On the next few pages we'll show you some photos. The images were taken at high-resolution and then cropped and scaled down. The camera used was a Canon 450D 12 MegaPixel.

Right, let's start this review up. We'll guide you through the product with the help of a photo-shoot. As you can see the kit is very complete and comes with all the mounting brackets you can think of for Pentium 4, Celeron D, Pentium D, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Extreme, Pentium Dual-Core, Core i7, Sempron, Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX, Opteron, Dual-Core Opteron, Phenom, Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core, Athlon X2 Dual-Core, Phenom II.

Boxed you will find:

• Cooler (CNPS9900 LED)
• Thermal Grease (ZM-STG1)
• User’s Manual

Components for Intel Socket 1366

• Four (4) Clip Support Fixing Bolts (Gold)
• Four (4) Socket 1366 Washers
• One (1) Socket 1366 Clip Support
• One (1) Socket 1366 Clip

Components for Intel Socket 775

• Four (4) Clip Support Fixing Bolts (Silver)
• One (1) Clip Support (top)
• One (1) Backplate (bottom) for Socket 775
• One (1) Socket 775 Clip

Component for AMD Socket AM2+/AM2/754/939/940

• One (1) AMD Clip
• One (1) AMD Clip Lever

So there we have it, strange looking fellah eh ? The Dual Heatsink Design, Ultra-thin 0.2mm fins for low weight and significantly reduced airflow resistance. Most significant aesthetic look is of course the fan that sits in-between the two heatsinks ... and that plastic shroud.

The shroud in the middle, by the way, really should be removed. And yes, we learned it the hard way. The manual does not mention for it to be removed, yet the Zalman website does tell you to remove it.

Once we removed it our temperatures improved by a good 5 to 7 degrees C on average. See, likely initially it was designed for better airflow. but in practice this turned out to work in the opposite way. With the shroud installed the product makes more noise and cools worse. The irony.