John W. Colby
jcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sat Nov 22 03:09:39 CST 2003
Interesting design. I bought a thermaltake silent boost and it is also noiseless. I'm thrilled with it. Bought 2 more for the other machines in my home office. Bye bye vacuum cleaner in my ear. ;-) John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Francisco H Tapia Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 4:08 AM To: hardware at hardwaregroup.com; Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Zalman CNPS7000A-AlCu Review Just bought this awesome cooler http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/cnps7000a-cu.htm I had the pleasure of installing it in my Epox k7a+ motherboard, on an AMD 2000+. Previously it was cooled w/ a Volcano 7, which was set to cool based on temp, which has been working just the most awesome as possible. My ThermalTake was/is great, it keeps the cpu cool when idle at a cool 104F on load when processing DivX it can jump as high as 118F, and when gaming I've only seen it get to 113F For this cooler the Zalman 7000A-AlCu, Idle is 98F, Gaming is 107F, and DivX was 112F. :) that's tonight, and the best part... it is ultra silent. I've uped the RPMs to Normal mode and the db on the spec sheet says 25db's but I can't hear it. in fact the case fans are now louder than it, and they are pretty quiet, before it was the Volcano I heard all the time :D. I'll be looking for some whisper quiet fans for the rest of the case now ;o). I just wanted to share, btw, I've also invested in the AeroCool DP-101 which is another ultra silent cooler, that should arive on Tuesday, and i'll be able to plug that on an AMD 2600+ on a DFI LanParty Ultra NFII :D, currently that thing has a Volcano 11, and man talk about your Vacume cleaners :D.... -- -Francisco _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com