Zalman CNPS8000 best 'silent' cooler?

Christo · 10 Feb 2007 at 22:21

Am I right in saying the Zalman the best 'silent' cooler for my Sugo Evo? (I will have a E6400 to cool.

Supercow · 10 Feb 2007 at 22:33

Dont mean to Hijack your thread, but in stead of starting a new one... I'll add my question here if you don't mind?

I have a SD37P2 and a X1900 256mb.
Will the Zalman cooler for the x1900 fit fine, or what is the best cooler that will go in this shuttle I have?

squiffy · 10 Feb 2007 at 22:34

Will the Zalman cooler for the x1900 fit fine, or what is the best cooler that will go in this shuttle I have?

How much of a gap do you have between the top edge of the ATI PCB and any obstructions/case top panel?

Supercow · 10 Feb 2007 at 22:40

squiffy said:
How much of a gap do you have between the top edge of the ATI PCB and any obstructions/case top panel?

Think there is enough space mate, just not sure if it's the best way to go tbh.
The thin I'm unsure of, is whether the ZALMAN has a fan connector that goes on the mobo, and if there is a spare one on the mobo for it.

Also wanna know if I can fit a 3rd party cooler on the cpu, if anyone here with a SD37P2 has one?

Tute · 11 Feb 2007 at 00:05

Chrisp7 said:
Am I right in saying the Zalman the best 'silent' cooler for my Sugo Evo? (I will have a E6400 to cool.

Cooling an E6600, in XP (CoreTemp doesn't work in Vista) I was getting 30-35 idle, 40-45 load, on the lowest setting, which is silent.

Awesome cooler, well worth the money.

Christo · 11 Feb 2007 at 01:17

So does anyone have any experience with the Thermaltake SI-128 Heatpipe or the SilverStone Nitrogon NT06? They are both passive but with the E6400 are they good enough?

Tute · 11 Feb 2007 at 03:41

Chrisp7 said:
So does anyone have any experience with the Thermaltake SI-128 Heatpipe or the SilverStone Nitrogon NT06? They are both passive but with the E6400 are they good enough?

I've seen a user post on here that they use the NT06 passively, with the PSU providing the airflow.

I certainly wouldn't recommend it though, it's pretty cramped in a Sugo and good airflow/plenty of fans is crucial to a stable system.

Christo · 12 Feb 2007 at 14:03

Tute said:
I've seen a user post on here that they use the NT06 passively, with the PSU providing the airflow.

I certainly wouldn't recommend it though, it's pretty cramped in a Sugo and good airflow/plenty of fans is crucial to a stable system.

Can the user stand up please?

Stephen B · 14 Feb 2007 at 12:47

I'm running a zalman 8000 and zalman 600w psu in my Lian Li, keeps temps on my e4300 @3.6 under 40deg idle

only downside is the zalman has a 3 pin header and I cant control the speed via the bios on the cpu fan header

Tute · 14 Feb 2007 at 18:53

Chrisp7 said:
Can the user stand up please?

All I can remember is that I think it was Yewen who challenged it, saying that it can't have been safe for the fan to be run passively, but was told that it was fully stable.

It's going to be relying heavily on a good PSU fan though. I'd recommend just going for the CNPS8000. I really can't recommend it enough, and at it's lowest setting it's a great performer, yet totally silent.

Christo · 14 Feb 2007 at 18:57

Cheers for the advice guys, I've stumped for the SI-128 (passivley cooled) along wth my passively cooled PSU we will see how stable it wil run. If not very stable I'll try out the Zalman.