In today’s review I will evaluate Cooler Master’s fresh air coolers, the V4 Alpha 3DHP and both versions of the Hyper 212 3DHP, black and ARGB. You will soon find out if CM’s new philoshophy, less is more, actually works in air coolers.
After the Superconductive Composite Heat Pipes (SCHP) found in the Hyper 612 Apex that I have recently evaluated, Cooler Master went to the 3D Heat Pipe technology for the fresh V4 Alpha and Hyper 212 coolers. To easily distinguish, CM added the “3DHP” word at the end of their model numbers.
According to CM, this new design adds a Heat Pipe end in a previously unused space to boost cooling performance and reduce noise by expanding surface contact and accelerating heat dissipation. Both new coolers use just two heatpipes, hence CM’s motto “less is more”, but because of the latest design, these two heatpipes offer higher performance than a standard duo of heatpipes. […]
The CPU cooler space is pretty boring these days because the answer is almost always Thermalright.
Looks pretty good at $30 USD, though even that price might be tough for patient buyers against dual towers that go on sale.
Tom’s Hardware has the first review I read and I was quite surprised by the quality of the review, where they (“partly because our main testing 9950X3D system is encountering problems at the moment”) compare it only against a Montech NX400 and an unnamed prototype dual-tower lmao
