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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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Zalman introduced its ZM-MFC2 multi fan speed controller last year at CES, and the reason we're reviewing it today are three-fold. For starters, the Zalman ZM-MFC2 digitally monitors four fans to +/- 10RPM and displays that data in real time on a nice multi-coloured backlit LCD display. With it, you can set any speed from 60RPM to the maximum supported by the fan with a turn of the dial, for three 3-pin fans and one PWM fan.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008
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Getting yelled at by neighbors or family members while gaming late at night? Still want that surround sound experience? Zalman has the solution for you. The Zalman ZM-RS6F USB Surround Sound Headphones will solve your problem. With its easy install USB connection, rather than multiple audio cables, and a compact design for storage and transport, this headset will sure be a good addition to anybody's audio arsenal. Let's take a look to see what else these six channels of sound have to offer.
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Got a noisy computer? If you've finally decided to take some action and replace a loud heatsink for something quieter, and cooler-running, take notice of the Zalman CNPS8700 LED heatsink. Based on the proven "flower heatsink" design, the CNPS8700 LED is an extension of that concept. This all copper heatsink utilizes two looped copper heatpipes and hundreds of thin copper fins set around a quiet 2300RPM 105mm internally illuminated fan. The heatsink is compatible with socket 775 Intel and socket 754/939/940/AM2 AMD processors.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
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South Korea-based Zalman is most well-known for its cooling products, but it makes a line of power supplies, as well. The ZM500-HP is Zalman's 500 watt unit. Zalman's main selling points for the series are its high efficiency and ultra-quiet heat pipe cooling system. Additionally, it's modular! Read on for the review.
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Monday, February 4, 2008
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Voiding the warranty on the PSU, I took off the top to get a look at the inside and the "Dual Heatpipe Cooling" design and all the other internals. The inside is nicely laid out with the output wiring bundled off to one side and two heatsinks running from front to back like most power supplies. However, unlike any other PSU I've seen, this unit boasts two copper heat pipes that run from the standard heatsinks to a pair of finned heatsinks right in front of the exhaust venting at the back of the unit. This design allows the heat disapating from the main heatsinks to travel along the copper piping, and out to the fins where the exhausting air from the fan will blow the heat out of the box thus keeping more heat away from the electrical parts in the power supply.
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While its looks are clearly designed by the gods themselves, it's not followed through into some of the core design aspects - obviously someone made a list of every feature they could think of and someone else drew a kick ass looking case - then the two were pressed together between someone's palms, hoping to get the ultimate PC case. It hasn't happened here with the Zalman HD160XT Plus - it needs to be seamless and work without issue but it just isn't as we continually had to find ways around problems.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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One of the problems with old motherboard chipset heatsinks, apart from their small size, is the little fans almost always seize up. Constant use, time, and dust bunnies conspire to stop impeller blades from spinning. If the fan stops on a postage size heatsink, there's a good chance the chipset will overheat too. For this problem Zalman have introduced a small passive aluminum chipset heatsink called the ZM-NB47J.
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Monday, January 28, 2008
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One of the problems with old motherboard chipset heatsinks, apart from their small size, is the little fans almost always seize up. Constant use, time, and dust bunnies conspire to stop impeller blades from spinning. If the fan stops on a postage size heatsink, there's a good chance the chipset will overheat - there's just not enough surface area to adequately release the heat from the chipset into the surrounding air. For this problem Zalman have introduced the ZM-NBF47 fan-style chipset heatsink.
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Friday, January 11, 2008
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Zalman's has updated everything about this Fan Controller for the 21st century. The device not only supports 4 seperate fans and temperature sensors, but also tells you how much power your PC is using, and displays it all on a very bright, multi-colored VFD display, and each fan is controlled digitally via a jog dial and buttons!
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Monday, January 7, 2008
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The Zalman CNPS9700NT follows in the footsteps of the popular CNPS9700 LED heatsink, and it's just as big as the latter. What sets the CNPS9700NT apart is a 100mm Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) compliant fan - making this heatsink a more attractive choice for Intel platforms than the pervious version and its manual fan speed controller. Oh, and did we mention it's chrome plated an evil Terminator-grey shade of silver? Blame nVidia for that one, personally we prefer our heatsinks in bare aluminum or copper.
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
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Zalman's new ZM1000-HP power supply has been designed with fan noise in mind. The heatpipe experts from Zalman have stuck two of these inside their PSU and added a slow running 140 mm fan on top of that. This winning combination results in one of the quietest PSUs we ever tested, especially considering it delivers up to 1000W of power via six independant 12V rails.
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Monday, December 3, 2007
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With its new hybrid cooling design for the XT, Zalman has lost the traditional silence of the previous Reserator systems, but gained significant cooling performance. The Reserator XT is indeed a worthy successor to the Reserators of the past and boasts easy installation, attractive styling and superb materials and workmanship. Digital monitoring of fluid temperature and fan/pump speed control are welcome features, and the mechanical flow indicator adds a visual confirmation of coolant flow rates as well.
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Monday, November 26, 2007
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After the initial "OMG that's so cool!" reaction, the novelty wears off pretty quickly after we had used it for a while - it looks fantastic but any long term usability is destroyed by the fact we simply couldn't read it! It got extremely frustrating to continually have to contort myself every time I wanted to read it, as I had to have my eyes directly in front of it to make any sense of what was on screen. For £35 I was all set to recommend it to everyone after seeing it at i31, but this fundamental problem makes it almost useless - I ended up resenting to have to lean over and stretch my neck out yet again just to read it. So does not wanting to actually use it make money well spent? It can just sit there looking cool, which is fine if all you do is show off your PC to others, but not if you want to use it yourself. It really, really kills me that Zalman just needs to sort this one major issue to make it a product absolutely worth purchasing, but until then it?s not worth the cardboard it comes in.
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Zalman which is famous for its high quality copper heatpipes and very quiet PC cooling hardware started releasing high quality, quiet and efficient power supplies not long ago with 500w and 600w models with integrated heatpipes to cool its innards. Zalman is upping their ante into this crowded market with a new 850w and 1000w model for those extreme users. I reviewed the 600w version back in December 2006 and it was quite nice so I expect the 850w version I'm reviewing today to be more of the good stuff. Read on to find out if it lives up to the Zalman name.
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Thursday, November 22, 2007
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If you are looking for a heatsink to help push that processor overclock a little farther, than look elsewhere, that is not the aim of the CNPS8700. But if you are looking for a cooler to keep your home theater pc cool without also being heard, the 8700 is just what you are looking for. Zalman has once again released a solid product that retains their silent computing legacy. Whether or not you choose to use the included Fan Mate 2, the 8700 will satisfy any silent computing application. While I don't have any numbers it's also worth noting that the design allows for additional airflow over neighboring motherboard components, an added bonus many heatsinks do not give.
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