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Zalman CNPS6500B-Cu Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Zalman CNPS6500B-Cu Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
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Abstract: With the CNPS6500B revision Zalman have changed around how the heatsink mounts to the Intel Pentium 4 processor.

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Zalman   Cooling / Heatsinks   Sep 05, 2002   Max Page  

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Synthetic Temperature Test Results: *Ranked according to 100W interface die test results.

FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature Test Platform Results
Mfg. Model Ambient Temp. 27mm large copper block 27mm large copper block Thermal pad No. Fans Fan Noise Clip force
50W 100W
AVC 117140 22.6 37.8 50.4 none 1 med med
Coolermaster IHC-H71 23.0 37.0 51.1 none 1 loud stiff
Arkua 8568 22.4 37.8 51.7 none 1 med med
NengTyi XPC5000 23.8 38.4 53.9 none 1 med loud
Alpha PAL8942 27.9 42.6 54.0 none 1 med med
Zalman CNPS6500B-Cu 23.4 41.1 55.9 none 1 low easy
Vantec GSN-7025 22.5 41.7 58.5 none 1 med med
Glacialtech Igloo 3300 22.4 40.5 58.8 silver 1 low easy
Chauh Choung DTA-478 22.4 42.1 59.0 carbon 1 low med
Taisol CEP426151A 24.3 43.7 59.7 none 1 med easy
Intel Socket 478 22.4 41.8 59.8 carbon 1 low med
Dynatron DC1207BMW 23.2 42.7 61.1 none 1 med easy
Titan TTC-MT3AB 22.8 41.5 61.2 none 2 loud stiff
Dynatron DC1206BM-S 22.4 43.2 62.0 none 1 med med
AVC 117160 22.4 42.7 61.1 white pad 1 med med
Cho-Liang CL-CB00881 23.6 41.2 65.0 none 1 med easy
Cho-Liang CL-CB0307Z17 24.2 45.6 65.7 none 1 med easy
Cho-Liang CL-CB0094-1A 23.2 39.5 67.9 none 1 med easy
Globalwin VA476 28.7 49.5 68.0 grey 1 med easy
Dynatron DC1206BMV 23.1 45.1 68.2 none 1 low easy
ChoLiang Cl-CB0309Z17 24.3 46.7 68.6 none 1 med stiff
Vantec GSN-7015 22.4 47.5 69.0 none 1 loud stiff
50W 100W

The fan design has a couple of good features that make it ideal for situations when the fan fails, or is accidentally left unplugged for example. The large surface area leaves it ideal for convection cooling and that also translates into a good design for active cooling.

The initial performance results here are pretty good for the all copper cooler and its case mounted fan, but let's see where the final results stand...

Rise Above Ambient Temp. (c)
Mfg. Model 27mm large copper block 27mm large copper block

50W

100W

Alpha PAL8942 14.7 26.1
AVC 117140 15.2 27.8
Coolermaster IHC-H71 14.0 28.1
Arkua 8568 15.4 29.3
NengTyi XPC5000 14.6 30.1
Zalman CNPS6500B-Cu 17.7 32.5
Taisol CEP426151A 19.4 35.4
Vantec GSN-7025 19.2 36.0
Glacialtech Igloo 3300 18.1 36.4
chauh Choung DTA-478 19.7 36.6
Intel Socket 478 19.4 37.4
Dynatron DC1207BMW 19.5

37.9

Titan TTC-MT3AB 18.7 38.4
Globalwin VA476 20.8 39.3
Dynatron DC1206BM-S 20.8 39.6
AVC 117160 20.3 39.8
Cho-Liang CL-CB00881 18.2 41.4
Cho-Liang Cl-CB0307Z17 21.4 41.5
Cho-Liang CL-CB0309Z17 22.4 44.3
Cho-Liang CL-CB0094-1A 16.3 44.7
Dynatron DC1206BMV 22.0 45.1
Vantec GSN-7105 25.1 46.6

50W

100W

The final rise above ambient temperature results outperform the stock intel heatsink which is what we always like to see. With a beautifully flat base, and a very low noise signature the Zalman heatsinks are really good heatsinks to use in combination with a nicely paced Pentium 4 chip.

The updated clips for the heatsink retention mechanism leave you with an installation that takes a fraction of time it used to take removing the motherboard and then reinstalling it.

Add to all this the Fanmate 1 which let the speed of the fan be further adjusted and we are starting to see truly low noise cooling for our mainstream processors. Overall this is a really cool looking heatsink, one that doesn't produce a heck of a lot of noise, and lastly, offers a bit better cooling than the stock Intel heatsink - what more could your really want?

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Table of Contents:

 1:  Zalman CNPS6500B-Cu Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
 2:  Checking out the heatsink
 3:  Heatsink Test Parameters
 4:  Acoustic Test Results
 5: — Synthetic Thermal Test Results

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