New Zalman and Asetek coolers
 

All in all, neither of these coolers has really blown us away, as it were, and certainly neither is a substitute for watercooling your high-end chip. Both get marks for being quiet and powerful, but we were just hoping for a little more.

Link
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200..._cooler/1.html

Judging from the photo, I have no idea if the fan on the Zalman is blowing towards the case exhaust or not. Since the test is not cased; should the fan be blowing towards the front of the case, this would negatively impact case ventilation, I suspect.

http://www.bit-tech.net/content_imag...er/zalman7.jpg

i think lazyman is correct, the fan blows into the case :)

but not if the mobo is placed upside down like in some lianli cases and other

or they mounted the cooler the wrong way...

mhh you say something there, perhaps yes^^

maybe they ran into the testing without reading the manual:D

Correct:

http://www.quietpc.com/uk/forums/pic...0installed.jpg

mini review: http://www.quietpc.com/uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=592