Zalman ZM80C-HP: Is the ZM-OP1 Enough of a Fan?

Wintermute · Post by **Wintermute** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:03 pm

Doas anyone have any experience mounting the Zalman ZM80C-HP with a differenct fan than the optional Zalman ZM-OP1. I agree that the ZM-OP1 definately looks cool, but I am a little skeptical as to how effectively it cools the heatsink. I was wondering if a 80mm Panaflo might be a better idea. I was also wondering if it is possible to mount a different fan dirrectly onto the heatsink, or if it would require something like this.

Dr.CrackEnHore · Post by **Dr.CrackEnHore** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:28 pm

That fan will definetly be enough to cool your card. But I didn't want to buy and additional fan since I had some lying around. I attaced a L1A at 5V to mine. There is some channels on the side of the sink so I used some long bolts and just mounted with two bolts in that channel. Works very nicely.

Pjotor · Post by **Pjotor** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 12:53 am

I don't use any kind of fan on my 9700 Pro. No problems so far, even when I tinkered a little with overclocking for a while.

Wintermute · Post by **Wintermute** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:39 am

Is there anyone out there that has the optional Zalman fan with this heatsink? Just wondering how loud it is. I should have included that with my first post.

Dr.CrackEnHore · Post by **Dr.CrackEnHore** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 10:21 am

It is quiet at 5v probably won't be noticeable in you set-up, depending on what you are running.