Coming up in this review is the Zalman High Performance Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler, or CNPS8000 for short. The purpose of creating this unit was to provide good CPU cooling for slim and low profile computer enclosures while remaining cost effective.

This particular cooler is of heat pipe design, and is compatible with Intel Socket 775 and AMD Socket 754/939/940. Zalman’s Computer Noise Prevention System (CNPS), or Silent Mode, is claimed to run noiseless and vibration free. The only way to find the answer is to read the review. So, at last we are off....