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Old 07-04-09   #31 (permalink)
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Defensive? Look at my sig rig and tell me if I care if this fan is good or not. I was bringing up a potential argument in support of Zalman. They've released 18 fans so far, and I was hoping this would be the first one that didn't suck.
Their actual case fans are pretty good given their low price point. Not sure I'd want to put them up against a Yate Loon, but they're far from terrible for sleeve bearing units.
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Their actual case fans are pretty good given their low price point. Not sure I'd want to put them up against a Yate Loon, but they're far from terrible for sleeve bearing units.
Yeah Zalman has some decent sleeve bearing fans that are priced pretty well. Since when were Yate Loons that great? Sure they're really cheap, but they're fair quality at best. I'd take a zalman fan over one.
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Yeah Zalman has some decent sleeve bearing fans that are priced pretty well. Since when were Yate Loons that great? Sure they're really cheap, but they're fair quality at best. I'd take a zalman fan over one.
Dunno, I have a few Yate Loons myself and I'm not overly impressed with them. They're nice for the price, but I'll take my S-Flex's over them any day of the week. I haven't actually used the ZM-F3 myself I'm ashamed to say. Well, not really ashamed - I've got about $150 worth of 120mm fans right now, so I'd say buying another one really just doesn't make sense.
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Yeah Zalman has some decent sleeve bearing fans that are priced pretty well. Since when were Yate Loons that great? Sure they're really cheap, but they're fair quality at best. I'd take a zalman fan over one.
The majority of Zalman fans are sleeve bearing too lol

http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/...ategorySecond=

Yate Loon's sleeve bearing fans aren't bad quality
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The majority of Zalman fans are sleeve bearing too lol

http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/...ategorySecond=

Yate Loon's sleeve bearing fans aren't bad quality
I know they're sleeve bearing lol. I guess if it really came down to it, i'd take neither.

I have some yate loons and they're nothing special.
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After reading that review I'm not impressed with this cooler. And not to mention its overpriced and does not deliver performance at that high price ratio.
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When prices settle, they settle like $5. Not $50 which this thing needs to "settle" on.
I owned a Zalman 9500, excellent cooler for it's time. This one isn't.
Well, don't know what you get your facts from but when the Zalman 9900 settled it was $20-$25 cheaper than the initial $80 launch price.
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I know they're sleeve bearing lol. I guess if it really came down to it, i'd take neither.

I have some yate loons and they're nothing special.
Yate Loons really aren't suppose to be special. They are like $4, and still at that price they beat other fans that are more than twice that price. It's all about price/performance.

As for the new Zalman cooler, I'd easily buy it at $30 or around there, but $80 is just ****ing ridiculous.
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Defensive? Look at my sig rig and tell me if I care if this fan is good or not. I was bringing up a potential argument in support of Zalman. They've released 18 fans so far, and I was hoping this would be the first one that didn't suck.
ZM-F3?

Easily one of the best 25mm fans, the whole rad/open air/hs test on XS proved that.
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Tweaktown, I don't like their graphs and their testing methodology is a joke. For me. they lost all credibility a long time ago.

This is tweaktown at its finest: http://forums.techarp.com/overclocki...pic-*****.html

I wouldn't be surprised if this cooler really did fail to deliver. But I'd rather see results from any other website.

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