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After dealing with their RMA dept and other managers at the company I highly recommend passing. Their own firmware update they insisted on you installed bricked the drive and they tried to not honor their warranty and talked down to me like a criminal. It took me 5-6 months to get a replacement and a note was included that they would never honor the warranty again for the purchase.

i think this is the one i saw

Quote from VOUDOO : After dealing with their RMA dept and other managers at the company I highly recommend passing. Their own firmware update they insisted on you installed bricked the drive and they tried to not honor their warranty and talked down to me like a criminal. It took me 5-6 months to get a replacement and a note was included that they would never honor the warranty again for the purchase.

So sorry to hear about your painful experience with Zalman. I have had only good experiences and great products from them:

SSD's
Computer cases
CPU Coolers

I have purchased and installed over 10 items from them in the last couple of months and their products have been nothing less than stellar.

Now I am tempted to purchase this cooler too!

I am posting a pic of a new build I completed last week using their Zalman CPU Cooler, Zalman SSD, and Zalman Z9 computer case.

All of it works like perfect.

I have been so happy with the Zalman products. They build quality components!

Hope this helps!

Soar

Quote from VOUDOO : After dealing with their RMA dept and other managers at the company I highly recommend passing. Their own firmware update they insisted on you installed bricked the drive and they tried to not honor their warranty and talked down to me like a criminal. It took me 5-6 months to get a replacement and a note was included that they would never honor the warranty again for the purchase.

Must have cross posted from somewhere else... this has nothing to do with a cooler


I've used zalman's air coolers for MANY years and they are always top notch stuff and their support has been impeccable when I needed it.

That being said, this looks to be exactly like the Corsair H60 I use now and it's great.

Zalmans RMA dept and processes are horrific. I have used their loud rattling air coolers as well as my friends, sure they cool things down. Should you need to call on the warranty prepare to get the extreme run around or flat out no responses without calling them repeatedly. I am glad you got good results, I am just showing the flip side of the coin in terms of warranty service. After buying a number of their products over a long period of time, it would be a cold day in hell that I would return.

i like air coolers better i think. but i think those corsair water coolers are good too ike h100 i heard

Quote from thebtran : i like air coolers better i think. but i think those corsair water coolers are good too ike h100 i heard

Why do you think air coolers are better?

Quote from xxxHolic : Why do you think air coolers are better?

The performance of all-in-one watercooling kits like these are generally lacking, in the sense that they often do not match higher-end air-cooling solutions.

However, they do offer the distinct advantage that several pounds of metal isn't cantilevered on your fragile socket / motherboard. Additionally, they are a darned sight better than the dinky little compact air-coolers for use in smaller cases, or when RAM slot clearance is an issue.

here is 123 cooling system comparison chart including zalman.

http://www.coolenjoy.net/bbs/boar...=10167&p=6

it's in korean, but numbers are good enough.

and zalman is doing pretty well, little better than h60 with one fan attached.

i read these are all made by the same manufacturer

are the only differences between each type of low end model the branding and stock fan(s) it comes with?
or is this actually a different/revised design?

Quote from soarwitheagles : So sorry to hear about your painful experience with Zalman. I have had only good experiences and great products from them: SSD's Computer cases CPU Coolers I have purchased and installed over 10 items from them in the last couple of months and their products have been nothing less than stellar. Now I am tempted to purchase this cooler too! I am posting a pic of a new build I completed last week using their Zalman CPU Cooler, Zalman SSD, and Zalman Z9 computer case. All of it works like perfect. I have been so happy with the Zalman products. They build quality components! Hope this helps! Soar

Looks like the sticker on the rear fan is peeling off, lol.
Anyways, good stuff. I have Zalman CNPS9900MAX CPU cooler, and it's been running 24/7 on full load (i7-2600k @ 4.3GHz) for a year.

Quote from S3420 : i read these are all made by the same manufacturer are the only differences between each type of low end model the branding and stock fan(s) it comes with? or is this actually a different/revised design?

Doesn't appear to be a rebranded Asetek. Only the Zalman CNPS20LQ appears on the Asetek site under OEM Customers - Do It Yourself. As to whether it's a different/revised design, I do not know.