The Zalman CNPS8000 is pegged as a low noise, low profile heatsink ideal for compact computers, largely because it stands just 63mm tall. The heatsink is a significant departure from Zalman’s traditional toolbox of manufacturing techniques, and it seems this may be the first nail in the coffin of what has been a long history of creating coolers out of tightly packed fins of metal. The CNPS8000 is assembled by rather standard means that lack the elegance, and dare I say beauty, that many of Zalman’s 7000-series fan shaped heatsinks possessed. ...