My small review

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f...0#entry32106237

Malas to upload all over again

@ -kytz- : I do hope that you will reupload the pics onto an external image hosting site, as when i quoted ur post, the pics are not there.

Zalman NC2000 cooler meets Studio XPS 16

Condition of room
Small room with either fan or air conditioner(blowing away from laptop)...Sorry my air con is located on top of my laptop table so can't get direct cool air here

Condition of laptop CPU=P8700 2.53GHz,RAM=3GB 1066MHz,GPU=HD4670 1GB GDDR3,HDD=320GB 7200RPM
Idling,running only HW monitor and GPU-Z and other background processes
CPU usage at constant 12%
Ram usage at constant 38%


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EXPERIMENT 1 :Without air conditioner usage(only fan)

Situation 1
Without cooler

CPU=38,GPU=54,HDD=38



Situation2
With cooler

CPU=34,GPU=49,HDD=35



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EXPERIMENT 2 :Air conditioned room with constant 22C temperature

Situation 1
Without cooler

CPU=40C,GPU=52,HDD=38



Situation 2
With cooler

CPU=32,GPU=46,HDD=31 can bring this down to CPU=28C,GPU=42 if experimenting for longer hours



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1C was deducted from Processor and GPU temperatures because of the increased processor usage when using screen-snap programme(Sniping Tool)


p/s : These temperatures are still higher than what i normally have because i haven't run this machine for a longer period.The lowest average temperatures i got before were CPU=28C,GPU=41C,HDD=30C

Here's the screenshot


My honest opinion:
The Zalman NC2000 works best when paired up with an air conditioner.Looking at the temperatures, it doesn't fare too badly when used in a non-air conditioned room.The high quality materials used in the production of the NC2000 pretty much helps a lot in heat dissipation and aiding air-flow.And yes it's pretty cold due to its full aluminium body Definitely worth the RM229 i paid or could i find any better ones?

Another note:Will update temperatures of full CPU and GPU load

This post has been edited by -kytz-: Feb 28 2010, 01:45 AM

@ -kytz- : thanks ! Love that review.

ur honest review make me want to get it XD i think i will buy it in this few days

@ericmaxman
thank you very much for the Cooler Master Infinite guide-how to clean..
great..

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Anybody here who are using Zalman NC1500? How much it costs? Is it fit 15'' and above laptops? How about the performance?

This post has been edited by Jeffrey1987: Mar 2 2010, 07:26 AM

I last saw at All IT hypermart@ low yat...rm149 or rm159...around the price of Zalman NC1000...The performance should be similar to NC1000 as they are using the same fan and similar design...it should fit 15.6 and 16 inch...not very sure about 17 inch...It is to fit in the gap between NC1000 and NC1500

If I compare Zalman NC1500 and NC2000, which one you think is better in performance as I'm now in dilemma in choosing between this two.

This post has been edited by Jeffrey1987: Mar 2 2010, 07:23 PM

hey, similar question here. i going to buy a cooler tmr (most probably nc2000 and supposedly bought it today). i wonder which 1 is better for sxps16 if comparing nc1500 and nc2000

Generally speaking, bigger is better. Furthermore, its futureproof.

hey, just checked the dimension of NC1500, it doesnt fit sxps16 coz it's too small XD. NC2000 is better and it will be my final choice as well ^^

Confirm can fit sir

Still have some space left at the side

which 1 r u mention??NC1500 or NC2000?

NC2000

yaya, i know NC2000 can fit. i also found that beside 2 fans, there are also another 2 sort of fan "slot". can we add another 2 fans on it?? to make my question clearer, i include this picture


This post has been edited by Fantasia: Mar 2 2010, 10:10 PM

For me, i already bought NC2000... plus usb ac adaptor hehe...
To chill the laptop after shut down... that my plan...

even though still looking laptop...

How much did you guys bought ZM NC2000?

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Added on March 2, 2010, 10:12 pmOh yea guys, ZM-NC2500 is coming soon. Should I wait for it?



This post has been edited by Jeffrey1987: Mar 2 2010, 10:24 PM

how much u bought the usb-ac adapter?? erm... y u want to chill ur laptop after shutdown since u r not using it anymore?
@Jeffrey1987 ModernoPC selling at RM215 but i manage to get RM5 discount(better than nothing right? XD) from the shop ^^ if ntg happen, i will visit him tmr and ur link got error i think

This post has been edited by Fantasia: Mar 2 2010, 10:16 PM