Modded Zalman 9500 AM2 Nvidia Edition Heatsink

[kenkickr]

About 2 wks ago I modded my zalman cpu heatsink but never took the finishing pictures so since I had my board out I decided to take it apart again to take the pictures. Here you go.

The Heatsink and the fan:
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn22/kenkickr/IMG_0001.jpg

Remove the four screws at the bottom to easily remove the fan and fan bracket assembly.
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn22/kenkickr/IMG_0386.jpg

Behind the fan are two little screws, USE THE RIGHT SIZE SCREW DRIVER. Here is the Zalman fan and Thermaltake fan compared
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn22/kenkickr/IMG_0002.jpg

I used the fan bracket and a sharpie to mark my drill locations on the back of the Thermaltake fan
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn22/kenkickr/IMG_0384.jpg

Here is the fan after getting drilled...HeHe
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn22/kenkickr/IMG_0383.jpg

Reassembly is the reverse of disassemble and here is my beautiful and much better cooling creation
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn22/kenkickr/IMG_0387.jpg

I really like the Thermaltake fan cause it is adjustable so if your watching a movie you can turn it down to be quiet but when needed you can turn it up for some 3850rpm cooling action!

[dark2099]

Nice job there, does the Thermaltake fan have a different color for the LED's?

[panchoman]

sweet mod! i wonder if this will work with my blue orb!

[kenkickr]

The led's are on the fan mount so once you remove it there are no led's. I'm thinking about soldering a couple led's onto the fan but not sure how they will show, or how to get the circuit board off the fan so I can solder it cleanly. I didn't care much for the led cause since I'm working on my case and want it too look nice I didn't think the green led's on the fan worked with the blue led's on the case fan's.

[kenkickr]

I have some ATI stickers here so I think I'll stick one in the center to show how I turned this boy fan into a man fan!!

[Castiel]

So you only changed out the fan??
What a mod.

[kenkickr]

Yes, no reason to lap since the exacto knife blade and level both show its flat on bottom. This was more or less created to help this pussy heatsink really get some heat away, now which it does. Also you could probably follow this and put a beefier fan in the Zalman 9700 since they look exactly alike except size wise.

[2Xtream4u]

So you only changed out the fan??
What a mod.

Thats what i thought! But if he didnt like the green LED then more power to the guy! Personaly i love my green leds :D

[Castiel]

Well it is a pretty good mod, if you could put a faster fan in there that can move lots of air that will be cool.