Dream Machine 2007 has POSTed.

Posted by cadst3r@reddit | retrobattlestations | View on Reddit | 10 comments

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BucketOfLobsters@reddit

I still have one of those Zalmans somewhere. Beautiful!

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cadst3r@reddit (OP)

These kids can keep their AIOs with wraparound screens on the CPU block. I just want this simple, elegant piece of fine engineering.

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According_Spare7788@reddit

Very nice! These old builds are fun to piece together. Just finished mine a while ago, and it's really one of my favorites, perhaps even edging out my modern build.

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0KlausAdler0@reddit

Congratulations, nice spec for era 😎👍

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cadst3r@reddit (OP)

I really really wanted a Q6600 at the time but no way I could afford it living paycheck to paycheck. Now they're $10 USD. 🤣

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0KlausAdler0@reddit

Yeah it's bonkers isn't it , have fun with you build it's awesome 😎

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Btw I was at a physics course and the professor brought that cooler to us saying how such a design was performing bad at heat management (basically if wings are too thin you lose the further part of cooling surface). I have bought one btw because they are fancy (and with a 95W or lower TDP you should be fine anyway)

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cadst3r@reddit (OP)

Oh for sure, there are naysayers out there who will nitpick the design. But Zalman wanted to create something that wasn't boring, and they succeeded for a while.

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mosca_br@reddit

Is that a zalman cooler, or a clone? They were the bee's knees at the time. Quiet an efficient.

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cadst3r@reddit (OP)

It's an authentic one (as far as I can tell) that I found on eBay. Both functional and beautiful. They don't make em like they used to.