Someone cloned the Zalman CNPS7000 !
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Someone cloned the Zalman CNPS7000 !
First the ThermalTake Silent Boost cloned the ThermalRight SLK series.. now someone's gone and done it to the Zalman CNPS7000!
http://www.hi-techreviews.com/modules.p ... le&sid=102
Dizamn, they even copied the Fanmate!
http://www.hi-techreviews.com/modules.p ... le&sid=102
Dizamn, they even copied the Fanmate!
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Hmmm
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Hmmm -- the fins have wider spacing and they do not extend up and around the fan as they do on the Zalman. Interesting fan surround without any flat spots. It has potential, or at least it might make Zalman lower their prices a little?
Too bad the reviewer makes no mention of noise levels and who has ever heard of the "Owl Stream" and "Vulturespin" HS's they used for comparison?
Hmmm -- the fins have wider spacing and they do not extend up and around the fan as they do on the Zalman. Interesting fan surround without any flat spots. It has potential, or at least it might make Zalman lower their prices a little?
Too bad the reviewer makes no mention of noise levels and who has ever heard of the "Owl Stream" and "Vulturespin" HS's they used for comparison?
i'm glad to see that another company has done some interesting things with an already good design.
i have yet to buy my new heatsink (only have a 2.26 now - hardly gets warm even with the stock 'sink) but had been planning on a zalman 7000, ducted to the outside.
what's funny is that i was going to shroud the outer edge of the fins (prolly w/ duct tape) to force the air to pass through the interior of the zalman before getting sucked out of the case. looks like the primecooler does exactly that...
we need some more reviews, and a head to head comparison with the zalman (including noise levels...)...
i have yet to buy my new heatsink (only have a 2.26 now - hardly gets warm even with the stock 'sink) but had been planning on a zalman 7000, ducted to the outside.
what's funny is that i was going to shroud the outer edge of the fins (prolly w/ duct tape) to force the air to pass through the interior of the zalman before getting sucked out of the case. looks like the primecooler does exactly that...
we need some more reviews, and a head to head comparison with the zalman (including noise levels...)...
well look what i just found:
http://www.pctuning.cz/default.aspx?Art ... hapID=5049
it's in czech, but it's got some good side by side pics...
http://www.pctuning.cz/default.aspx?Art ... hapID=5049
it's in czech, but it's got some good side by side pics...
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Dang, 10c worse than the "real" Zalman Cu under overclocked load is pretty bad. Ah well. I think the Silent Boost fares better against its doppleganger, the SLK-800..
http://www.techtastic.ca/reviews2/silent-boost2.html
http://www.dirkvader.de/frame.php?site= ... boost.html *
* note vantec tornado (!) on slk
.. at least in those two reviews. I couldn't find many more side by side comparisons of the slk-900/slk-800 and the silent boost, but those two results show it provides 95% of the performance!
I was hoping this knockoff would do the same for the Zalman but oh well
http://www.techtastic.ca/reviews2/silent-boost2.html
http://www.dirkvader.de/frame.php?site= ... boost.html *
* note vantec tornado (!) on slk
.. at least in those two reviews. I couldn't find many more side by side comparisons of the slk-900/slk-800 and the silent boost, but those two results show it provides 95% of the performance!
I was hoping this knockoff would do the same for the Zalman but oh well
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Was at Fry's today and they had this model of the Cooltek as well as a Cooltek model that is exactly the same as the Primecooler.Sooty wrote:Not sure how close the Primecooler resembles the Zalman 7000........when compared to Cooltek's effort...
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The Primecooler actually looks more simular to the product prior to the 7000 which was the 5700.
My guess is that Zalman contracts out manufacturing to a plant in china, and the plant in china is doing these other coolers on the side based off of the same equipment/designs that they have for Zalman.
Aaron Spink
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Re: Hmmm
Vulturespin is another name for the Whisperrock...same HSF just rebadged for Speez. Whisperrock was too freakin loud for me though, so this review isn't saying much.NeilBlanchard wrote:Hello:
Too bad the reviewer makes no mention of noise levels and who has ever heard of the "Owl Stream" and "Vulturespin" HS's they used for comparison?