Now we can look at the heatsink itself. It’s a triple heatpipe tower design with densely packed aluminium fins.


The Hyper TX3 itself.

As you can see the top of the heatsink carries a stamped impression of Cooler Masters own brand logo. Here you can also see the three heatpipes protruding through the top of the TX3.


The all important branding.

The base comes with a protective plastic cover fitted. This should avoid any scratches during transit and handling whilst also stopping any unwanted contact with the base before thermal paste application and heatsink install.


A carefully protected base.

Once removed you can clearly see the three heat-pipes – there are machining marks over the entire surface and some deep crevices where the heat-pipes meet the aluminium base itself. Hopefully this shouldn’t effect performance but we’ll see what happens during testing. What i can say is that the base is flat so should provide good contact over the majority of the surface.


The direct contact heat-pipes.