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Zalman CNPS9500 LED
6.7 out of 10

Zalman CNPS9500 LED

Compatible with Intel’s Dual Core Pentium, Pentium4, and Celer Read more

Great Deal: $32.78

Reviews and Problems with Zalman CNPS9500 LED

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Overall 4
4.0

User Review

ntsh, Newegg
7 July 2012
  • Pros: keeps the cpu cool.
  • Cons: weird sound coming from the heatsink.(not the fan sound).
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Overall 4
4.0

Doesn't cool any better than my stock Intel

FatElvis, Newegg
28 June 2012
  • Pros: Look really, very, incredibly cool.
  • Cons: Doesn't heat any better than intel stock HSF. With the stock, got about 60C under Prime95. With this.... about 60. Not sure I got the point, as I don't have a windowed...
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Overall 4
4.0

Noisy ball bearings

HoosierInFL, Newegg
13 July 2011
  • Pros: Ran quiet - for a day. Good job at cooling
  • Cons: The ball bearings started making a rattling sound which defeats the whole purpose of this unit.
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Overall 4
4.0

Nope

Newegg
12 December 2010
  • Pros: It looks cool... thats about it. I lost all hope for Zalman.
  • Cons: Its loud and expensive... too big for the amount of cooling it provides.
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Overall 4
4.0

Careful Now!

Acefire, Amazon
29 October 2010
  • Summary: Hey guys! I just wanted to let you know that this is not the best deal for your money. If you are able to get this thing for $20 buck then I would suggest it, but It is...
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Overall 4
4.0

Doesn't live to the Hype

Newegg
23 July 2010
  • Summary: -Not a screw-in heat sink (quite heavy for it to be leaning on the motherboard with a metal bridge) - not very tight with the cpu thus causing a high temperature at idle
  • Pros: -Almost pure copper
  • Cons: *Only if you have your mobo standing tall ways*
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Overall 4
4.0

OK, not as good as expected

Tyler, Newegg
12 October 2008
  • Summary: For the price I expected a higher quality product. The buzzing sound is unacceptable, but it is too late to return it now.
  • Pros: Looks cool, it was fairly easy to install.
  • Cons: Whenever the fan runs at more than 60% it makes a horrible, loud buzzing/rattling sound. I can't run it at that speed because my cpu will heat up, so I was forced to w...
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Overall 4
4.0

Fan Off-Axis

derekteffect, Newegg
12 July 2008
  • Pros: Does a good job lowering CPU temperature, all copper, it's a Zalman.
  • Cons: Rather large and bulky. And I guess it's just mine, because I've seen these in other machines, and they are much better than this, but my fan is off axis, and it produ...
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Overall 4
4.0

Easy install didn't lower my temps much

Mungo, Newegg
13 February 2008
  • Summary: Reseated it with no change.
  • Pros: Low noise relatively easy to install if you take your time.
  • Cons: Only got a 2 degree drop compared to stock. I used Artic Ceramque and followed the instructions on their web site.
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Overall 4
4.0

fan did not work

Newegg
6 January 2008
  • Pros: probably a good cooler, I wouldn't know.
  • Cons: Very annonying. After my first ever computer build, I installed everything on the board, put the board in the case. Everything worked except for the fan on the Zalman....
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