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werxen   09-24-2009 at 11:26:01 PM

i lowered my wolfdale overclock to 3.8 @ stock voltage of 1.26. i idle at 33 then on load i go up to low 50's on this zalman! ughh!!! seriously zalman i am VERY disappointed in your performance after seeing how wolfdales SHOULD be in the 40s on load overclocked with a decent cooler!!!!!!!!!! DO NOT GET ZALMAN PRODUCTS!!!

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obsidian86   09-24-2009 at 11:40:09 PM

coulda told you that in your sleep zalman is over rated

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Bronze CPUs badge jsc   09-25-2009 at 12:00:16 AM

Yep. Zalmans were good in the early days when they weer one of the very first to use heat pipes. And they look great - mediocre performance though.

I have a 9500 bought off eBay sitting on my knick-knack shelf because they are kind of neat looking (house guests can't resist picking it up and looking at it), but I actually use a TRUE and 2 Xigmateks in my 3 desktop computers .

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rand_79   09-25-2009 at 02:28:48 AM

my zalman 9700 is very efficient but i did Overvolt a bit too much and it went from 50 under load to 97 .. oops

it runs all day <60degrees Celsius with a full load q6600@3.2 it ran fine at 3.6 but going for 3.8 just wasnt enough heatpipes/metal to absorb the extra heat.

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