Zalman CNPS8900 Extreme CPU Cooler Review
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The Zalman CNPS8900 Extreme is a beautiful CPU cooler, with a low profile (2.36 inches or 60 mm) and good cooling performance for this category of cooler. It presented the same cooling performance as the Noctua NH-L12, which we recently tested.
The only problem is that the product website announces it as an “ultra quiet slim CPU cooler.” It is slim, but not quiet at all. Its 110 mm fan spinning at more than 2,500 rpm makes a high-pitched annoying noise, which makes it a bad choice for HTPCs or for any application where silence is desirable.