ThermalRight SP-94 Vs Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu

Diddy Kong

Hey, was just looking for opinions on which of the above is better. ie price/performace
cheers

Venom

My vote is in my sig

Diddy Kong

how much better does it cool than that standard one??

Col_Loki

The 7000alcu is a very good cooler and cheaper than the thermalright especially when you take into account the additional fan.

Which performs better? The thermalright does, but it depends on how much by the fan you attach.

Diddy Kong

if i was to get the thermalright, id bee lookin to stick a coolermaster silent 92mm fan on it

Col_Loki

If your looking for quiet operation, and you have a northwood then id say prob go with the Zalman 7000alcu . The Theramlright is a fantastic cooler but the Zalman isint that far behind.

The Zalman is also adjustable, and a nice ammount cheaper. Mabye get an Artic cooler for your GFX card for the extra?

If you had a prescott then definetly the Thermalright, but the northwoods dont run nearlly as hot .

[But theres no harm at all in having the thermalright, either would be a good option TBH]

Dempsey

I was in the same position as you there a while ago.
I came to the conclusion that:

Zalman have the fan, its adjustable, easy fit, nice design but should have a customized bracket to hold it good, it uses the standard one which isnt designed to take that much weight and could become loose and temps could rise gradually over a period of time.

Thermalright no fan included, best heatsink(but the amount of dissapation depends on fan chosen as Col_Loki said) It has its own mounting bracket, which is what was putting me off getting it because of having to remove the board to do it. Temps dropped 13'C under load at stock speeds.

Venom

Originally posted by Dempsey
I was in the same position as you there a while ago.
I came to the conclusion that:

Zalman have the fan, its adjustable, easy fit, nice design but should have a customized bracket to hold it good, it uses the standard one which isnt designed to take that much weight and could become loose and temps could rise gradually over a period of time.

The zalman does with attachments for various chips and boards to make the connection to the cpu fan brackett more secure. Unless your pc travels alot i wouldnt be to worried about it.

Dempsey

With its design and weight and a bracket not designed for that weight. The mounting clips do break somethimes when people secure heatsinks that heavy