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Bjorn3D has posted a review on the Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu CPU Cooler



Many companies providing heatsinks today, especially those marketed toward the enthusiast crowd, seem to ignore AMD's and Intel's recommended maximum weight specifications for HSF units for their respective processors. Zalman Tech Co., Ltd. is certainly no stranger to this blatant disregard of the specs laid out by the makers of the chips its products are meant to cool. Thanks to jab-tech.com, I have had the privilege of taking one of these oversized coolers for a spin. The cooler I am referring to is the CNPS7000A-Cu, and it is compatible with Intel's Pentium 4 (Socket 478) and AMD's Athlon/Duron/Athlon XP (Socket 462) and Athlon 64 (Socket 754) CPUs. Weighing in at 773 grams, this cooler weighs over twice the specified maximum weight (300 g) of a cooler for Socket 462 CPUs and nearly twice the recommended maximum weight (450 g) for Pentium 4 and Athlon 64 CPUs.
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