Zalman CNPS9500 Vs. Watercooling

Gashman · 5 Apr 2006 at 23:56

does watercooling in a everyday sort of situation offer any better cooling than a zalman CNPS9500 at all?

Minstadave · 6 Apr 2006 at 01:02

Gashman said:
does watercooling in a everyday sort of situation offer any better cooling than a zalman CNPS9500 at all?

http://xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/16watercooling.html

Here's a review of 16 watercooling kits against the Zalman CNPS 9500, nearly every one beats it iirc.

Dutch Guy · 6 Apr 2006 at 08:45

Minstadave said:
http://xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/16watercooling.html

Here's a review of 16 watercooling kits against the Zalman CNPS 9500, nearly every one beats it iirc.

Not all beat a Zalman but most reasonable sets do, what you need to remember is to get at least a 120mm radiator and a reasonable pump.

sablabra · 6 Apr 2006 at 09:38

Dutch Guy said:
Not all beat a Zalman but most reasonable sets do, what you need to remember is to get at least a 120mm radiator and a reasonable pump.

Pumps doesn't affect the temp a lot though. 60-100 l/h is enough

IamMed · 6 Apr 2006 at 13:17

erm, u meen gallons per hour?

60 litres an hour is seriously weak

the eheim 1048 is regarded as a low flow pump and that does 600litres per hour

Gashman · 6 Apr 2006 at 13:19

whats the rating on zalman reserators pump, that any good?

sablabra · 6 Apr 2006 at 13:26

IamMed said:
erm, u meen gallons per hour?

60 litres an hour is seriously weak

the eheim 1048 is regarded as a low flow pump and that does 600litres per hour

No, I mean litres per hour. But the thing is that the flow will rarely be as high as stated. If you buy a pump stated to pump 600 l/h, you most certanily won't get that much flow(in a normal setup). Especially if you cool cpu, gpu, chipset, harddrives, psu ext. I have an article testing how much the flow affects the temperature, but it's in norwegian. http://www.hardware.no/guider/kjoling/betydningen_av_flow_i_et_vannkjolingssytem/23408/1

See if you get it!

Dutch Guy · 6 Apr 2006 at 13:27

IamMed said:
erm, u meen gallons per hour?

60 litres an hour is seriously weak

the eheim 1048 is regarded as a low flow pump and that does 600litres per hour

Very bad set, has a pump that pumps 27 liters per hour: http://xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/16watercooling_24.html

30 liters per hour: http://xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/16watercooling_9.html

If I look at the performance of the kits in the Xbit review there is a trend that pumps do matter, but not as much as radiators.