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Zalman is unquestionably one of the leaders in PC air cooling technology. The CNPS-9700 and 9500 dominated the CPU air cooling world upon release. With the CNPS-9900, can Zalman maintain air cooling supremacy?
To develop the CNPS-9900, Zalman made some significant changes to their popular 9700 and 9500 coolers. Its still an all copper unit featuring heatpipes, copper fins and a 120mm fan. Similarities to the older siblings end there, however. It uses an interesting design, with two coils of copper fins on the front and back. The coils sandwich a 120mm LED fan. One heatpipe serves the front coil while a pair are behind the fan. Zalman calls this a dual heatpipe design, and the divided workload should give this cooler excellent cooling ability.
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| Weight |
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| Fan |
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| Cooler | Weight |
| Cooler Master Gemini II | 847g |
| Thermaltake Big Typhoon | 813g |
| Thermalright True Black 120 | 790g |
| Zalman CNPS 9900 LED | 730g |
| Thermaltake MaxOrb | 465g |
| Stock Intel Cooler | 460g |
| GlacialTech Igloo 5610 Series | 373g |
As you can see in the chart above, the 9900 is fairly light as coolers go these days. Even so, gone are the days when only a few coolers required a backplate. Interestingly with the 9900, only those of us with Intel's LGA775 socket will require the use of a backplate.