. what u talk about noise?

 

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ozziegn

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my thread here might give you a couple answers to your question.

 

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obliv said:

use a 57 cfm 35 dba panaflo, 5v it. and bam, its silent.. what u talk about noise?

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Well, maybe so, but if you look at ozziegn's results that he linked to, he seems to be getting almost equivalent results with the SLK-900u and the ZNPS7000-cu.

But, the SLK-900u doesn't come with a fan, and the Zalman does, so the Zalman is much cheaper.

 

obliv

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he didnt submit the fan he used with his slk 900u.. could make quite the difference

 

ozziegn

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I was using the 92mm Y.S. Tech (66cfm) fan on my SLK-900.

 

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The Zalman is 773 grams !?

holy crap. I hope you dont move your box around much.

btw Ozz I must have seen your oc results 1000 times now and it still impresses me. I refuse to give up tho. Will be trying different memory soon enough.

 

ozziegn

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yeah, the Zalman is a heavy weight, thats for sure.

 

obliv

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its safe, u should see the difference their VGA heatpipe cooler does to ur card.. thats when you have to be really careful ... the zalman has a pretty strong bracket, dont see that failing when you carry it.