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Zalman HD-160 and Accompanying Products

 by Joshua Buss on March 31, 2006 12:05 AM EST
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Zalman Components Installed

After getting the heat sinks on their respective parts, the next step is simply to put them back into the case again.


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It wasn't any easier or harder to put in our assembled motherboard tray, and the cable routing didn't really change either.


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It's pretty apparent that Zalman had the CNPS-9500 in mind when sizing the HD-160 after looking at the next picture. The cooler just barely fits, maximizing the benefit of bringing heat from the CPU close to the already good heat dissipation of the aluminum case itself.


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The video card installed easily too, and with only a bit of bundling of cables left, the second install was pretty much complete.


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Both Zalman parts glow a pleasant blue color, which would normally only be visible with a window or with the top vent open quite a bit, but we wanted to include a shot of them in action as well, just to give them the spotlight that they deserve.


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  • SonicIce - Saturday, April 1, 2006 - link

    yeah i was just joking around man. you did a good job reviewing it the way you did.

  • JoshuaBuss - Monday, April 3, 2006 - link

    Thanks man, I never am sure on these little 'comments' sections.. I tend to get a lot of crap here.. haha.

    I kinda guessed that you were joking actually, but wanted to take the time to clarify why exactly I cable it the way I do anyway. I suppose for a lot of people, they might've read your post and NOT thought it was meant in jest.

  • 4AcesIII - Friday, March 31, 2006 - link

    Thermaltake's Mozart and Bach cases have that thing beat hands down at less money. And why not tell us that the vfd and remote are farmed out to Imon by Soundgraph? Anyone notice how the vid cooler eliminates use of slot next to video? If you're going to do that why not get something that puts the hot air out the back like some other after market vid coolers do? This is nothing other than a big black box with alot of stuff bought from others to put into and with it and not especially attractive either but that sorta follows Zalman's history in my opinion. Go ahead and buy it if you want a Yugo get something else if you want quality.

  • segagenesis - Friday, March 31, 2006 - link

    I think this is the HTPC case I've been waiting for. Screw how big it is... I want as quiet as possible.

  • topher42 - Saturday, April 1, 2006 - link

    Take a look at the OrigenAE X11.

  • ScarletGrayFire - Friday, March 31, 2006 - link

    It's about time we have an HTPC case capable of quietly cooling a high-performance HTPC! This case fits right in the audio rack, and with three 80mm fan locations and enough room for a quiet CPU HSF, one can run an Athlon FX CPU with a state of the art video card. Also, an Arctic cooling vga cooler will push some of the heat in the PCI card area out the back of the case. Word is that this case is actually manufactured by OrigenAE.

  • mbhame - Friday, March 31, 2006 - link

    Those pictures are awful. What gives??

  • JoshuaBuss - Friday, March 31, 2006 - link

    care to elaborate? any particular pics? I thought most turned out very good actually..?

  • Howard - Friday, March 31, 2006 - link

    It's spelled "exemplary", and I only see 3 discrete copper heat pipes (re: Zalman 9500).

  • JoshuaBuss - Friday, March 31, 2006 - link

    Thank you. I don't know what I was thinking.. I knew it was three all along..heh.
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