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Monday, April 23, 2007
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VGA cooling is important to both gamers and enthusiasts. As a gamer you want the best performance out of your video card and as an enthusiast you want to keep your graphics card as cool as it can be so you can achieve the best overclock possible. Today we will be looking at the Fatal1ty FC-ZV9 which features a pure copper heatsink and two high performance heatpipes. Read on for the review.
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Saturday, March 24, 2007
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Zalman has been committed to making super quiet cooling solutions for quite some time. Their quality and near artistic construction have made them legendary. Today, we check out one of their innovative heatpipe cooled power supplies. Does silence have a price when it comes to power? Let's find out!
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
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Constructed entirely in aluminum, it comes in either a silver or black anodized finish and promises quiet cooling performance in an elegant package. It comes complete with a 7-inch LCD display, remote control and an impressive battery of software that should make building a top shelf HTPC a relatively easy task for the average enthusiast. Follow along as we take an in-depth look at the Zalman HD160XT. I think you'll be as impressed as I was with this product.
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Monday, March 12, 2007
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The last time we took a look at a cooler from Zalman it was way back in July! So it has been a while since we have seen Zalman's offerings. Today we will be taking a look at the CNPS9500 AM2 CPU Cooler which is compatible with AM2/754/939/940 AMD processors and features a pure copper heatsink and innovative curved heatpipe design for a heat transfer capacity of up to six heatpipes with the use of just three. Let's take a look and see how it compared to the other AM2 CPU coolers we have tested.
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Monday, February 26, 2007
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The Zalman VF900-CU LED has performed as it says on the tin, even at it's lowest speed it still out performs the Stock cooler by 3 - 5c, add to that at low speed it is almost in audible and you have a great cooler that works Xtremely well (excuse the pun).
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With ever increasing heat output from CPUs as a result of the move towards more cores and more overclocking, heatsink manufacturers are scrambling to find ways to dissipate all the heat without making monstrous contraptions. Zalman's efforts have produced a rather elegant looking heatsink. Let's hope its performance can match the looks.
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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There is no doubt that Zalman's Fatal1ty FC-ZE1 is a unique enclosure. While it's likely to be enthusiasts who purchase the product, even casual users will admire the quality of its engineering. The enclosure is built to survive a nuclear attack, and the black/red colour scheme shouts 'look at me'. The etched graphics soon become pleasing to eye (they're initially a little overwhelming), and the clear plastic window offers plenty of opportunity to admire your component choice and cabling skills. But the performance of the chassis was ordinary, and beyond the amazingly practical HDD mounting solution (anchored spinning bars with cylindrical rubber wheels) and easy-access main door there is very little that makes the Fatal1ty FC-ZE1 stand out from a vast crowd. Having said that, it's easy to work with and its finish is exceptional, so is definitely worth considering.
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Wednesday, February 7, 2007
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The Zalman Fatal1ty FC-ZV9 is actually a VF-900Cu LED with slightly different colored Copper and a Red LED instead of Blue. Oh yeah, it also carries Fatal1ty's picture, name, and endorsement. Say what you will about Fatal1ty branded products... any one of us would jump at the chance to market ourselves if we were given the opportunity. I must admit that he has only lent his name to some pretty good performing hardware thus far, even if some of it is a little too flashy for my taste. Let's dig a little deeper into what this Fatal1ty GPU cooler has to offer.
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
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The Zalman ZM600-HP power supply is cooled by a single large 120mm ADDA fan (AD1212MB-A71GL) which is temperature controlled. During testing the ZM600-HP power supply was definitely very quiet would be inaudible when installed into a system. Zalman clearly states on the power supply sticker that there are no user serviceable parts inside the PSU and the fan is soldered to the power supply PCB. There is even a blue LED under the fan to give it a nice back-lit effect when. The fan itself is not illuminated though.
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Tuesday, January 9, 2007
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As the Home Theatre Personal Computer (HTPC) bug spreads mercilessly across the home user base, manufacturers are tweaking and expanding their product ranges to fit the varied requirements of the customers looking to buy. Some will be happy with a simple two drive setup, with no LCD or front connectivity. Others will want plenty of space to accommodate the RAID setups they dream of, forward connectivity to die for and design that Andrea Pininfarina would be proud of on the latest Ferrari. In an attempt to satisfy the latter, Zalman have added the HD135 to their range, and if the HD160 we took a look at a while ago is anything to go by we may be in for a treat. Over the next few pages we will put the HD135 under our virtual microscope and see if is worthy of your hard earned cash, so bear with us as we give you the low-down.
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Wednesday, January 3, 2007
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The new CNPS9700LED shares the same exact appearance as its small brother only it's bigger. The fan size jumps from a moderate 92mm to an enormous 110mm. That alone should make the cooler outperform its smaller brother. But does it have enough performance in it to outperform the likes to the Thermalright Ultra-120 and the Scythe Infinity? Lets see.
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006
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Zalman have been offering quiet cooling solutions for years now, and the VF-700AlCu provides compatibility for most cards right through to the some of the latest and greatest offerings from nVidia (7900 series) and ATi (X1800 series). I wasn't content to just comparing the VF-700AlCu to stock, I wanted to see how it stood up versus its bigger brother, the VF-900Cu. This cooler has more fins on the sink, and heat pipes connecting the fins to the sink base. Can the aluminium-copper hybrid hold up to the full copper VF-900?
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006
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If you are looking for a quiet 600W power supply with an efficiency of 84%, a power factor of 99% and a modular cable system, look no further! The new Zalman ZM600-HP 600W power supply has all that, as well as a heatpipe cooler!
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Thursday, December 7, 2006
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Zalman's newest power supply is the ZM600-HP. The ZM600 is the first PSU in the HP lineup. The ZM600 boasts 600 watts of pure quiet power and is completely ATX 2.2 compliant. Those who think that the HP in the name stands for high powered or high performance (Hotpants? - Ed) would be awfully wrong. The HP stands for heat pipes, as the PSU uses these to aid in the cooling process. And the 120mm Zalman fan doesn't hurt either. Lets see if the ZM600-NP has what it takes.
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Wednesday, December 6, 2006
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We compare a total of 44 CPU coolers which fit on AMD/Intel latest platforms and compare them on two hot running systems; which one will keep your CPU the coolest, how quiet can it get? Find out in our last HSF roundup of 2006.
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