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Review on Zalman Performa Performance Powerful Included by Wiktor Tasior ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Best price for this product, will buy more!

As a replacement, I purchased the Cooler Master S200, and Zalman tower coolers are generally considered to be of GREAT quality. I purchased a new one for only 1700 dollars to cool the Core i7-4790 (the paste was included in the kit and it was zalman zm-stg2, which was thick but smeared perfectly), and as a result, the temperature is as follows: when it is not being used, it is between 28 and 30, and when it is being used, it does not rise above 58. It turned out that the unnecessary plate in the kit, which is not written anywhere - it turned out that it is simply not needed for socket 1150, because otherwise the bolts will not reach through the motherboard to the inside to fix the tower, and this is not written in the installation instructions, BUT I found a video with the installation of this cooler, and there was just this problem, which I actually bypassed with the help of this video. To summarize, the cooler is stylish while being affordable.

Pros
  • - Very effective cooling (five heat pipes) - Very quiet operation
Cons
  • The 1150 socket does not require a plastic liner on the outside of the motherboard, which is not specified in the instructions. - I had to fiddle about a little bit with the installation if you did not remove the motherboard. - If you did not remove the motherboard: