** Zalman Reserator 3 MAX Liquid CPU Cooler **

[rjk]

Hi Guys

The legendary reserator is back on the scene and we have stock landing soon.

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Zalman Reserator 3 MAX Liquid CPU Cooler @ £84.98 inc VAT

Zalman improve on the legendary Reserator name and return with the Reserator 3 MAX Liquid CPU Cooler. The world first in nanofluids refrigerant applied cooling.


Features:
- The World's first nanofluids applied cooler
- Optimized dual radial radiator design
- High efficient Quadro cooling path
- Micro-fin copper base applied for quick heat transfer
- Efficient VRM cooling
- Low noise / high performance built-in water pump
- Blue LED applied fan and water block
- Dual fan configuration
- Easy installation and maintenance

Specifications:
- CPU Waterblock: Copper Micro Fin
- Radiator: 1 x 120mm
- Radiator Dimensions: 120mm x 145mm x 79mm
- Fan: 1 x 120mm Blue LED Fan
- Fan Connection: 4 Pin PWM
- Fan Noise: 18.9 to 36.7 dBA
- Special Features: Nano Fluid Cooler
- Dual Radiator Design for 120mm Fan Mount
- Package Contents: 1 x Zalman LCS Cooler, Intel and AMD Mounting Plate, Mounting Screws

Only £84.98 inc VAT.

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[ALXAndy]

Wow that sure is pretty !

 

[cheesyboy]

I have a lot of love for Zalman for all the innovation they put forward last decade - I still have an Athlon XP PC running one of their copper flower coolers with the fan on a separate arm (CNPS6000?).

Good to see the "flower" style still going strong. Shame about the cheapo blue lights, though.

 

[swiftmetal]

That looks awesome I will have to see how it compares to the h100 before I buy.

 

[gpuerrilla]

Agree cheesyboy. My last rig had a large zalman cooler and it was quality and very quiet.

 

[~>Dg<~]

is it only me who thinks the middle fan looks a bit like a intel stock 775 cooler

 

[MrMarvelous]

one impressive design. How is the cooling though? How does it compare to all the other closed WC stuff like H60/Khuler etc.?

 

[kaku]

It looks fantastic, sadly as with a lot of Zalman coolers performance seems to be decidedly average: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cooling/2013/10/21/zalman-reserator-3-max-review/1

I've always loved the designs of Zalman coolers, it's just a shame they always seem to be overpriced and under-performing.

 

[smilertoo]

This could have been so good if they'd made it much taller/longer, there's a good few cases where it could have run nearly the length of a case then been exhausted from a reversed front fan, or stuck to the bottom and run the entire height to a top exhaust...keeping the fan and pump well inside the case and masking the noise.

 

[drunkenmaster]

I really don't get this one at all. Reserators from what I recall are the big external fanless water cooling things from them, sucky performance but silent. I don't really get it being marketed under the same name when it's internal, tiny, pointless and has a fan.

Either way, on top of that, they've seemingly taken one of their round heatsink with fan designs attached some water, a block and a pump then moved the round heatsink from the cpu socket to the rear fan holder....

For me I also don't think it looks fantastic, the actual sink is half hidden by the cheap black plastic holder and a fan.

The general principle of water cooling is to use a bigger radiator/heatsink than is possible directly on the socket by using water to transfer the heat somewhere you can get more cooling.

A small heat sink fan + water makes utterly no sense, you're adding more things to fail, water(I've personally had a Antec version fail) for 2-3 times the cost with zero benefit. At least if you go from a truly giant heatsink to a similar sized radiator but it's a difficult to install due to size heatsink and a say Corsair H-whatever number is easier to install... but they've made a shiny version of the stock intel coolers IMHO and added water to the equation then want about 20 times what a stock intel cooler requires.

So, marketing under a product that stood for everything this isn't, massively overcharging for a tiny "radiator" which is much more like a heatpipe heatsink in reality, throwing water into the mix for no reason... covering the shiny radiator with plastic.....

 

[smilertoo]

yes, that's why i think it could have been good if they'd made it much taller...i'll be interested to see the first pc case design that borrows from Apples new Mac Pro cooler system.