Fantastic price on this CPU air cooler.
It is massive so please check if your case supports coolers this size.
On-par with the Noctua NH-D15 as per Gamer Nexus' review at half the price.
Enjoy!
Zalman CNPS20X ARGB CPU Cooler $59 (Was $139) + Delivery/Free with mVIP/Sydney Pickup @ Mwave
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currentfad on 08/02/2021 - 08:42 mwave.com.au (2218 clicks)
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Looks better than the ugly brown of the D15 for $118@newegg…
Damn. Mwave have been killing it with all these cooler deals.
Half the price of the D15, but you get half as much style points.
Beige and brown pallette makes your pc run faster, scientifically proven
What? Do you mean this one looks half as good as that poo-colour brown Noctua D15?
Noctua fans look so bad, I remember learning they are regarded as the best fans years ago and still refuse to buy them haha.
Each to their own, I don't want my computer looking like an atari but :p
Function over form.
Doesn’t make a difference if you have a solid panel.
Noctua fans are a status symbol. When people see the brown and beige they quiver. It's the ultimate gaming form, the thinking man's PC.
Once you go Noctua you never go back. Unless of course you're an idiot.
Noctua PCs make the world go round, you would be a caveman, cleaning your ass on gum leaves without the brown and beige.
Buy Noctua.
That's RGB mate, lets you download more RAM to make your PC faster.
Fair. You may get more rams from your RGB, but the brown and beige give you more cpus. And we all know you need cpu to manage your rams. So in conclusion, if you download more ram, you need a noctua to spin more cpus for the extra rams.
I got this the last time it came up - highly recommended!
How you put the ram in? It looks like you got no room with that cooler? I curious if it ok with MATX mobo, thanks!
I got one last time too, had to pull the cooler off my ram, you can move the fan up the cooler for more clearance but my case wasn't wide enough to move it up enough.
I just cut the bottom fins off HAHA
@ATangk: The bottom fins are extremely unlikely to be the problem, as they won't overlap the DIMM slots in pretty much any motherboard. It's the front fan that could potentially be the problem.
@TrevorX: It’s fine if you plan to keep your ram in there forever, but I cut them so I can still remove the ram. You need enough space for it to clear the mount and twist and pull the ram sticks up. I only run crucial ballistic so whilst they’re not LPX modules, they’re not super tall either.
If you don’t plan to touch your ram, and youre not running super tall GSkill ram it’ll fit under the fins no problem.
@ATangk: If you care that much, you can always just remove the RAM heatsinks - with adequate ventilation RAM sinks are almost entirely cosmetic. There are edge cases with extreme memory overclocks where water cooling was able to able to bring otherwise finicky memory back into reliably stable operation, but the first time I saw an investigation into heatsink removal under stress test conditions must be close to 20 years ago, and things haven't changed much since. Notice how we can pack 8 DIMM slots of memory within 2mm of each other (4 banks total per board, or 32 slots) in a 1RU server enclosure, we can fill entire warehouses with these things, and none of it has heatsinks? Memory heatsinks are to gamers as decals are to riceboys ;-)
@TrevorX: People are more likely to rip out their memory modules doing a heat sink removal than thermals having an impact. But then anyone with those heat sinks would be on the RGB train, and then they’d likely have a liquid cooler so not to cover the aesthetics.
If you’ve got a MATX mobo you really really really need to make sure you have enough space to actually mount this cooler. It’s tall. Very tall.
I got a NZXT S350 ATX case, would that be enough room? or would it be almost tip to the tamper glass of the case? thanks
CPU Cooler: 161mm
This ain’t enough, pretty sure it requires like 165mm clearance for this cooler.
It shows Socket AM2/AM2+. Is that compatible with Ryzen Gen 2 on Asus TUF MATX 450M? I'm in doubt somehow.
AM2/2+ is the same as AM3, but the bracket is good for both AM3 and AM4
Note that the mounting process is among the more painful compared to other coolers.
Cheers was about to buy…
I wouldn't let that put you off if you're in the market.
I got one from the previous deal and while the mounting is very fiddly (took me about 15 mins the first time), how often are you actually gonna have to do it.
Performance is unbeatable at this price.Have a nhd14. Waiting for something decent. Cbf if too much hassle lol
@R3XNebular: Oh in that case, I doubt you'd see any noticeable performance improvement upgrading from a d14.
D14 and D15 are meant to be pretty close, and CNPS20X and D15 are also very close.
That's an attribute of most Zalmans. lol
You obviously haven't installed an old Finned-copper Zalman then. Death by a thousand cuts.
https://images.anandtech.com/reviews/cooling/2007/zlaman-950…
I cut myself on this one. No one I'm messing with that 🤣
I remember those. I used to have the top-down version; definitely got a few cuts from that.
Can someone explain the difference between RGB and ARGB in layman's terms?
RGB accessories usually connect to your motherboard or controller with a 12V 4-pin connector to a "RGB" header and are pretty limited with the effects you can do, because you can't send a signal for different colours on the same strip, everything has to be the same colour light.
ARGB, or Addressable RGB accessories usually connect via a 5V 3-pin connector to the "ARGB" header on a motherboard or controller and are
equippedd with an IC (Integrated Circuit, also sometimes referred to as a microchip) to provide much better flexibility with regards to lighting options. Each LED is addressable and can be changed at will.It allows you to enjoy a plethora of lighting effects including, but not limited to, multiple colours on a single LED strip, multiple color changing patterns on a same strip or in sync with other strips connected to ARGB headers. This is controlled either in the motherboard BIOS, extra manufacturers brand specific software, or helpfully recently a GitHub project called OpenRGB has been created to be rid of all the bloated and sometimes buggy ARGB control software.
Hope this covers it for you!
Cliff notes:
RGB: single colour only 12V 4-pin
ARGB: multiple colors and patterns, 5V 3-pin
So tempted, but have more large dual tower coolers than I have CPUs. Awesome price for this.
Bought one from the previous deal so can answer questions re. compatibility and mounting.
Also made some general points on the last post for anyone thinking about buying.I got one last time. I had it on a i9 9900ks (hot!) Was trying to get a bit of an overclock and thought maybe the cooler was holding me back, got a 280 kraken and the temp only drop 4 degrees. So for anything but the most extreme chips/overclocks this thing for $59 is amazing.
Edit: install is fiddly but don't let it out you off it's really not that hard.
Snowman dual fan would work just as well for $20 less.
Also the install isn't fiddly.
Why would people downvote good information?
Snowman MT-6 dual fan
A quick search revealed:
What good information out there says a Snowman dual fan is on par with this?
Personal experience
@Oofy Doofy: It's basically impossible for normal pc users like you or me to do objective thermal testing.
Unless you're precisely regulating the ambient temperature, second-by-second power draw of the CPU, noise produced by the fans … etc there will always be extra variables that skew the results.
Not to mention you would likely need a CPU power load exceeding ~120W to even stress the coolers enough that the larger one can show its benefit.That's why I'd leave that kind of stuff up to the experts lol.
For your own use the two really might perform the same, but that would be because the heat load is too low for the snowman to become the "bottleneck". It would be like testing a 3600 vs 5600x using an RX570 at 4k and thinking the 2 CPUs are equivalent because you are bottlenecked by a different component.
@jp1011: I have a whole bunch of HSF units around. These huge units with 14mm fans with their massive cost just aren't worth it when something like the snowman I mentioned can do almost the same job for much less money.
Performance/price it is number 1 IME.
It works almost as well as the Cryorig R1 Universal.
Friendship ended with Thermaltake
Now Zalman is my best friendHave not heard of Zalman being mentioned for a long long time.
I remember 10 years ago everyone who are into PC building had the round copper thingy. :D
Is it possible to mount aftermarket fans? Hardware Canucks mentioned it's a finicky proprietary mount
I actually really like the fan mount, I found it much easier to use than normal clips.
The fans screw onto a plastic frame which then clips onto the heatsink. The plastic frame has standard 140mm mounting holes and I was able to swap the fans to Arctic P14s with no problems at all.Legend. You just made my day. Bought this on the basis I thought I could fan swap it. Got a 5 pack of P14's already. Gonna swap my case fans and the cooler fans now.
Glad I could help! Always great to bump into someone who's got that exact piece of info you're after lol
$18 delivery should be in header
Delivery fee is not the same for everyone. Mine is $14.
eparcel by cubic weight then…
How do I measure that this will fit?
Motherboard: Asus TUF gaming x570 Pro
RAM: G.Skill Trident Z Neo
Case: Meshify 2From fractal website:
CPU cooler max height
185 mmYou will be fine with case clearance but that's pretty tall RAM. Someone above mentioned they just left the front fan off and I think that would be fine, probably depend on which cpu you're running.
The page is showing $139 and;
Availability: Currently No Stock
Dammit, was in my cart, ran out of stock. Price back to $139.
Damn, I wanted one. Just missed it.
Any chance they'll bring more?
looks like promo pricing…
I just registered with the notify button, will see what happens.
They'll probably never drop the price again.
Still crossing fingers, this is the second time they've had it at this price. So we'll see.
@mrtee: When I grabbed mine last time, the top of the box was covered in dust. Must have been old stock, so not sure why they got more in but if they reordered again, there will likely be more at a later date.
The good news is it's back in stock, the bad news is the price has more than doubled.
Installed mine into my Asus TUF MB running Ryzen 3900x CPU.
Heat sink that came with the CPU - Resting Temp 51c; Stress testing CPU Temp 82c.
Zalman CNPS20X Resting Temp 41c; Stress test CPU Temp 63c.
Looks kind of ugly but that doesn't matter for most people. Comes with thermal paste which is nice.