Who carries the Cooler Master Hyper 6+ and why doesn't Cooler Master's website even acknowledge it?

[CZroe]

After seeing some of the reviews and reading that it sells for around $35, I decided to try my luck at finding this HSF. Who carries the Cooler Master Hyper 6+ and why doesn't Cooler Master's website even acknowledge that it exists? Is it an OEM HSF only? Is one of the Hyper TX HSF units a retail version of the same thing?

Other than the Tuniq Tower, what alternatives should I look into?

 

[secretanchitman]

arctic cooling freezer 7. excellent HSF.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: CZroe
After seeing some of the reviews and reading that it sells for around $35, I decided to try my luck at finding this HSF. Who carries the Cooler Master Hyper 6+ and why doesn't Cooler Master's website even acknowledge that it exists? Is it an OEM HSF only? Is one of the Hyper TX HSF units a retail version of the same thing?

Other than the Tuniq Tower, what alternatives should I look into?

call coolermaster...or e-mail them...

 

[CZroe]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: CZroe
After seeing some of the reviews and reading that it sells for around $35, I decided to try my luck at finding this HSF. Who carries the Cooler Master Hyper 6+ and why doesn't Cooler Master's website even acknowledge that it exists? Is it an OEM HSF only? Is one of the Hyper TX HSF units a retail version of the same thing?

Other than the Tuniq Tower, what alternatives should I look into?

call coolermaster...or e-mail them...

I think that's what I'm going to have to do. I've purchased directly from GlobalWin before when I needed the Abit BP6 version of their FOP32-A HSF. I checked out the site that supplied the Hyper 6+ for the Anandtech review and it isn't there. The review's link to the Amazon Marketplace was for a $30 Hyper TX2 and not a Hyper 6+. Froogle only shows $50-$65 results, nothing like the $30-$35 reported in the Anandtech review.

That said, I'm still in the market for a cheap alternative, though I'm now willing to go up to a little over $40 (just trying to stay out of $50 HSF territory... that carries a significant stigma for a frugal person like me).

Is understating the price Anandtech policy?! Anandtech's Tuniq Tower review states a $50 market price though I'm seeing it for prices more like $60. Even so, I also hate the styling and what I consider to be design flaws, even if they inexplicably don't lower the performance in comparison (it could only be better without them). I'm talking about serrated fins reducing surface area, fan occupying the inside where there could have been more fin surface area, fan dead zone being within the HSF while a part of the airflow area is exposed and wasted on the bottom, etc. I considered the Cooler Master Hyper 6+ a better alternative because it's only flaw is a non-standard fan (VERY similar performance) and for that you get a lower price (according to Anandtech... doesn't seem to be the case though).

 

[CZroe]

Sanity and value be damned. I just bought a Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme and accompanying Scythe fan w/ Sony FDB to go with my Newegg motherboard order.

I contacted Cooler Master and they told me that the CM Hyper 6+ was phased out (despite the recent reviews). No answer as to why their website doesn't even mention it (no "legacy products" section). The guy on the phone was pretty cool though and he made it sound like he might be able to "find one around" for me and arrange the sale similar to what GlobalWin did for my FOP-32A coolers (BP6 dual-Celeron motherboard revision). Even so, I decided to go ahead and order something now and unfortunately that meant over-spending on a Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme and Scythe fan (damn my OCD and my not just settling for the ugly Tuniq Tower!). I think CM phased the Hyper 6+ out because they couldn't get a stable high-volume source of those nice (but uncommon) 100mm fans but, when buying the 120mm fan, I did notice that there is a cheap ($5; but no FDB) 100mm Scythe fan that seems good for the CM Hyper 6+ (if I could find it). I still may end up buying one for other systems (or this one... if I find a better use for or get rid of this Thermalright cooler that is more than I needed).

 

[JEDIYoda]

actually rumor has it that somebody threatened to take them to court.....over the design on there heatsink...but thats just here say!!

Peace!!

 

[WoodButcher]

http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Co...0KHC-V81-U1:1991544836age=description;_ylt=AuoJXk0L2dLOWyyioDdL5JNisMUu;_ylu=X3oDMTA5ZW01N2htBHNlYwNiZ3NpYg--

 

[CZroe]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
actually rumor has it that somebody threatened to take them to court.....over the design on there heatsink...but thats just here say!!

Peace!!

It was a really good performer. There must be some patent holding the industry back.

Originally posted by: WoodButcher
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Too bad that isn't the "+" version and it costs more than the $30-35 market price Anandtech quoted. May as well go with a Tuniq Tower for that price.

 

[WoodButcher]

"I see" said the blind man.

 

[Iverieli]

Is the Hyper TX2 the new version of Hyper 6+??

I cannot find the Hyper 6+ anywhere! So is the Hyper TX2 the new version of the Hyper 6+??

 

[CZroe]

I considered that but I don't think so (judging by reviews and how long I've been seeing it). I have that CM email where the guy said you could likely request one. I'll pass it on when I find it.

 

[CZroe]

OK, sending a PM with his email address.