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January 2011
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The editors liked
Build Quality
Design
Performance
135mm LED Fan
CPU Compatibility
Outstanding fit and finish
Excellent cooling performance
Great look
Innovative composite heatpipe design
Available with blue or red LED fan
PWM resistor cable included
High quality thermal compound included
Good installation guide
Decent Performance
Plenty of directed air "spill" that cools northbridge heatsink and VRM
Support Intel and AMD sockets
Fixed fan
No fan-installation steps
Perfect clearance with memory
VRM and northbridge areas
Included voltage-based fan-speed red
Excellent cooling with stock CPU setting
Great looking design
PWM controlled 135mm fan
Compact size that offers plenty of room for RAM clearance
Fan adapter for quiet operation
LED fans
Light weight
Polished base
Compatible with both Intel and AMD system
Relatively small design
Black-Pearl Nickel Plating
Red or Blue LEDs
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Unique circular design
Composite Omega Shaped Heatpipes (equivalent to 6 heatpipes)
Compact size for a highperformance cooler (provides better RAM clearance)
Blackpearl finish
Very good performance with stock fan
Relatively silent operation
RCP7 resistor for silent operation
Toptier performance
Quiet
Good looks
Less sharp than its predecessor.
The editors didn't like
Single Fan Solution
Noise Levels
Price (For Some)
Installation a bit fussy
Availability (for now)
A bit pricey (but worth it)
Price needs to be lower
Some installation steps complicated
Fan very loud at full-speed
Unique fan
Can't get a spare one after the included one's life runs out
No provisions to attach additional or third-party fans
Relatively small design, Black-Pearl Nickel Plating, Red or Blue LEDs
Sub-par cooling, Expensive
The Zalman CNPS9900 MAX CPU cooler is a decent CPU cooler. It’s got good looks with the nickel plated design and blue or red LEDs for the fan, but I was sort of surprised to see the results of the testing. It’s been a while since I last reviewed a Zalm...
While the CNPS9900-MAX Blue returned some excellent results, it's also very expensive, retailing for £49. This is £11 more expensive than the Frio, and in both our test systems, the Thermaltake Frio matched or bettered its performance and was quieter.It's...
Zalman CNPS9900 MAX When Zalman released the CNPS10X line, we expected the long-lived flower heatsink design to walk off into the sunset for a well-deserved retirement. The CNPS9000 series has failed to perform effectively against conventional tower c...
The video was lengthy enough to cover pretty much every point of the cooler, but we will just cover the main points here quickly. A major plus point of this cooler is you will not have any issues what so ever with ram height compatibility, this is a major...
The Zalman CNPS9900 MAX is a very beautiful cooler, moving apart from the ubiquitous "tower" design, giving your computer a unique looks. Its fan has discrete red LEDs (it can also come with blue LEDs), which you can barely see during day time...
Abstract: The CNPS9900 Max heatsink has a total heat dissipation surface area on the order of 5402cm2, stands 150mm tall and weighs 755 grams. The manufacturer claims max heat capacity is a whopping 300W! CPU compatibility extends to Intel socket 775/1155/1156/...
Decent Performance, Plenty of directed air "spill" that cools northbridge heatsink and VRM, Support Intel and AMD sockets, Fixed fan, no fan-installation steps, Perfect clearance with memory, VRM and northbridge areas, Included voltage-based fan-speed red
Price needs to be lower, Some installation steps complicated, Fan very loud at full-speed, Unique fan, can't get a spare one after the included one's life runs out, No provisions to attach additional or third-party fans
With the CNPS9900 MAX, Zalman made another attempt to show that its copper fin ring type heatsinks are still competent in handling thermal loads of today's CPUs, and still competitive with the tower-type heatsinks that are pretty-much the norm these da...
With the CNPS 9900 MAX, Zalman managed to surprise me. These coolers are based on an old concept introduced a long time ago, and thought the 9900 series never left the market, I was not expecting to see a performance level this good.So yeah, the concept i...
Build Quality, Design, Performance, 135mm LED Fan, CPU Compatibility
Single Fan Solution, Noise Levels, Price (For Some)
The CNPS9900 MAX by Zalman continues the barrel design saga with great performance and stunning looks thanks to the Black Pearl nickel plated finish and the 135mm LED fan. On top of that add the fact that this CPU Cooler comes in both Blue...
