Zalman CNPS8000 Low Profile CPU Cooler Review

Cooling/CPU Cooling by jmke @ 2006-10-31

A compact CPU cooler from Zalman for those small cases and office PCs, carrying the CNPS ultra quiet tag, we find out if it lives up to Zalman reputation of silent computing.

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Installation

Installation

Genius. That’s how I call the system for swapping between AM2/K8 and S775 mounting gear; it’s extremely easy to install in on the heatsink (no screws required) and equally easy to remove.

The two black mounting clips slide under the copper base and “click” themselves in place:

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Courtesy of Zalman this little flash animation shows you in detail how the CNPS8000 is installed:



Flipping the heatsink around allowed it to fit, but I did lose use of 1 RAM bank:

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