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Eugene T.

Eugene T.

Joined on 01/13/05

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Most Favorable Review

5 - 8 degrees cooler

ZALMAN CNPS 9500 AM2 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink
ZALMAN CNPS 9500 AM2 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink

Pros: Its a great low rpm quiet set up. I recommend not using the fan controller and hooking it straight into your mobo this way your fan will stay maxed out @ 2750rpm's. The AM2 bracket is vey easy to snap on, very easily installed. I have an AMD FX-62 overclocked to 3ghz at 1.5 volts and the zalman keeps it 5 - 8 degrees cooler. With my cpu OC'd Idle: 38c Load: 50c, not bad.

Cons: I put this zalman next to my old copper zalman and there is no difference what so ever.The only difference is the AM2 bracket and the color & the Nvidia sticker. All I needed was the AM2 bracket for my ASUS mobo but ZALMAN WILL NOT SELL JUST THE BRACKET! What a bunch of scammers! I put this zalman next to my old copper zalman and there is no difference what so ever.

Overall Review: Zalman should let you buy just the AM2 bracket if you already own the older version!

Most Critical Review

ZALMAN

ZALMAN CNPS9500A-LED 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
ZALMAN CNPS9500A-LED 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler

Pros: This is an edit from my original post: I originally made this comment right after I installed this piece of junk! After testing this unit here is the real deal on this all copper heep of garbage. The "very quiet" fans max speed is 2400rpm vs. the stock heatsink and fan speed on the oem amd dual core 4800's 5500rpm's. Stock heatsink & fan temps: Idle: 38c-40c Load: 42c-44c Zelman temps: Idle: 43c-46 Load: 48c-54 As you can see there are no improvements what so ever! If you have an AMD 64 DUAL CORE 4800 stay with the stock heatsink and fan it keeps everything much cool. Or go for a liquid cooling system.

Cons: Fairly easy to install & quiet but thats all. Wasted my time with this thing!

Overall Review: Melt the copper and make something else out of this heep of trash.

Great! No problems

ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Great mobo worth the money. Lots of bios options for overclocking. The Ai Booster is also great for overclocking, make sure quiet & cool is disabled. You have to make a sata raid driver floppy from the ASUS CD. If your using a large video card like a 7900GTX the mobo comes with flat angled sata cables so they fit nicely under a big video card. Bios 504 is out get it! I have an extra 120mm fan blowing on the mobo to keep it cooler, it doesnt run as hot as the A8N32 mobo.

Cons: None Never had a proiblem.

Fast in raid 0

Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Great ultra fast hard drives in raid 0. If you already own the 36gb raptors and are looking for something faster you really cant tell a difference. But if you need more hard drive space.. go for it. I should have stuck with my 36gb raptors and saved my money.

Cons: None Raptors are the best & their RMA is the best service you can find.

Great!!

ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Great MoBo! I'm using the beta 501 bios no problems. Ram that works with this MoBo: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail Model #: TWIN2X2048-6400C4

Cons: None so far. Doent come with SATA Raid floppy, you need to make a sata raid floppy driver from the ASUS driver cd. :)

Overall Review: Dont buy cheap ram it wont work! Check ASUS's quality vendor list "QVL" for compatible ram.

Excellent!!

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4

Pros: Very fast ram! Worth every penny! This ram has ready to use profiles, you have to active at it in your bios. Compatible with the new M2N32 SLI Deluxe MotherBoard. Excellent!!

Cons: None yet.