NEW ZALMAN GPU COOLERS (NVIDIA AND ATI) - PRE ORDER NOW (NOW WITH ADDED BENCHMARKS)

[Ace Modder]

Zalman VF3000-A Graphics Card Cooler (ATI 5830/5850/5870) @ £32.99 inc VAT

The heatsink is optimized for high performance during quiet operation, incorporating a switching noise eliminated high capacity dual 92mm fan for intensified cooling performance and minimized noise. The dual 92mm fans cool not only the heatsink and VGA RAM, but all other peripheral components surrounding the VGA chipset. Utilizing Zalman’s latest IHD(Interactive Heat transfer Design) technology in which the high performance heatpipe’s 2-way heat transfer and maximum dissipation area provide powerful cooling performance.

- Dimensions: 239 x 98 x 52mm ( L x W x H)
- Powerful Cooling Performance
- Ultra Quiet Design
- Excellent Peripheral Component Cooling
- High Performance Super Thermal Grease ZM-STG2M
- Adjustable Fan Speed Controller


Only £32.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

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Zalman VF3000-N Graphics Card Cooler (Nvidia GTX260/GTX275/GTX280/GTX285) @ £32.99 inc VAT

The heatsink is optimized for high performance during quiet operation, incorporating a switching noise eliminated high capacity dual 92mm fan for intensified cooling performance and minimized noise. The dual 92mm fans cool not only the heatsink and VGA RAM, but all other peripheral components surrounding the VGA chipset. Utilizing Zalman’s latest IHD(Interactive Heat transfer Design) technology in which the high performance heatpipe’s 2-way heat transfer and maximum dissipation area provide powerful cooling performance.

- Dimensions: 239 x 98 x 52mm ( L x W x H)
- Powerful Cooling Performance
- Ultra Quiet Design
- Excellent Peripheral Component Cooling
- High Performance Super Thermal Grease ZM-STG2M
- Adjustable Fan Speed Controller


Only £32.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

 

[tiward]

do you think there is gonna be a version for 470 / 480 out soon?

 

[BigBruiserAl]

Would love to get a 5870 cooler but the frikin screws on the stock cooler are jammed in there tight there not coming out for love nor money

 

[Ace Modder]

Would love to get a 5870 cooler but the frikin screws on the stock cooler are jammed in there tight there not coming out for love nor money

Give it a bit of welly, you wimp.

 

[Ace Modder]

do you think there is gonna be a version for 470 / 480 out soon?

Eventually, aye.

 

[BigBruiserAl]

Give it a bit of welly, you wimp.

hehe i dont have a prob in that dept but the screws made of butter just round off im pretty sure im using the right size driver...would have been nice to get a 2 of these coolers they will go with my rampage 3 lol

 

[Ace Modder]

hehe i dont have a prob in that dept but the screws made of butter just round off im pretty sure im using the right size driver...would have been nice to get a 2 of these coolers they will go with my rampage 3 lol

What brand of card do you have?

 

[Mr Krugga]

I. Want. This.

 

[BigBruiserAl]

What brand of card do you have?

2 asus 5870 mate

 

[mattyfez]

They look pretty hefty, and seem like a good price, any links to some indie reviews?

Looking for a cooler for my GTX 285oc2, if it performs as good as stock at load and does a better job of bringing the noise down at idle from a humm to a whirr I would be very interested.

if it competes with the scycthe then they should be onto a winner, my mate has an old ATI card that was cooking itself, and he fitted a zalman which sorted the temps right out.

It does look a bit like a hot-rod though!

 

[Ace Modder]

I will try to get some benchies up tomorrow.

 

[mattyfez]

I will try to get some benchies up tomorrow.

would be interested to see, its a good looking cooler at a good price

 

[RynceWynd]

looking forward to seeing the benchies, will be interesting to see if it's worth sticking this on a stock 5series (£225-£230+£30) or whether it is better to just plump the cash for a vapor x (£260) or other card with enhanced cooling.

 

[Azuse05]

Vapor-x comes pre-fitted with warranty + tiny oc. Warranty + no chance of breaking card fitting cooler = good thing.

This (to me) seems more useful for people who chose other brands e.g. asus for voltage tweaking oc.

Looks nice though

 

[Ace Modder]

Benchmarks are coming in the next 15mins. Looking very, very good at the moment.

 

[Ace Modder]

Right I have completed some benchmarks using a Club 3D 5870 GFXs card. This has the standard reference board and cooler from AMD/ATI so this is one of the best cards to test with.

I have run Furmark in windowed mode at 1280 x 1024 with the card running at stock speeds.

Stock cooler - 69 degrees
Zalman cooler - High fan speed - 42 degrees
Zalman cooler - Medium fan speed - 38 degrees
Zalman cooler - Lowest fan speed - 38 degrees



Results with Stock cooler

Results with Zalman cooler - Full fan speed

Results with Zalman cooler - Half Fan Speed

Results with Zalman cooler - Lowest Fan Speed

As you can see the Zalman cooler performance is much better. The fan on the highest setting is audiable at around the same noise level as the stock cooler at the default fan speed.

On medium the noise is just about hearable, but at low speed the noise is none existant.

The results show only minor differences between the fan speeds on the Zalman with the slowest speed still massively outperforming the stock cooler for cooling.

 

[Tweaker]

What does the card look like with fan on?

 

[mattyfez]

Any chance of some benchies for the gtx285?

If it has the same effect with nvidia cards, think i'll bag one of these

 

[Ace Modder]

Here are the temps for the whole card with the Zalman fan on medium.

 

[Ace Modder]