Zallman CNPS9500 and K8N sli Platinum MB

Hello all i am thinking of buying the Zallman CNPS9500 LED can you tell me of any installation probs i may encounter and if this interferes with the AMD cool n' quiet operation and fan speeds.Cheers for any help you can give.
Q-TEC 650W PSU
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU
MSI K8N SLI Platinum N-Force4 MOB
2x 512Mb Hynix DDR 400 RAM Modules(Single)
Gainforce GeForce 7800 GT

Quote from: hansh on 13-November-05, 07:19:02
The Zalman 9500 is not that heavy and it is GOOD, i recommend it. As far as the PSU is concerned ... QTec is not even close to being a major brand, but if it works, it works. The only PSU blowing on me, sofar, was an Enermax - and it did take the mobo with it
This is the new "beast" from Zalman right? I would like to know some things if you can tell me:
1. Is it quietier than the basic heatsink and fan?
2. Does it increase or decrease temps on the cpu over the basic heatsink and fan?
3. Does it cover over the memory slots (I have crucial ballistix tracer memory that lights up)?
4. Does it still cost $75?

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Here is the K8N SLI:
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=681
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Quote from: darinn on 12-November-05, 03:22:08
I will ask the sellers if they can update the Mobo for me.
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I'd also like the RAM to run at at least 333, rather than the 200 something it runs at with this BIOS.
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is the motherboard losing it, or maybe the power supply (all voltages seem normal too...)
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MOVED: K8N SLI PLATINUM QUESTIONS

This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Modding Corner.
K8N SLI PLATINUM QUESTIONS

Okay finally i overclocked a bit (i am not really in the overclocking business)
With Bios defaults settings without touching anything else i raised FSB to 220 MHz resulting to a 2.2 GHz CPU operating frequency a nice 10% overclock (of course i have disabled spread spectrum in bios) reaching that way the Athlon 64 3500+ .
Every thing seemed rock - stable!!..
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So i raised the CPU core voltage up to 5% and oualla!! Rock stable ( 3 Hours Prime 95)
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There is a guy who succeeded in rising FSB to 358!!! Mhz with this board (well almost) he advices just not to enable Aggressive memory timings...
here
Anyway, Thanks for the tips guys
Best Regards,
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