ZALMAN 9700 LED vs THERMALTAKE BIG THYPHOON VX?

[blue_fox89]

I'm asking it coz I'm the same guy that has a processor when start to gaming like FS9 or AOE III, the temperatures goes to 54

[MWISimmer]

I'd go for the Zalman because everybody knows the more LED's and lights your PC has, the better it will perform.. or should I say preform?

Sorry..  ;)

[ctjoyce]

Um, while that statement is true, also know that the Zalman CNPS9700-Cu is the second best air cooler on the market, only to be trumped by vape-chill.

There are a lot of big coolers, but mostly they just take up space.

Cheers
Cameron

PS: I got my PD 805 to 4Ghz on a CNPS 9500Cu, and it idles at 43*C. Now consider that with the stock intel heasink at stock clocks, I was getting 41*C.

[Nick N]

I prefer the NT model http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835118020


The thermaltake is nothing but a big oversized/overweight block that uses that design to do the same job as the less bulky and better designed Zalman



The Zalman uses MUCH better thermal dynamic/conductive engineering http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 348949/#13

[legoalex2000]

I prefer the NT model http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835118020


The thermaltake is nothing but a big oversized/overweight block that uses that design to do the same job as the less bulky and better designed Zalman



The Zalman uses MUCH better thermal dynamic/conductive engineering http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 348949/#13

im with nick on this. i have a 9500 and the design is much better than any other cooler, even better because its all copper. that thermaltake looks like it will keep some residual heat under the fan & heatsink, because its already blowing hot air from the heatsink right back to the pipelines and stright for the processor.

just for discussions sake, get a zalman. its worth your while.

Ramos

[DizZa]

[quote]I'd go for the Zalman because everybody knows the more LED's and lights your PC has, the better it will perform.. or should I say preform?

Sorry..

[Nick N]

I prefer the NT model http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835118020


The thermaltake is nothing but a big oversized/overweight block that uses that design to do the same job as the less bulky and better designed Zalman



The Zalman uses MUCH better thermal dynamic/conductive engineering http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 348949/#13

im with nick on this. i have a 9500 and the design is much better than any other cooler, even better because its all copper. that thermaltake looks like it will keep some residual heat under the fan & heatsink, because its already blowing hot air from the heatsink right back to the pipelines and stright for the processor.

just for discussions sake, get a zalman. its worth your while.

Ramos

the 9700 is copper too. It just has nickel plated finish on it. The heat transfer is pretty incredible



This is the stock cooler on a 1.625v Vcore AMD x2 (normal vore is 1.35v) This reading is under a load                                                                  

[Ashton Lawson]

the 9700NT is the best in my amateur opinion.  once i get the specs of my new rig together, ill probably be getting one - i wouldn't dare stick to stock coolers...

besides, the NT cools well, and looks cool, plus, it blows hot air directly through ur case's exhaust fan

[GunnerMan]

Check out the the Thermalright Ultra 120 models. It is big but it is the best cooler on the market. Thats not what you asked though so go with the Zalman, and don't ever buy from Thermaltake because thats what they do is take, they take other companys ideas add a few LEDs and sell em as their own. Lets not go into the crap case quality....

[Ashton Lawson]

I've never like Thermaltake, not just their products, but the name too...

[legoalex2000]

I've never like Thermaltake, not just their products, but the name too...

just opinion, but i prefer thermaltake PSU's. other than that, i stick with zalman & corsair.

Ramos

[ctjoyce]

I'm a big fan of Thermaltake Cases, and I'm very happy with my toughpower, Zalman is all I will use for cooling, Sapphire or eVGA for graphics and ASUS for a motherboard. Everything else is based on performance.

Cheers
Cameron

[Ashton Lawson]

I'm a big fan of Thermaltake Cases, and I'm very happy with my toughpower, Zalman is all I will use for cooling, Sapphire or eVGA for graphics and ASUS for a motherboard. Everything else is based on performance.

Cheers
Cameron

I'm curious, u know the performance boost thing, um, uh,  LinkBoost for nVIDIA stuff, if I had an eVGA 8800GTX with SLI memory, and an ASUS board based on the nForce 680i stuff, would LinkBoost still work?  Or would I have to go for eVGA 8800GTX and nForce 680i...

because, im not really going to get into overclocking until my warranty is either voided by accident, or by the warranty running out.

then again, the dudes in Thailand probably wouldnt know, let alone care, about if I did overclock...