Zalman has long been a leader in quiet cooling solutions, and over the years they have evolved from being merely quiet, to being quiet with good performance. Back in the early days of their "Flower" CNPS2005-Plus coolers, Zalman was not known to be a cooler associated with high performance. With the advent of their CNPS7000 series, things started to change and once they launched the CNPS9500 series cooler - the whole world took notice.

Today we are looking at the latest of their large Figure 8 heatpipe coolers, and the unit we have on the bench is one of the largest coolers we have looked at to date. It is the CNPS9700 LED, and it’s a monster. ...