Feb 28 2010, 01:22 AM
QUOTE(-kytz- @ Feb 27 2010, 05:55 PM)
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,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
ur honest review make me want to get it XD i think i will buy it in this few days 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,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
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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
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Situation 2
With cooler
CPU=32,GPU=46,HDD=31 can bring this down to CPU=28C,GPU=42 if experimenting for longer hours
» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «
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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
» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «
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
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hehe... 
but it's quite heavy(1.4KG), haha
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