Cooler Master Hyper 6+: Universal Heatpipe Tower
by Wesley Fink on February 14, 2007 12:02 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Heatpipe tower coolers have performed very well in our cooler tests, so it is no surprise to have a top tower cooler from Cooler Master for review. Cooler Master is one of the largest case and cooling manufacturers in the world, with a catalog of many well recognized cases and CPU coolers that are very popular with computer enthusiasts.
The Hyper 6+ is a top-line tower cooler that was initially designed to sell for around $50. This is a competitive price with other top-line tower coolers. However, recently the Cooler Master Hyper 6+ could be found at many sites for as little as $30 to $35. This is more a reflection of the popularity of this tower cooler in the marketplace. It is widely available and widely used for CPU cooling.
One of the big reasons for the popularity of the Hyper 6+ is the universal fit of the tower. There are not many coolers that can fit everything from AMD Socket A to Intel Socket T (775), but the Hyper 6+ can do just that.
The Hyper 6+ comes with adapter plates for K7, K8 (but not AM2), P4 (Socket 478) and Intel Socket 775. There is also a universal back plate for spreading the substantial weight of the Hyper 6+ over a larger area. Once a plate is mounted on the 6+ the attachment to the motherboard is very secure. There are many CPU coolers that claim universal installation, but some solutions are very shaky in some of the configurations. The Hyper 6+ is stable with all CPU sockets it supports.
The cooler uses the familiar and effective cooling tower design, with 6 heatpipes moving heat to the serrated fin tower. The Hyper 6+ is a large tower, but it is a bit smaller than the Tuniq Tower 120. The Tuniq is 155mm tall compared to the Cooler Master Hyper 6+ at 143mm. The footprint is also a bit smaller than the Vigor Monsoon II, which means the Hyper 6+ is completely clear of the DIMM slots on the EVGA 680i motherboard. The finned cooler cage is raised high enough that most users should have no issue with the CPU cooler interfering with motherboard components.
The effectiveness of heatpipe tower air-cooling has been clearly demonstrated in the AnandTech review of the Tuniq Tower and the review of two low-cost cooling towers. The Tuniq is a top air cooler designed to sell for about the same as the original retail of the Hyper 6+. The Scythe Katana and Thermalright MST-9775 sell for about $25, which is closer to the current price of the Hyper 6+. The question then is where does the Hyper 6+ compete? Is it a top-line design that competes effectively with the best air cooler tested at AnandTech so far, or does the performance compare with more main-stream tower coolers? Performance testing will provide answers to that question.
The Hyper 6+ is a top-line tower cooler that was initially designed to sell for around $50. This is a competitive price with other top-line tower coolers. However, recently the Cooler Master Hyper 6+ could be found at many sites for as little as $30 to $35. This is more a reflection of the popularity of this tower cooler in the marketplace. It is widely available and widely used for CPU cooling.
One of the big reasons for the popularity of the Hyper 6+ is the universal fit of the tower. There are not many coolers that can fit everything from AMD Socket A to Intel Socket T (775), but the Hyper 6+ can do just that.
The Hyper 6+ comes with adapter plates for K7, K8 (but not AM2), P4 (Socket 478) and Intel Socket 775. There is also a universal back plate for spreading the substantial weight of the Hyper 6+ over a larger area. Once a plate is mounted on the 6+ the attachment to the motherboard is very secure. There are many CPU coolers that claim universal installation, but some solutions are very shaky in some of the configurations. The Hyper 6+ is stable with all CPU sockets it supports.
The cooler uses the familiar and effective cooling tower design, with 6 heatpipes moving heat to the serrated fin tower. The Hyper 6+ is a large tower, but it is a bit smaller than the Tuniq Tower 120. The Tuniq is 155mm tall compared to the Cooler Master Hyper 6+ at 143mm. The footprint is also a bit smaller than the Vigor Monsoon II, which means the Hyper 6+ is completely clear of the DIMM slots on the EVGA 680i motherboard. The finned cooler cage is raised high enough that most users should have no issue with the CPU cooler interfering with motherboard components.
The effectiveness of heatpipe tower air-cooling has been clearly demonstrated in the AnandTech review of the Tuniq Tower and the review of two low-cost cooling towers. The Tuniq is a top air cooler designed to sell for about the same as the original retail of the Hyper 6+. The Scythe Katana and Thermalright MST-9775 sell for about $25, which is closer to the current price of the Hyper 6+. The question then is where does the Hyper 6+ compete? Is it a top-line design that competes effectively with the best air cooler tested at AnandTech so far, or does the performance compare with more main-stream tower coolers? Performance testing will provide answers to that question.
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JarredWalton - Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - link
For straight air cooling? Not likely. The Tuniq 120 already stays pretty cool, and for the most part it's at the point where temperatures aren't the limiting factor in stuff like OC'ing. The only way to get better in terms of temperatures would be water or phase-change (or TEC). In terms of noise levels, it's already very quiet, but maybe an even larger HSF could do a bit better. Really, at this point the case will start to have as much of an impact as any further HSF changes.Now, if someone can come up with a way to make heatpipes work even better or something, we might see incremental improvements, but basically air cooling is pretty topped out I think. From here, we just want lower prices, lower noise, smaller, etc. but you can't usually get more than one of those at the same time.
yyrkoon - Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - link
Speaking of size, what is a good low profile cooler ? In my case (no pun intended), I'm using a Lian-Li PC-G50, PSU sits right over the CPU, and I would like to find a good low profile CPU cooler . . .katastrophe - Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - link
Shouldn't the graph on page 5 be titled as Mhz, or the values changed to reflect Ghz?Wesley Fink - Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - link
Yes. Corrected to be more consistent.thatdjsnow - Saturday, August 24, 2019 - link
Perfect! I'd been checking out this older blog at https://compareheatsinks.blogspot.com for a good heatsink comparison but it only has a few Cooler Masters! Womp Womp.. 😂This was much more helpful, thank you!