Zalman CNPS10X reviewed

Zalman releases a new contender to the super cooler title.

The cooler is compatible with most recent sockets: AMD 754, 939, 940, AM2, AM2 +, AM3 and Intel LGA 775, 1156 and 1366; it also comes with a blue LED fan and a PWM regulator.
The price is of 65eur, around $90 in a direct conversion, a bit pricey but the performance is excellent:

As you may know, Zalman was lagging the competition lately but the CNPS10X is here to shorten the gap, providing an excellent alternative to the Thermalright TRUE.
The only warning I give regarding Zalman coolers is that the fan bearings are usually of the worse quality you can find, meaning that in even low speeds you can hear the bearings - frequently far worse than OEM fans in $20 PSUs. This is only a relevant advice for people looking for absolute silence, as this is not usually a problem for most common builds where the noise gets melded with the fan noise at higher speeds or of another components in the system.

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