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Corsair.com/vvengeancegaming to learn more. Welcome to my unboxing and

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overview of the Zman Reserator 3 Max, what they're calling their ultimate

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liquid CPU cooler. So, how could they call it ultimate when it uses a single

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120 mm radiator? Zelman has done some

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unique things with this particular cooler that I actually really like. So

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number one is they are using an all

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copper micro fin design for the CPU

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block. You can tell that okay here hold on first things first guys this is not

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your average asitech OEM or coolit OEM

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unit. So there, that's one thing that Zolman's done that I really like right

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off the hop is they've actually tried to do something different, which is cool.

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They're using a copper micro fin design for the CPU block here. So it's got a

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nice copper base on it like that. And you can see it does uh have a little bit

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of sort of asitech lookingness to the shape of it. So it uses like a puck sort

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of design for the pump and CPU block, which are a combo unit. And then it uses

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retention ring hold down base things like this, but they're mounted a little

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bit differently. So, they actually go on the bottom here, screw into place, and

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then mount to your motherboard like that. Zelman includes their usual sort

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of many, many bits and pieces mounting hardware that I'm not a huge fan of to

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be perfectly honest. But if it gets the job done and their manual is reasonably

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uh is reasonably easy to follow along with, then I don't mind too much, and it

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usually is, then we get to Wow, look at

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this thing. We get to the unit itself. So, they're using quarter inch tubing

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and they're using that nice uh super flexible uh non evaporative stuff. So, I

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don't know if you guys know this, but most tubing is somewhat porous, which

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means some of the fluid will evaporate. Um, and this stuff is is not very porous

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at all. Next up is they are using a nano

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fluid nano particle fluid inside. So instead of just using water with some

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glycol, which is what we're typically used to seeing in these because of its

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anti-corrosive properties and its antifreeze properties, which is great

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for shipping all over the world, they're using a completely different approach

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that may actually contribute to better performance. So I want to finish up with

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the block here where they've got a nice shiny Zman logo as well as a blue LED

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element here around it. They've got a three pin right here. So that's going to

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power the pump as well as monitor the RPM when it's installed on your

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motherboard. And then let's move up to the radiator. So the radiator uses a

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very Zulman looking design here. So it

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actually looks kind of like their CNPS 9900 series where they've got a sort of

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what look like curved heat pipes but are actually water channels in this case

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that go around the outside. So, there's actually a dual radiator design here

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that's kind of masked by the fact that there's this plastic shroud on it. So,

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there's an inner one and an outer one, both of which are going to benefit from

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the airflow from the single 120 mm fan

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that's on it. Now, one thing I don't like about it is you typically do get

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better performance out of a radiator if you are shrouding the outside of the

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fan. So, you're focusing the air flow through the fins. However, Zelman sort

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of figures they've gotten they've achieved good enough performance in this

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fashion. If you do want more of a traditional fan on the back of it, you

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can actually mount it using these screws on the back here. So, you can have it

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mounted in a pushpull config. The one fan that's on there now is powered by a

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four pin PWM connector right there that comes out of the back here. Oh, another

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thing guys, it should be noted that that other fan will have the same drawbacks

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where it'll be able to pull air through gaps here. So, it's not actually forcing

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all the air through the fins. Um, so just just like the one on the front.

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However, for something like this, it can have sort of all the cool looking design

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elements in the world. This is a blue LED fan as well, just so you guys know.

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But if it doesn't perform well, then whatever, right? So, guys, stay tuned.

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We are going to be doing a performance review of this particular CPU cooler,

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and I'm really excited for you guys to be able to check it out because I really

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want to see how it does. It's very, very thick. It's got a ton of surface area.

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It's got nice copper construction for

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particularly this part here. Um, yeah, I'm really really excited to see how

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a comment. Let me know how you think this is going to perform compared to

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other more traditional sort of cookie cutter OEM designs for these pre-filled

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liquid cooling units.