14 DAY TRIAL // Since IT companies have resumed their habit of periodically releasing new products, Zalman figured it may as well do something of the sort, so it came out and delivered a slightly unusual case fan.
Tablets may have filled the news this past months, especially the past week, but this didn't really stop all other sorts of PCs and hardware from getting launched.
In fact, after Intel and AMD both released new hardware platforms last month, new system configurations have been made, completed by new NVIDIA and AMD-based video boards.
Granted, chipset issues did stop all sales of Sandy Bridge motherboards and notebooks (sales of fixed ones started only recently).
Nevertheless, new and strong PC components are not in short variety, meaning that powerful and heat-generating computer configurations are plentiful.
Eager to provide system makers with a reliable cooling solution, Zalman has created the ZM-F4.
Essentially, it is a fan with a diameter of 135mm but which, for wider compatibility, can be affixed onto 120mm mounting holes.
In other words, it will better cool high-end configurations without requiring as high a rotary speed as competing fans (a larger size allows for stronger airflow).
For those that want numbers, said rotary speed ranges between 900 and 1,300 RPM (rotations per minute), leaving the sound output at 18 to 26 dBA, or so it is reported.
Other specifications include a sleeve bearing and a lifespan of 50,000 hours. Unfortunately, while one can hope for availability before Spring, there is no way of knowing just when sales will start, nor for what price.
Until this final information is made available, users can wait and look forward to the product, complete with all its other advantages, like the resister cable (adjusts speed) and the four anti-vibration silicone points (rubber pins are used to affix the spinner to the case instead of screws).