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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 85 x 6 x 5.2 inches; 1.4 Pounds
Item model number ‏ : ‎ CNPS10X OPTIMA
Department ‏ : ‎ cooling cpu
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 20, 2012
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Zalman
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0076NTAB4

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Product Description

Zalman CNPS10X OPTIMA CPU Copper For Intel Socket 1155/1156/1150/1366/775 & AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2

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Fan :

Bearing Type: Fluid Shield bearing
Speed: 1,000 ~ 1,700 RPM ± 10%
Noise Lvl: Max 28dBa ± 10%
Control Method: PWM control

ZALMAN CNPS10X Optima 2011

Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler

Model Name: CNPS9X Optima
Weight: 594g
Material: Pure aluminum, pure copper and Plastic
Thermal Grease: ZM-STG2M

Direct Touch Heatpipe (DTH) Base
Shark Fin Blade Fan
Dual fan installation

ZALMAN CNPS 10X OPTIMA 2011 Features


Direct Touch Heatpipe (DTH) Base Direct Touch Heat-pipe (DTH) Base technology transfers the CPU’s heat directly to the heat-pipes, thereby minimizing heat resistance and maximizing cooling performance.	Shark Fin Blade Fan Optimized for maximum airflow, Shark’s Fin Blade Fan greatly reduces the turbulence caused by fan rotation, thus decreasing the noise and vibration while increasing the airflow.	Dual fan installation The heatsink is designed to mount one or two fans according to the users’ preferences.

Powerful Cooling Performance

Optimally designed aluminum fins disperse heat away from the CPU via 4 heatpipes, while switching noise free, high capacity 120mm fan quickly cools the heatsink for stable operation of high performance CPUs.

Wide compatibility

CNPS10X Optima 2011 accommodates a broad range of sockets.

- Intel LGA 2011/11561155/1366/775

- AMD FM2/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2

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3.8 out of 5

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Customers like the cooling, noise and value of the electronic component fan. For example, they mention it works well, is quiet and provides good bang for the buck. That said, opinions are mixed on ease of installation, and size.

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37 customers mention32 positive5 negative

Customers like the cooling of the electronic component fan. For example, they say it works well, the fan works fine, and the large heatsink can dissipate a ton of heat. Some mention that the LED looks cool and the fan noise is acceptable. That said, most are happy with the cooling performance and the thermal paste provided is good.

"...Still, it does the job of keeping a mildly overclocked i7 950 relatively cool, however, If you want a more substantial overclock, spend more than $..." Read more

"...The included fan is quiet and works well.Cons: The cooler is an absolute MONSTER to install...." Read more

"Very nice cooler. It is large! Measure before you purchase. Does require at least a 8" wide case...." Read more

"Pros:* Good cooling ability.* Often on sale for less than the Cooler Master 212 EVO.* Quieter than the 212 EVO.*..." Read more

19 customers mention15 positive4 negative

Customers like the noise of the electronic component fan. They say it's quiet, has a powerful yet quiet fan, and instantly quieted down the CPU fan.

"...For it's cooling ability, it's also quite compact. The included fan is quiet and works well...." Read more

"This has my CPU running about 30 degrees F cooler when under load, very very quiet too. The Fan makes almost no noise...." Read more

"...Often on sale for less than the Cooler Master 212 EVO.* Quieter than the 212 EVO.* Slightly less tall than the 212 EVO...." Read more

"...Four copper heat pipes making direct contact and a powerful yet quiet fan have made this heat sink a win win...." Read more

15 customers mention11 positive4 negative

Customers like the value of the electronic component fan. They say it is good bang for the buck, inexpensive, and provides great performance for the price.

"Zalman does it again, providing another inexpensive, excellent cooling option in the CNPS10X OPTIMA...." Read more

"...I ended up looking for a CPU cooler that was effective and reasonably priced, and the ZALMAN coolers seemed to fit the bill...." Read more

"...Notes:This is a very good, inexpensive cooler that is a big improvement over stock cpu fans...." Read more

"...and while those are FAR easier to install, this cooler is VERY inexpensive in comparison...." Read more

13 customers mention10 positive3 negative

Customers like the quality of the electronic component fan. They mention it's well built, has a great surface area, and works great. Some appreciate the blue lit fan and the quality cooler assembly.

"...Notes:This is a very good, inexpensive cooler that is a big improvement over stock cpu fans...." Read more

"...The thing is well built and clears RAM and chipset heatsinks with no clearance issues. Its quite large and I bet it can dissipate a ton of heat...." Read more

"...I especially like the cool blue lit fan and quality of the cooler assembly in my rig. It matches all of my Corsair blue led case fans perfectly!..." Read more

"This gives zalman a bad name, used to be the best. Cheap, flimsy, horrible mounting system, etc...." Read more

10 customers mention7 positive3 negative

Customers like the performance of the electronic component fan. They say it is extremely quiet and very efficient.

"...The performance is a large improvement over my stock cooler, but not before I fixed the stripped thread...." Read more

"...say get a smaller one for the same price because the performance will be quite similar. I own 2 of them." Read more

"...It is perhaps slightly less efficient in terms of raw cooling potential than the cooler master 212, but (in my opinion) looks a lot better..." Read more

"Performance is excellent. My FX-8150 was shutting down for overheat at 90+c. With this running two fans I'm running below 50c...." Read more

26 customers mention12 positive14 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the ease of installation of the electronic component fan. Some mention that it's easy to put your own fan in and uninstall the original fan controller, while others say that the installation was difficult, with the mounting system being a huge pain in the neck. The instructions do not have 1150 mounting directions, despite being advertised as such. Overall, the opinions are mixed, and the mounting systems are not very impressive.

"...It's her ride, so it stays. No blips assembling it. Ok, weird instructions, that's normal.Arrived on time, all components present...." Read more

"...that hold the cooler to the backplate, which makes installation a pain in the tuchas, and the holes are not QUITE large enough for the shoulder..." Read more

"...title goes to the cooler master hyper t2 because it's smaller, easier to install, and generally a bit quieter...." Read more

"...Cheap, flimsy, horrible mounting system, etc. Came with plastic mounting ring and plastic push pins to attach to mobo...." Read more

20 customers mention10 positive10 negative

Customers are mixed about the size of the electronic component fan. Some mention that it's smaller, easier to install, and generally, while others say that it is large and hard to fit into an existing system. The fans on are wired and quite tight, and are too wide for some boards.

"...For it's cooling ability, it's also quite compact. The included fan is quiet and works well...." Read more

"...This thing is super tall, and there's probably less than a coin's thickness between the top of it and the side of my case, but it DID fit...." Read more

"Very nice cooler. It is large! Measure before you purchase. Does require at least a 8" wide case...." Read more

"...Biggest pro for me was it fit in my slim case." Read more

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Archimedes Principle

excellent cooling option in the CNPS10X OPTIMA

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2016

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Zalman does it again, providing another inexpensive, excellent cooling option in the CNPS10X OPTIMA. It is perhaps slightly less efficient in terms of raw cooling potential than the cooler master 212, but (in my opinion) looks a lot better(I own both). It is worth noting that as a 120mm tower style cooler you may encounter clearance issues with tall ram heatspreaders, or other tall motherboard components over 1 5/8ths in tall, for instance on my evga x58 sli it won't clear the chipset cooler and had to be mounted horizontally exhausting up rather than my preferred front to back airflow orientation. And that's not to mention the case vertical clearance requirements, as it stands at almost exactly 6" tall.

It does come with a spring mount for a second 120mm fan to run it in push-pull to either increase cooling efficiency with a pwm splitter(not included), or run more silently with an inline resistor(also not included), as well as mounting hardware for a number of cpu socket choices on both teams(including notably LGA 775).

Still, it does the job of keeping a mildly overclocked i7 950 relatively cool, however, If you want a more substantial overclock, spend more than $24 on your cpu cooler. This is basically(as the 212 evo) aimed squarely at the "broke, but enthusiast" market, If you require a basic cooler to cool a non overclocked cpu, there are a number of 92mm options available that will give you fewer fitting headaches(zalman makes several), and if you're demanding an extreme OC, you'll probably want to look at either a higher end air cooler or water cooling option.

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Malachai

Excellent Performance, Difficult Installation

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2017

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This is both one of the nicest, and one of the worst, coolers I've ever used.

Pros: Many. This cooler is quiet as heck, light, and provides great cooling. (35C idle on my Phenom II 965 Black Edition, which is a notoriously hot chip.) For it's cooling ability, it's also quite compact. The included fan is quiet and works well.

Cons: The cooler is an absolute MONSTER to install. There are no instructions, and the parts kit might as well have the Meccano name on it. There are so many fasteners and clips and doodads that it's nearly impossible to sort them all out at first. The screws that attach the backplate to the motherboard are ALSO the screws that hold the cooler to the backplate, which makes installation a pain in the tuchas, and the holes are not QUITE large enough for the shoulder screws to fit in properly, which caused (in my case) one of them to seize. Finally, the clips that hold the fans on are wire, and quite tight. While this is normally a good thing, the edges of the fins aren't quite smooth enough to allow the clips to slide smoothly into their grooves. This means that when I was installing a fan, I slipped, and drove the (VERY SHARP) edge of one of the heatsink fins into my finger a good 3-4mm.

Overall: I highly recommend this cooler for anyone who has knowledge of coolers and computers in general, but I cannot stress enough that a newbie should NOT PURCHASE this cooler. Be prepared to sacrifice to the computer gods, because if you slip while installing, it's gonna cut the heck out of you. Most of my experience with tower coolers is with Noctua and other high-end coolers, and while those are FAR easier to install, this cooler is VERY inexpensive in comparison. Definitely a bargain buy, and well worth the money if you have the skill to install it.

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Peter Miller

Massive, not always quiet, but quite effective!

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2016

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When I built my computer two years ago, I decided to stick with the stock Intel CPU cooler. Really, this worked quite well until fairly recently. Recently though, my computer started overheating, registering temperatures as high as 100°C when doing intensive things such as playing video games. I was able to remedy this by turning off Turbo-Boost, but then the same games still weren't performing well. (But at least my computer wasn't overheating.) I still don't know what happened exactly, maybe the pegs that hold the cooler on were failing or something. I ended up looking for a CPU cooler that was effective and reasonably priced, and the ZALMAN coolers seemed to fit the bill. I did spring for this over the next level down because I thought not having exposed copper would look nicer in my case, but the fan controller is pretty nice too. The fan controller is detachable and can be put elsewhere via a wire. I ran the wire through the holes in my case designed for water cooling hoses and put some magnetic tape on the back of the controller so that I can stick it on the side/back/top of my computer case, which works quite nicely. Installing the cooler itself was a bit of a pain. I had to move my three sticks of RAM over to make it fit. (I know, three sticks is weird.) The manual, which was pretty helpful, did mention that you should make sure it clears your RAM, but my RAM isn't particularly tall, so I don't know what RAM it would clear. Another annoying thing was that to access the screws under the fan, you need to use the short end of the provided Allen's head wrench and it took me quite a while to fully tighten because I couldn't turn the thing 360°, but instead small amounts at a time. I even removed my GPU and the power connector to my motherboard to make this easier.
Once the cooler was finally installed, I tested to make sure it was working well and worried about whether or not I'd be able to fit the side panel back on my case. This thing is super tall, and there's probably less than a coin's thickness between the top of it and the side of my case, but it DID fit. You should make sure it will fit ahead of time. It's 16.5cm tall. (or 165mm)
This cooler does work really well, though. I ran GTAV's bench test, which previously maxed my PC out at 100°C, and now it was only registering a max temperature of 62°C, with Turbo-Boost turned back on. This is a significant improvement. I think this was with the fan set to auto-high.
The fan has four settings, and a button cycles through them. They are low-auto, medium-auto, high-auto and manual. The three auto-settings give your PC control of the fan speed while keeping it either slow, medium or fast, where manual gives you full control via a potentiometer. All three auto settings on my PC seem fairly loud, at least compared to the stock Intel cooler, but manual set to the lowest setting is alright, but with a trade-off of a higher idling temperature.
Overall, now that the cooler is installed and I know the case still fits together, I am quite happy with this cooler and will be glad to be able to play more intensive video games again.

Update: I've had this cooler for a while now, and there are definitely things I'm less than happy about concerning it. While everything I'd previously written still holds true, I at some point wanted to rid myself of the external fan controller. As it turns out, the fan can be run without the fan controller, and there are two ways of going about this:
1. You can simply not have the fan controller connected. This will run the fans at full blast. Your motherboard will be able to read the speed of the fan, but it will be unable to control it.
2. You can disconnect the main connector from the motherboard and put the extension wire for the fan controller in its place. The fan will be powered through this wire. This allows the system to control the speed of the fan so that it isn't always running at full blast. However, it will not be able to read the fan speed. I find this rather obnoxious. I'll probably at some point replace the fan entirely and connect the new one directly to the board.
My motherboard actually has two CPU fan headers, and I tried connecting the main power cable to the three pin so it could read the speed and the control cable to the four pin so it could control the speed. However, this caused my system to refuse to power. (Perhaps a short?) Once I unplugged this, the motherboard threw an error. (Which was easy enough to fix, but still annoying.) So don't try that.
So I guess my issue here is that this cooler attempts to force you to use the included fan controller, which I find inconvenient. I don't like that.

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Dan Linebarger

Works good, much cooler, fairly easy to mount

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2022

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This has my CPU running about 30 degrees F cooler when under load, very very quiet too. The Fan makes almost no noise. You just need to make sure it will fit in your case as it is not small. The stock mounts worked for me and I did not have to use the supplied mount so it was really a case of taking off the old cooler and just putting this one in its place. It has been running 24x7 for a few weeks now with no issues.

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Marco De Natale

Prodotto consigliatissimo

Reviewed in Italy on April 22, 2015

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Prodotto consigliatissimo, è davvero grande, non me l'aspettavo così, ma per mantenere bassa la temperatura della cpu è perfetta. Regolabile di intensita è adattabile a tutte le schede madri.

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Anonyme

Performance et silence

Reviewed in France on April 6, 2014

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J'ai acheté ce ventilateur pour remplacer l'intel d'origine pour mon I7-3770k.

On est directement impressionné par la taille, au moins 3-4 fois + gros que l'intel ! Bref, il faut avoir de la place pour l'installer.
Attention pour ceux qui utilise des grosses barrettes RAM, vous risquez de perdre le 1er slot RAM.
Pour ma part, j'ai des Kingston HyperX Genesis (low profile) et pas de soucis. Le ventilateur arrive juste au-dessus de mon 1er slot avec ma barrette dedans. Tout juste mais nickel.

Côté température du processeur:
De base:
Intel: 32-35° et Zalman: 20-24°
Durant Benchmark (Fire Strike Extreme)
Intel: 65-70° et Zalman: 28-32°

Soit: +/- 10° de moins en utilisation normale et +/- 35° de moins durant le Benchmark !

Je précise que le ventilateur est réglé sur son profil silencieux: max 1500 rpm. Et on ne l'entend jamais !
Température mesurée avec AI Suite II
Boitier pc utilisé: Helios Prophecy (7 ventilateurs)

Bref, si votre tour est suffisamment grande, à acheter les yeux fermés !!!

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Mario

Sehr Guter ,Riesiger Kühler.

Reviewed in Germany on July 17, 2013

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Positiv:Sehr Guter Kühler,Leise Sehr Leise
Drehzahl manuel Einstellbar (Kabelfernbedienung) oberhalb des Kühlers.
Negativ:Der Einbau ist eine Fuckelarbeit,das Board bitte ausbauen,vom Kühler den Lüfter abbauen weil man sonst nicht an die Schrauben kommt und den Arbeitsspeicher um eine Reihe versetzen.Beim Lüfter sind die E-Kontkte am Kühler oben.
Fazit.Für mich trotz allem ein TOP Kühler und desswegen habe ich mir einen Zweiten gekauft.

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tiger48

Big. Black. Bold. & Bad.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2010

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I like building rigs as a hobby mainly for gaming movies and Web browsing. My first effort long ago sounded like a Hoover, so I started looking more closely at specialized components. One of these products was the ZALMAN FLOWER which looked great as well as being quiet and effective. Ive always stuck to ZALMAN ever since, they make some the best, if not the best quiet coolers on the market. As long as you have good ventalation in my experience there will be no problems. My system at the moment is housed in a Thermaltake Mozart TX case, it has six fans, plus the CNPS10X which cools a E8400 O.C. to 3.56 MHZ. And its whisper quiet. I say this as I strayed from the path of air to water. The offender? Was the ECO COOLIT, the sound of the pump sounded like a skeleton doing something unseemly in a buscuit tin! For some people this is a minor irritation and not a problem, as Im used near silence I found it hard to live with and there was no advantage in having it. It lasted a month. ZALMAN RETURNS! And what a beast! A great product that looks good with a performance to match. Im sorry Zalman for ever doubting you. I deserve flogging. If you are looking at or are thinking of air cooling or even have an existing cooler that is noisy and just aint up to scratch, and you are just plain not satisfied with. Have a big enough case because this thing is BIG! Check out the videos on line and see for yourself.

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emmanuelin13

Muy buen rendimiento

Reviewed in Mexico on May 6, 2017

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pros
es bastante economico, lo consegui en 400 pesos siendo que otros disipadores de un tamaño como este y con 4 heatpipes cuestan un poco mas, como el Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED que esta en los 595.00 (aunque al momento de escribir esto el zalman cuesta 519.24, sin embargo son unos pesos que se pueden ahorrar o gastar para otra cosa lo cual siempre cae bien)
da un muy buen rendimiento, al jugar no llega a superar los 50c con una temperatura ambiente de 30c
contras
es algo dificil de instalar
es algo grande por lo que puede que no llegue a entrar en unos gabinetes, en el mio entro bien pero puede que en otros no sea el caso

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Product Dimensions	5.2"L x 3.23"W x 5.98"H
Brand	Zalman
Power Connector Type	3-Pin
Voltage	12 Volts
Cooling Method	Fan
Compatible Devices	Desktop
Noise Level	28 dB
Material	Aluminum, Copper
Maximum Rotational Speed	1700 RPM

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ZALMAN CNPS10X Optima 2011

Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler

ZALMAN CNPS 10X OPTIMA 2011 Features

Direct Touch Heatpipe (DTH) Base

Shark Fin Blade Fan

Dual fan installation

Powerful Cooling Performance

Wide compatibility

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