CNPS7000-ALCU
Quiet CPU Cooler for P4
CNPS7000-AlCu for P4
Zalman has once again revolutionized the quiet CPU cooling market.
What can you say about their new cooler, the Zalman CNPS7000-AlCu,
except that it is indeed an awesome and innovative design.
The CNPS7000-AlCu is the superior quiet CPU cooler - cooling
at an amazingly low 20.0 decibels, cooling both current
and future CPUs super-efficiently and with superior cooling
performance. This innovative quiet cooler has been designed
to work with all previous and upcoming Pentium 4 (Socket
478) CPUs.
A Flower Cooler With a New Design
Zalman has taken the basic concept of their
flower cooler and improved upon it. This CPU cooler (CNPS7000-AlCu)
also has far superior heat dissipation because of its numerous
fins and the copper incorporated into its design. It is
similar in design to the flower coolers as it also has much
of the look of a rolodex. But this “rolodex”
is circular rather than in the shape of a “flower”,
with a silent fan located in the middle of it. The incorporation
of a silent fan directly in the middle of 360 degrees of
thin, rolodex-like fins is the genius of Zalman. This allows
for the hottest air to be efficiently directed away from
the core and in and out through super-cooling fins.
Improved Thermal Resistance Numbers
Take a look at the thermal resistance numbers
on this cooler:
Thermal resistance for the CNPS7000-AlCu is
.29 Degrees C/W.
Compare this to the CNPS6500-AlCu, Zalman’s
previous cooler for the Pentium 4, cooling up to 2.8 Ghz.
It’s thermal resistance is .36 Degrees C/W (lower
is better).
Or, take a look at the all copper CNPS6500-Cu.
Its thermal resistance was .33 Degrees C/W (lower than the
CNPS6500-AlCu, but still 4 degrees higher than this new
cooler, the CNPS7000-Cu). Plus the CNPS6500-Cu was 898 grams,
weighing in at 448 grams over Intel’s 450 gram weight
limit. This required extreme care when moving a computer
with the CNPS6500-Cu attached. This new cooler, the CNPS7000-AlCu
is under Intel’s 450 gram limit, at only 445 grams.
Benefits to the Zalman CNPS7000-AlCu for
P4:
- Can be used in a screwless case such as the iStyle
case.
Previously the only Zalman quiet cpu cooler which
could be used in a screwless case was the Zalman heatduct
CNPS5700D-Cu (this cools much better than that product
and has less potential for interference with the case
since no hood is required for this product).
- At 445 grams, is within Intel’s 450 gram weight
limit for the Pentium 4.
- Cools better than any other quiet cpu cooler available.
Cools up to (and far past) the current limits of the
Pentium 4.
- Is very quiet, at only 20 decibels in silent mode.
Parts:
- FHS Assembly (CNPS7000-AlCu)
- Two (2) Clip Supports – For Pentium 4 (Socket
478)
- Two (2) Bolts – For fastening the clip
- Thermal Grease
- Adjustable Fan Speed Controller (Fan Mate 1)
Quiet CPU Cooler Limitations
*Please note: there a limited number
of motherboards which do not work with the Zalman CNPS7000-AlCu
due to interference with CNPS7000's Clip, due to interference
with the graphics card, or due to CPU Socket not located
in the center of the retention guide.
The following is a complete list of known
motherboards which do not work with this CPU cooler:
- AOPEN AX4R PLUS
- ASUS P4S533 / P4S333
- EPOX COMPURIX 4BDA-E
- SHUTTLE AS45GT-R
- SOLTEK SL-85MR2
- EPOX 845PE LAN
- SOYO SY-P4I875P DRAGON 2 & Platinum Edition
- AOPEN AX4T ll SERIES
- ASUSTEK P4T533
- IWILL P4R533-N
- SHUTTLE AV40
- ECS MBP4VV3
- ECS P4VXAD+/P4VXADV SERIES
