ZALMAN Flower Cooler CNPS5700D-Cu

Continuing the amazing innovations in the cooler market, this is the latest brainchild, the CNPS5700D-CU. This cooler features a full copper vertical fin design, combined with an adjustable ducting to allow extraction of hot air directly from the case, giving the lowest possible CPU temperature. The cooler's 80mm fan is mounted directly above the heatsink so that it pulls air upward from the processor, rather than pushing air downwards as would be the more conventional design. Efficiency of heat dissipation is achieved through the use of copper fins, and a 360° fin arrangement. The product is compatible with all S478 Pentium 4 CPUs, and for small form-factor cases, the ducting can be removed to leave an extremely capable and quiet low-profile cooler (just 67mm high, including fan). Using the ducting will give a lower CPU temperature of around 5°C, and will also be extremely beneficial in terms of hot air extraction from inside the PC case generally. Reliability of components such as hard drives, CD/DVD drives, graphics cards and power supplies will be improved as a direct result of the lower ambient temperature inside the case, and therefore stability will also be improved. The cooler ducting can be used with or without an additional case fan mounted on the PC chassis. By positioning the ducting so that it blows air toward such a case fan, even lower temperatures can be achieved, although a case fan is not necessary since even a fan venting grille location on the case will allow hot air to escape - the hot air will be pushed through the case venting by the CPU cooler fan at the base of the duct. And because the ducting can be rotated, extraction of air through venting on the base of the PSU is also a possibility.