Installed this just last night to replace my 2 month old Corsair H70.
The noise from the H70 bugged me, and it kept my computer running hot, because what was once my exhaust fan had to be replaced with another input fan for the radiator, forcing me to mount a small exhaust fan on the top of my case.
The Zalman fan is amazingly quiet in comparison, a good 8-10db lower than the Corsair. Because it restores my wind tunnel-esque airflow, it has cooled my interior temps nearly 15 degrees celsius, or almost 60 degrees Farenheit!
Not to mention the black nickel finish and red LED fan makes a pretty wicked looking design, almost evoking the inside of a turbine engine.
The fan is a bit pricey, at $85 from MicroCenter, but I'm loving the cool, quiet experience it is giving me, and the added peace of mind from not having a large quantity of water flowing around my expensive computer.
I'll get some pics later.
EDIT: This is the "Before"
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/aCx3E.jpg[/IMG]
it's a terrible cooler, hugely overpriced ricer crap
for $90 you could have gotten an NH-D14 which would have been quiet without being crap [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018&Tpk=nh-d14[/url]
[editline]19th June 2011[/editline]
then again you had a H70 before so maybe you just like having terrible overpriced coolers
[QUOTE=Ridge;30563011]Installed this just last night to replace my 2 month old Corsair H70.
The noise from the H70 bugged me, and it kept my computer running hot, because what was once my exhaust fan had to be replaced with another input fan for the radiator, forcing me to mount a small exhaust fan on the top of my case.
The Zalman fan is amazingly quiet in comparison, a good 8-10db lower than the Corsair. Because it restores my wind tunnel-esque airflow, it has cooled my interior temps nearly 15 degrees celsius, or almost 60 degrees Farenheit!
Not to mention the black nickel finish and red LED fan makes a pretty wicked looking design, almost evoking the inside of a turbine engine.
The fan is a bit pricey, at $85 from MicroCenter, but I'm loving the cool, quiet experience it is giving me, and the added peace of mind from not having a large quantity of water flowing around my expensive computer.
I'll get some pics later.
EDIT: This is the "Before"
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/aCx3E.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
so, what's the point of a giant closed loop water cooler that's as big as a air cooler (which would likely take less room in a small case like that)?
Well, I'm no expert but my h50 which was only 50 USD keeps my i5 2500k under 60c full load, at 4 ghz. So I'm pretty happy about that.
(same series has the h70derp)
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