ZALMAN CNPS20X and CNPS17X Spotted

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/02/2019 10:36 AM | source: cowcotland | 7 comment(s)

It has been silent in regards to Zalman for many years now, but from the looks of it they want to make a comeback as they will be releasing two high-end air-coolers.

The CNPS17X and CNPS20X can be used on high-end processors, and follow the standardized heatpipe aluminum find design really. Armed with Reverse Direct Touch, or simply the Direct Touch heat pipes they should perform well. The CNPS17X has five, while the two CNPS20X towers. Fans wise you're looking at a ZM-SF140 fan, which rotates @ 800 ~ 1500rpm for an air flow of 61CFM. The CNPS17X measures 160mm in height only, for 700g, while the CNPS20X weighs 1300g for a height of 165mm. Both are compatible with all recent sockets, except the TR4, and are announced for 200W and 300W.

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#5737013 Posted on: 12/02/2019 09:15 PM

Well, 300W is quite impressive as a max spec for the dual tower version. Sound like it could be as good or better than Noctua NH-D15/D14.

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#5737043 Posted on: 12/02/2019 10:40 PM

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#5737096 Posted on: 12/03/2019 03:09 AM

They're ugly.....but how do they perform?

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#5737107 Posted on: 12/03/2019 04:26 AM

They're ugly.....but how do they perform?

can do the kessel run in 12 parsecs.

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#5737117 Posted on: 12/03/2019 05:11 AM

can do the kessel run in 12 parsecs.

You lost me.....

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#5737123 Posted on: 12/03/2019 05:34 AM

They look really bad. I have a CNPS10x Optima on a FX8350 system in one of the other rooms, and it works fine. In fact, it worked just fine with a 8700K too, up to around 135-145W power drawn.
But the design is really lame.

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#5737946 Posted on: 12/05/2019 11:24 AM

do they come with clips for regular fans to use once their non-standard garbage fans are going into the bin?

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