I thought, after I had a good look around before I made my mind up, the Zalman 8700-NT was a good choice.
The low profile, the blue LED and the 4-PIN header convinced me.
The performance is not the best but not bad either.
Only thing is the noise at high speed. It is very loud.
Well, since I found that most of you guys don't like this CPU cooler, checked more models and more reviews.
CPU cooler which fascinated me so far:
1. Scythe Ninja Mini
110 x 110 x 115 / 2300 rpm / 24.4dB / 32.2 CFM / 580g
Not only is small but delivers good results too, the big brother however is a Monster of PC cooler.
Check the Scythe Ninja Copper (limited edition) on youtube ! A massive beast !
2. Scythe Mine
109 x 105 x 150 / 1500 rpm / 42.69 CFM / 22dB / £ 24.08
Very interesting
3. Thermalright SI-128 (120mm fan recommended)
125 (L) x 145 (W) x 91.5 (H) / 510g
Totaly different with very good results.
4. Zalman CNPS 8700-NT (horizontal)
120 x 123 x 67 / 1150 - 2100 rpm / 17.5 - 30 dB
5. Zalman CNPS 9700-NT (vertical)
90 (L) x 124 (W) x 142 (H) / 19.5 - 35 dB
6. Cooler Master Hyper TX2 Universal
90 x 44 x 136.5 / 1800 rpm / 41.76 CFM / 22 dB
7. Cooler Master Vortex 752 Universal
112.3 x 108.4 x 75.4 / 2200 rpm / 18 dB
There are so many coolers that I wished I had enough space and money to build at least 5 different PCs.
It's very difficult to make my mind up and it seems the only good way would be to touch, feel and check the look of each and every cooler by myself before I place an order. Or, as I said, just order 10 different coolers and build 10 different PCs. That would be awesome.
That is so greedy, isn't it ?
Well, I was surprised to find some good videos on youtube about some CPU coolers.
Especially Cooler Master is represented very well with little demonstration clips ... very good.
Gosh ! There's so much more good stuff out there ... and so little money
@ shaffaaf27
I think I cannot wait any longer for the Q9450 ... think I will go for the E8400 since overclockers have some stock now.
Decisions decisions
