The CNPS9900 Max's 130mm PWM fan blue LED illuminated and spins at 1700-900RPM depending on BIOS settings. Power is supplied by a 4-pin motherboard fan header that is backwards compatible with 3-pin fan headers. Standing 150mm tall, 130mm at its widest, the CNPS9900 Max is 94mm deep and relatively compact by Zalman standards. Three 6mm diameter composite wick copper heatpipes are used, one at front, two in the rear portion. The fins form a 60mm diameter hole at the front for better air intake and ~50mm diameter space at rear where the fan motor is housed.

In the 32mm space between two asymmetric donut shaped nickel plated copper fin arrays sits the 130mm fan. Mounting brackets slip in under the aluminum base cap after four screws are first loosened.

Each nickel plated copper fin on the CNPS9900 Max heatsink measures ~0.1mm thick. Fin spacing is 2.0mm at the outside, 0.5mm along the inside. The fins are soldered to all three 6mm diameter copper heatpipes.

The nickel plated copper base of the Zalman CNPS9900 Max heatsink measures 40x38mm in size. It is 2-4mm thick and has recesses for the six ends of the three 6mm diameter composite copper heatpipes (which are soldered in place).