Zalman CNPS8900 Extreme Low Profile Heatsink Review

When it comes to low profile heatsinks for miniPC/HTPC/MiniITX/bookPCs there aren't many options. With an eye towards the under populated low profile cooling segment, Zalman released the CNPS8900 Extreme; a 60mm tall, 121mm diameter low profile cooler built for compact cooling situations.

Since I'm suffering the whims of a sinus clogging flu, I'll just tell you straight up that Zalman's CNPS8900 Extreme is the best sub-75mm tall low profile heatsink Frostytech has tested to date. Compared to full fledged heatsinks the CNPS8900 Extreme is a good-to-average performer, but in this case it's the low profile cooling capability which dominates... Frostytech