Zalman CPU Fan Cooling CNPS7000V-AL(PWM)

I like building rigs as a hobby mainly for gaming movies and Web browsing. My first effort long ago sounded like a Hoover, so I started looking more closely at specialized components. One of these products was the ZALMAN FLOWER which looked great as well as being quiet and effective. Ive always stuck to ZALMAN ever since, they make some the best, if not the best quiet coolers on the market. As long as you have good ventalation in my experience there will be no problems. My system at the moment is housed in a Thermaltake Mozart TX case, it has six fans, plus the CNPS10X which cools a E8400 O.C. to 3.56 MHZ. And its whisper quiet. I say this as I strayed from the path of air to water. The offender? Was the ECO COOLIT, the sound of the pump sounded like a skeleton doing something unseemly in a buscuit tin! For some people this is a minor irritation and not a problem, as Im used near silence I found it hard to live with and there was no advantage in having it. It lasted a month. ZALMAN RETURNS! And what a beast! A great product that looks good with a performance to match. Im sorry Zalman for ever doubting you. I deserve flogging. If you are looking at or are thinking of air cooling or even have an existing cooler that is noisy and just aint up to scratch, and you are just plain not satisfied with. Have a big enough case because this thing is BIG! Check out the videos on line and see for yourself.

I wanted a silent cooler that looks good and makes my CPU stay cool. It was a little hard to install and takes up a lot of space. Thats why I took a star off.

Hi,Like i just said i have AMD Phenom II X2 550 3.1 GHz OC to 3.9GHZ and my max temp playing Far Cry2 was 40c (i have 2 case fans, when they off CPU temp is around 49C)Can be noise at full RPM. I have it around 1500.Really happy good value for the money, definitely would recommend it to a friend

I'm using this with a Maximus Hero IV Motherboard. In it's place it covers the first RAM slot, so make sure you're using low profile RAM or something which doesn't have a big heat spreader.

It cools my FX-8120 without any issue. In the winter -it is so cool that I can't imagine how I used my stock cooler

Works great

Had it 4 years, still works perfectly. Cools i7 920 enough for 4.1GHz at 1.3v and Xeon x5660 at 4.2 at 1.28 I have mine facing up, with a 140mm fan above and a 120mm to it's left.Very quiet.I lapped mine, waste of time. Perfect as it is.Functional fan controller a total bonus.Would give it 6/5 if possible.

Perfect cooler for a budget gaming system. Does exactly what it says on the box! Can be a little difficult to install but worth the fiddling around in the end! As for the speed control, it's great! Either override the motherboard's temperature control with the manual dial setting or set it to any one of 3 other settings. I love it!