1st: why did I start a SEPARATE topic? Because I am tired of people whining and ing and crying that you can't buy the Zalman, how expensive it is, and now good it's supposed to be Hence, I want everybody to see it (which is not likely with a single post in the Zalman thread)

The point: FORGET THE ZALMAN, because it's NO GOOD according to this direct comparison to the Big Typhoon: http://www.overclockers.ru/lab/19897.shtml You don't need to read the Russian to understand the graphs:
http://www.overclockers.ru/images/la...1/08_diagr.png
http://www.overclockers.ru/images/la...gr_fan_off.png

In the 1st case, Big Typhoon beats the Zalman @ max RPM by 6C with case fans on and by 4C with case fans off while under full load via S&M. Big Typhoon is 1) cheaper, 2) available for months, 3) cools the RAM and the surrounding area of the CPU socket and 4) PERFORMS BETTER. So please don't give me a nervous breakdown and buy or wait for the Zalman