Zalman CNPS 8700NT vs OCZ Vendetta

[ThanatosGrounds]

deepcool iceberg pro vs ocz vendetta

[Sepharite]

I got the Vendetta and I have temps from 40c to 52c. Doesn't really bother me, but I'd like to get the most out of the heatsink. I'm using Phenom 955, does that seem like a reasonable temperature?

[CliffForster]

I like the Zalman 8700 because its so easy to install on the standard AMD retention bracket. I don't care for the hassle of tower heatsinks, just a headache to deal with the custom backplate and screwing it down and then back off every-time I want to install a new CPU. I'll trade five degrees and a couple hundred megahertz on the overclock for the added convenience the Zalman 8700 gives me.

[ipullstuffapart]

theres no comparison over the 2 coolers, the zalman is designed for a low profile desktop case or a small case like the silverstone SG02, the vandetta is a huge tower heatsink with more heatpipes designed for overclocking.

the test is inconclusive.

[poopguypenis2]

Zalman is way overrated. Nice video.

[Drifter2080]

i have the vendatta but i want ton know if it works better with fan facing up or down?

[tricccple]

the fan side fan down is better, after all air goes up not down,

[Drifter2080]

are u sure i should switch to down?

and how did u get amd overdrive i have an amd cpu but it dont have that?

[Drifter2080]

and witch way do u have it?

[tricccple]

i tried both fan up and down, up is no good for me , cause there's not enough space for air intake, cause of the PSU was on the way, and AMD overdrive can only with if u have a motherboard with AMD 7 series chipset (770 780g 740 790x 790fx 790gx)

[poopguypenis2]

@tricccple

If you set it up down then It'll be sucking hot, rising air from the GPU and feeding it to the CPU, and then feeding it to the power supply if you have it mounted on top. I have my Xigmatek with the fan on top to combat this.

[pirtea]

works better if it is pointing to a exaust fan

[tricccple]

the vendetta cannot do front to back setup on AMD systems.

[heartsineurope]

NO WAY I JUST ORDERED A Zalman CNPS8700-NT GRRRR

[tricccple]

sorry dude, hope u get better result then i do

[heartsineurope]

thanks and i suppose i cant complain that much i got it half price lul

[tricccple]

shhh, they dunno that (sell it and get better ones)

[heartsineurope]

ok lol what do u recommend?

[tricccple]

what i have is pretty good, slightly cheaper then 8700 retail price, Zerotherm NV120 Nirvana

[heartsineurope]

Why thankyou my friend may prosperous things come your way

[Alan735]

Man i have the zerotherm nirvana and my 9850 is Overclocked to 3ghz and mine doesnt even get close to 50 c

[tricccple]

what the coincidence, i now have Zerotherm Nirvana as well

[shegotlockjaw]

Hey so do u have any issues with amd overdrive? mine allways hangs if i attempt any Oc from it so reverted just to using the bios..got my system up here now too..

[tricccple]

overdrive doesn't oc so good, software oc was never really ideal, but i always have some sucess with Gigabyte's Eady Tune whenever i own a gigabyte board

[shegotlockjaw]

at least im not the only one,lol..overdrive is decent to check states temps n such but thats basiclly it for me..ive used ai profiling with asus..

[tricccple]

we are not alone dude, many ppl thinks overdrive's no good

[tomshaze]

you have to update it

[shegotlockjaw]

dood..i keep all my stuff updated weekly..just overdrive is buggy..its so damn iffy that its not really worth th etrouble using it to OC, just use ur bios instead but overdrive comes in handy for stats n such..and looks koolio..

[joshua12345676]

hey what amd program is that measuring temsp and usage etc?

[joshua12345676]

temps

[tricccple]

that's AMD Overdrive for the 7 serie chipsets

[joshua12345676]

aww darn :( thanks

[tricccple]

i know, i said the same when i had AM2 lol

[Neosferaku]

uve got Phenom?

[tricccple]

uhh yeah

[Neosferaku]

wich phenom?/Whats your higher overclock?

[tricccple]

not much luck in oc yet, so far 2.75Ghz stable by adjusting FSB, trying to wait for a cooler day to do more, it is the X4 9850

[Neosferaku]

good.

BTW ocz vendetta is really good price/performace.

Now.. Noctua NH-U12P is tha bomb

[lollipop2kewl]

Nightwish :D

Reminding you, the coolers work diferently.

[tricccple]

yup, but after all, it gives better results for cheaper price

[Alan735]

Sweet drop temps at all? what case do you have? i have the antec 1200

[tricccple]

I dunno because it is for new rigs, i had a Guardian 921 from NZXT now just some random case atm

[Alan735]

Ok well are you still gonna have the 9850? if so you can just throw the multi to 15 and be done with it mine is runs stable as can be and runs great :D

[tricccple]

9850 was long gone, and it was kind of a dud, hard to explain but check out my Sempron vids i remember i had a explanation, that 9850 i got just won't oc at all, and my old SB600 isn't helping either,

[Alan735]

Well that sucks hard i use to have an old 1.6 sempron 2800