At first glance the Symphony Mini has the appearance of a speaker (which is the intended look) or an air filtration device rather than a liquid cooling system. It's compatible with a wide variety of processors and although the AM2 isn't listed in the specs, instructions for mounting the waterblock on an AM2 chip are included . Most all of the parts are contained within the Mini itself including a reservoir that is already full of coolant out of the box. That was a pleasant surprise.

The last time we took a look at a cooler from Zalman it was way back in July! So it has been a while since we have seen Zalman's offerings. Today we will be taking a look at the CNPS9500 AM2 CPU Cooler which is compatible with AM2/754/939/940 AMD processors and features a pure copper heatsink and innovative curved heatpipe design for a heat transfer capacity of up to six heatpipes with the use of just three. Let's take a look and see how it compared to the other AM2 CPU coolers we have tested.