Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Review - Pictures and Testing

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 Pictures:

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Here you can see the front of the package. Nothing specially really, but you can see the basic design including the fan.
 
 
Here you can see the back of the cooler, without a fan. There are also some of the basic features outlined on the bottom portion of the package.
 
 
This is my standard "stuff" image. You can see everything that is included. 2 sets of fan brackets, 1 fan, the cooler, paperwork, some thermal paste, multiple mounting brackets. Literally, everything you could possibly need for this cooler.
 
Here you can see the base of the cooler, as well as the heatpipes. It is not a 100% flat surface, but its not bad overall. There are some small groves between the base and the heatpipes but they easily filled with thermal paste. You can also see, there is nothing to mount this with. The screws on the side are used for attaching the pushpin mount system...
 
Here you can see those pushpins installed. They are nearly identical to the stock Intel mounting system.
 
Here you can see the cooler installed, in its final location. This is just before putting the fan on.
 
 
 

 

 Testing

 Test System:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (Stock and 3.0Ghz Overclock)

Tuniq TX-2 Thermal Paste

XFX 680i LT Motherboard

6GB OCZ Platinum & Gold DDR2 RAM

Cooler Master Storm Sniper Case

Seagate 320GB 7200 RPM HDD

Cooler Master TX3 Cooler for testing

 

 Everything was assembled and installed as directed by the instructions. The only problem I had was with the fan, I absolutely could not get it to stay on using the provided brackets so I improvised (this will not affect performance). Idle temperatures were taken after all non-essential applications had been closed for 20 minutes to allow ample cool-down time. Load temperatures were taken after a 1 hour run of Blended Stress testing with Prime 95.

 

Results

 

These temperatures are not great, but this cooler would perform adequately for nearly all standard applications. Even with a very small overclock (3.0 GHz) this cooler begins to lose performance.

 



Posted by Josh Jun 03, 2009 Last Updated: Jun 03, 2009

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