Cooler Master have been around in the PC industry for quite some time producing fans, cases, and power supplies that often show up in OEMs and retailers. More often than not we're a fan of their cases and PSUs but today we'll be looking at one of their heatsink/fan combinations the Coolermaster Hyper TX 2.

The Hyper TX 2 sits towards the lower-end of the coolers coming up at $25 around Newegg. While this is more expensive than a stock cooler it's about $20-35 away from the higher-end coolers. The packaging on the cooler is very minimal with the heatsink covered in plastic with some instructions and accessories included with it.

The Hyper TX 2 is ready to go out of the box for Socket 775 systems featuring clip brackets and if you need it for a Socket AM2/AM2+ system it the clip fits in between the heatsink and is easy to install after removing the 775 clips. As with stock Intel heatsinks it comes with thermal grease already on the heatsink.

A fan is mounted on the outside of the cooler bringing it to a size of 108.3 x 123.7 x 136.5 and moves at 1800RPM and is rated for 22dBA. Fan life expectancy 40,000 hours with a 3-pin connector and is mounted onto a plastic shield covering the top and back of the heatsink. The heatsink is one made of aluminum fins and has a copper base with three heatpipes. Installation was a breeze on both a Socket 775 motherboard and also Socket AM2/AM2+.