CPU Radiator Zen cooler

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Fri Jan 04, 2002 10:19 am

hey guys...
review's out

http://www.pcabusers.com/reviews/zen/z.html

LMK what you think?

Sean · Post by **Sean** » Fri Jan 04, 2002 5:02 pm

How much quieter is it? I know I LOVE quiet. Is it a big difference from the V2 Fan on the Sk6??

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Fri Jan 04, 2002 5:13 pm

seems like it's at least the same level of noise if not lower...
i like this... definitely performs well... and it's a great alternative to the sk6... albeit a more dangerous one if you're a novice

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Fri Jan 04, 2002 5:28 pm

and expensive as hell.

Greg

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Fri Jan 04, 2002 5:35 pm

come now greg... a rich man such as you should have a problem w/ it hehehe
you've got ALL the cool toys..

sethpa · Post by **sethpa** » Sat Jan 05, 2002 7:15 am

I've seen several reviews on it now, one theme to most of them was, the clips to mount it SUCK! And it has a tendancy to crush the CPU. And only $100 bucks!

That was an excellent review you did ChottoEd.

sethpa

blade · Post by **blade** » Sat Jan 05, 2002 9:42 am

Received an email from one who crushed his cpu core first time he installed it. Now that would suk.

Looks cool as heck though.

DocSilly · Post by **DocSilly** » Sat Jan 05, 2002 10:18 am

This heatsinks sports an interesting idea but its not put into action too well.
I also re-checked a couple other reviews and have to agree with sethpas conclusion: sucky mounting and possible CPU crusher.
Many suggest using a shim to prevent core crushing due to the somewhat different mounting and because the bottom plate is not large enough to contact the pads on an AMD CPU.

The review is nice but I wouldn't award a PC Abusers Choice to such a difficult and possibly dangerous product.

Especially when you can get a slightly better cooling performance with the Alpha PAL8045 and a rather lownoise 35cfm fan, not to mention the superior mounting of the PAL8045.
And all that for half the price.

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Sat Jan 05, 2002 10:39 am

so the alpha 8045 can outperform the sk6?

DocSilly · Post by **DocSilly** » Sat Jan 05, 2002 11:32 am

I didn't compare them (/me hugs his H2O cooling).
I don't read too many webpages, here is one I found:
http://www.overclockers.com/articles373/