Computex 2009 - Day 4 - Wrapping it up - Zalman

Computex Day 4 - Wrapping things up

Greetings Earthlings, and welcome to the fourth and last official day of Computex 2009. Today we round things up with a last batch of manufacturers related to Guru3D.com, overall a small article. Of course later on, likely in the weekend, we'll post the typical meat fest photos as well and somewhere in June an article on the factory tour that we had at Gigabyte.

Let's start off day four with Zalman.

Zalman

So early in the morning we met up with Brian from Zalman to have a rundown of their latest and greatest. Above you can spot the all new CNPS 10X cooler. This is interesting to see from Zalman, as they dumped the circular design, which is totally new for Zalman. The new cooler supports all modern sockets including Intel's 775, 1366, upcoming 1156 (core i5), and AMD's AM3, AM2+, AM2, 754, 939, and 940.

The nickel-plated cooler comes with a RPM controllable PWM fan speed controller (located in the top) that overrides the motherboard's PWM signal for manual fan speed control. With the help of a little switch you can activate low, medium, or high. According to Zalman this will be one of their best ever performing coolers. It's priced rather high though, expect it to drop to roughly 80 USD.

And there will also be a more silent version, without the PWM controller, likely priced much lower.

The fact that Zalman has already been producing Power Supplies is not exactly a secret. There is however a new series on its way. The ZM 500 RS series will become available in both a 500 and 600 Watt version. These little fellas are 80+ efficient (certified), come with dual 12V rails and an all silent 120mm fan. The power circuit has what Zalman calls a Resonant Switching design for ‘two-forward’ switching. Resonant switching minimizes switching power loss and reduces internal heat generation.

Here's what I fell in love with. Check out the all new ZM MFC3 front panel drive bay fan controller. This model is an advanced and improved design with the latest FSTN display to maximize viewing angle. It will allow you to monitor real-time power consumption and the temperature of the main components of the computer.