We?ve taken a look at many different CPU coolers over the last several years, with a large focus on liquid CPU cooling as of late. Liquid CPU cooling has become quite inexpensive to invest into and has proven itself to be worthy in many all-in-one kits. However, there are still plenty of people out there that don't fully trust liquid coolers inside their systems, built with their hard-earned cash, or they don't want to / can't invest as much money into a cooler but they still want great performance. We?ve also seen many liquid cooling kits have to be noisy in order to cool efficiently, and that's not appealing at all. With that said, we do still find plenty of air coolers in production today, catering to this market. Today we?re going to take a look at a cooler that Cooler Master released Q4 2014, called the Hyper 612 Version 2 (part number RR-H6V2-13PK-R1); obviously a remake of the original Hyper 612 ? which is for the better. This cooler was redesigned with peace and quiet in mind all while achieving a high level of performance and a simplistic installation.

The original Hyper 612 came out back in 2011 and was well liked by those who invested into it. Since we?re now in 2015, Cooler Master has taken that success into consideration and built upon it for this updated version. The first thing of note that Cooler Master updated is how the heat pipes work. Version 2 adopts Cooler Master's Continuous Direct Contact (CDC) technology to boost the performance of the cooler. CDC improves cooling performance by utilizing a side-by-side heat pipe configuration, with no gaps between the six pipes, and the pipes also come in direct contact with the CPU ?hot spot.? This in turn will provide the absolute best heat conduction.