Zalman CNPS9700 With P35-DS3P

Zaylril · Feb 9, 2008, 08:35 AM

Hi,

I've already got the Gigabyte P35-DS3P Board, but wanted to buy a new cooler for it, i had my eye set on the new Zalman CNPS9700, but was a little concerned whether it would fit, with the big heatsink the board has on the northbridge. Does anyone know whether this cooler is compatible with the gigabyte board?

Cheers

Zay

**Mousey** · Feb 9, 2008, 11:50 AM

I've got the CNPS9500 with the 90mm fan on it, and even though the heatsink on my IL9 pro is tiny, there's a curve in the fins at the bottom presumably to still fit larger NB coolers.
And if it doesn't fit, you could probably get it to fit by installing the cooler horizontally (most ATX users have it vertical to match airflow) so it covers more of the CPU socket.

Feb 9, 2008, 08:35 AM	#1
Zaylril DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Zalman CNPS9700 With P35-DS3P Hi, I've already got the Gigabyte P35-DS3P Board, but wanted to buy a new cooler for it, i had my eye set on the new Zalman CNPS9700, but was a little concerned whether it would fit, with the big heatsink the board has on the northbridge. Does anyone know whether this cooler is compatible with the gigabyte board? Cheers Zay

Feb 9, 2008, 11:50 AM	#2
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