Adrian's Rojak Pot has posted a on the Zalman CNPS5000-Plus CPU cooler for Intel Socket 423 and AMD
Socket A CPUs

Zalman is the first cooler manufacturer to come up with a completely different cooling concept. Instead of relying on more powerful fans, they concentrated on the heat sink. They hope to create a heat sink that's so efficient that even a slower and quieter fan can make it run better than competing designs using a much faster fan. The fruit of their labour? The uniquely bizarre flower heat sink.

Today, Ken Ng takes a look at their top cooler for the Intel Socket 423 and AMD Socket A CPUs - the Zalman CNPS5000-Plus! Will Zalman's concept of slow-blow fans and radical heat sink design win the day? Or will the CNPS5000-Plus end up a beautiful and very expensive paper weight, just like the Orbs that everyone used to be so crazy about? There's only one way to find out!

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