Source: Tom's Hardware UK – Keywords: CPU-Coolers, Phenom, Core2
Categories: Hardware
Cooler Master Hyper TX2 - A very cool Bargain
Cooler Master, one of the well-established players in the CPU cooler market, is introducing its follow-up model to the Hyper TX, appropriately named the Hyper TX2. Aside from the name, the two products don’t really have much in common, though. The Hyper TX2 comes with three heatpipes that dissipate their heat through aluminium cooling fins. In order to be able to cool the components on the motherboard as well, the TX2 sports a plastic hood that directs some of the airflow downwards, i.e. onto the board.
The cooler is mounted using pushpins. While this is a good choice in principle, their placement is unfavourable. Luckily, the fan and its hood can simply be removed from the cooler, enabling a very quick and simple installation.
At high fan speeds, the Hyper TX2 offers good cooling performance, with our quad-core CPU reaching a maximum of 67°C. When fan speed is reduced, the CPU got up to 81°C hot, which is only just barely acceptable. The cooler is almost inaudible when installed in the case.
Cooler Master’s Hyper TX2 can be found in stores for around €17. At this price, it is an incredible bargain and receives our recommendation.
| CPU | 100% load | idle |
|---|---|---|
| Temperature 12V | 67.5 °C | 35.5 °C |
| Temperature 5V | 81 °C | 37.5 °C |
| Noise | 41.2 dB(A) | 37.5 dB(A) |
| Fan Speed | 1820 rpm | 1025 rpm |
| Weight | 488 grams | |
| Intel Socket | 775 | |
| AMD Socket | AM2 | AM2+ |
| 939 | 940 |
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Nice to see the Noctua's still up there!
I'm hoping they'll review the Zalman CNPS9700 and the Tuniq Tower 120 in the part three of this series.
Any chance of including the standard Intel box cooler as a baseline comparison for temperature, noise and installation?
well just look at page 2 that basicly is an Intel cooler
How can the nexus (pg 2) get a 10 for installation as it is the push pin type that accounts for significant numbers of the 'are my temps ok?' posts on the forum, this method whilst simple in principle, i.e. no backplate, no water etc. it causes many problems upon actual real world installations.
it LOOKS a lot like the Intel HSF, but is it the same? I doubt it, but does anyone know? if not, i too would like to see the intel scores.
I'm using the Titan Amanda tec cooler, never gone over 45°C would've been nice to see that up there too.