Zalman is well known to those that seek absolute silence from their PCs but with increasingly hotter components in our machines there are certain tradeoffs that must be made. The Zalman CNPS9900 MAX takes the company’s familiar spiral fan array and drops in a high performance fan between them so there’s a good amount of […]
Everywhere you look there are high performance heatsinks that do a wonderful job of cooling your processor but leave a lot to be desired in he noise department. Zalman’s CNPS8000A processor cooler carries on the company’s tradition of creating heatsinks the perform well and stay as quiet as possible when doing it. It’s a low-profile […]
Notebook computers, and sometimes even netbooks, tend to run hot all by themselves especially when you go for those high-powered models that pump out more heat than you could possibly imagine. Things get even toastier when you’re resting that mobile workhorse on your, fashionable, denim pants leg or resting it on a table where clearance […]
Read more Zalman ZM-NC2500 Plus keeps things from burning your lap
PC cases generally don’t have a good way at getting airflow to components without making things look amateurish. Specifically we’re talking about those side panel fan mounts which show off whirling mass of plastic instead of the fancy guts inside. So Zalman has taken the only reasonable approach and covered it all up with a […]
Read more Zalman Z7 Plus goes extra wide for that cooling action
Cooling hardware tends to have well defined boundaries so as not to stray and allowing the manufacturer maximum flexibility when designing a product. Some people just hate to be so limited. The Zalman VF2000 LED Hybrid Cooler is designed to handle CPU or graphics card cooling tasks which, as you might expect, is a very […]
Read more Zalman VF2000 LED Hybrid Cooler has a tough time deciding what it is
Testing a selection of coolers is more difficult than you might think. Besides having to carefully control the ambient temperature you’re going to dread mounting cooling hardware and their assorted brackets over and over again. Thankfully Hexus has done all of that so you don’t have to. They have a look at a number of […]
Read more Intel LGA 1156 Cooler Roundup gives you heatsink mounting nightmares
Zalman is best known for their flower/radial finned coolers which provide amazing performance that’s still at the top of the air-cooling game despite many innovations from competitors. The Zalman CNPS10X Flex CPU Cooler is a…tower heatsink which hopes to compete with the high end of the market. HardOCP has thoroughly tested a unit: ZALMAN is […]
Read more Zalman CNPS10X Flex CPU Cooler takes a strange turn
Zalman has been well known for creating CPU coolers, power supplies, and PC Cases that are focused on being as quiet as possible which has earned them quite the stellar reputation. This should make them even more well liked. The Zalman MS1000-HS2 PC Case has plenty of cooling capability and a beefy look to it […]
Read more Zalman MS1000-HS2 PC case thinks you enjoy hard drives quite a bit
When Zalman’s radial shaped heatsinks were first launched I was a bit skeptical on how well they would perform given their distinctive shape compared to the high-end competition of the time, needless to say many of the competitors are long gone and Zalman’s designs are still one of the top choices for keeping your CPU […]
Read more Zalman CNPS9900A LED contiues the high-end cooling tradition
While those 1kW power supplies sure are snazzy to look at the truth is most computer systems can work just fine with a PSU with a much lower wattage rating. The Zalman ZM500-RS sports a, by comparison, meager 500Watt rating but you do get 80 PLUS Bronze certification for energy efficiency and the whisper quiet […]
Read more Zalman ZM500-RS Power Supply sports high efficiency at low noise
Zalman is well known for their refined approach to cooling. The company has a knack for making low-noise heatsinks, which they’ve become extremely popular for, as well as their radial designed coolers which keep people coming back for more.They’ve changed…
Read more Zalman's CNPS10X Extreme, huge chunk of cooling goodness
