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Guru3D Rig of the Month - November 2019
Cooler Master Introduces New Air Cooler MA410M (with RGB)
Cooler Master launches a new addition to their flagship four heatpipe coolers, the MasterAir MA410M. Equipped with dual 120 MasterFans, it continues the tradition of excellent cooling performance and reliability from the Hyper series.
The heatsink is precisely designed, ensuring the spacing between each fin of the tower is at the optimal distance to guarantee minimal airflow resistance and thus allowing maximum air into the heatsink. Equipped with Continuous Direct Contact Technology 2.0 (CDC 2.0), which means all the four heatpipes were compressed to increase CPU contact surface area significant increases thermal conductivity and heat transfer. With the patented X-vents and Air-Guided Armor combined with CDC 2.0 to provide the best thermal solution for your build.
Express Yourself with Color
The MasterAir MA410M the first of its kind, equipped with twin translucent MF120 that allows excellent visibility to the array of colors displayed through individually controlled LEDs. Not only is it armed with addressable RGB function, but it is also sync-able with the standard RGB motherboards. Even without an RGB motherboard, users can customize the RGB lighting through Cooler Master’s Master+ software (to be released soon). Cooler Master includes a free Wired Addressable RGB Controller in the box. This controller requires no software. Users can adjust the mode, color, and brightness with just the touch of a button.
Cooler Master believes that giving PC users the freedom to create visually stunning RGB effects as well as, provide efficient cooling for their systems is vital to achieving one of the company’s missions. With innovative technologies coupled with a vast array of lighting effects, the MasterAir MA410M is one of the best possible mixes of performance and aesthetics in the segment.
Pricing & Availability
Products will be available in the UK around the second week of June.
- MasterAir MA410M ; MSRP 59.99 GBP (inc.VAT)
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#5549115 Posted on: 05/22/2018 02:57 PM
If you're looking at history though, Cooler Master has had some great coolers in the past. Hyper 212 line for example, but the issue now is you're paying for RGB at this price point.
A lot of money for what is essentially a pretty mediocre cooler, at that price it has some very strong competition to contend with.
If you're looking at history though, Cooler Master has had some great coolers in the past. Hyper 212 line for example, but the issue now is you're paying for RGB at this price point.
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#5549119 Posted on: 05/22/2018 03:13 PM
For many people there is certainly nothing wrong with this cooler performance wise as at it's core it seems to essentially be a Hyper 212 which has always been great value for money and actually very good cooling for it's size.
The Hyper212 can suffer thermal runaway (uncontrollable rising temps until throttling or crash occur) with hotter CPUs, something other coolers in this price range shouldn't suffer from.
I was thinking with the spread of 8 core chips and people trying to OC them, this issue could raise it's head again with coolers of this class.
If you're looking at history though, Cooler Master has had some great coolers in the past. Hyper 212 line for example, but the issue now is you're paying for RGB at this price point.
For many people there is certainly nothing wrong with this cooler performance wise as at it's core it seems to essentially be a Hyper 212 which has always been great value for money and actually very good cooling for it's size.
The Hyper212 can suffer thermal runaway (uncontrollable rising temps until throttling or crash occur) with hotter CPUs, something other coolers in this price range shouldn't suffer from.
I was thinking with the spread of 8 core chips and people trying to OC them, this issue could raise it's head again with coolers of this class.
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#5549124 Posted on: 05/22/2018 03:26 PM
For many people there is certainly nothing wrong with this cooler performance wise as at it's core it seems to essentially be a Hyper 212 which has always been great value for money and actually very good cooling for it's size.
The Hyper212 can suffer thermal runaway (uncontrollable rising temps until throttling or crash occur) with hotter CPUs, something other coolers in this price range shouldn't suffer from.
I was thinking with the spread of 8 core chips and people trying to OC them, this issue could raise it's head again with coolers of this class.
To be fair though, most people who have experience in overclocking wouldn't(or shouldn't at least) try to overclock and cool an 8 core cpu on a 4 heat pipe cooler like this with a single fin tower. The 212 was never meant for super high overclocks anyway.
For many people there is certainly nothing wrong with this cooler performance wise as at it's core it seems to essentially be a Hyper 212 which has always been great value for money and actually very good cooling for it's size.
The Hyper212 can suffer thermal runaway (uncontrollable rising temps until throttling or crash occur) with hotter CPUs, something other coolers in this price range shouldn't suffer from.
I was thinking with the spread of 8 core chips and people trying to OC them, this issue could raise it's head again with coolers of this class.
To be fair though, most people who have experience in overclocking wouldn't(or shouldn't at least) try to overclock and cool an 8 core cpu on a 4 heat pipe cooler like this with a single fin tower. The 212 was never meant for super high overclocks anyway.
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#5549145 Posted on: 05/22/2018 04:17 PM
True enough, although I have seen a few who were not aware of it's limitations.
I love my Noctua NH-D14 and that company's willingness to update older coolers mounting systems for free, or cheap (£6.49) if you lost your receipt etc.
Perhaps higher end coolers like this end up cheaper in the long run
To be fair though, most people who have experience in overclocking wouldn't(or shouldn't at least) try to overclock and cool an 8 core cpu on a 4 heat pipe cooler like this with a single fin tower. The 212 was never meant for super high overclocks anyway.
True enough, although I have seen a few who were not aware of it's limitations.
I love my Noctua NH-D14 and that company's willingness to update older coolers mounting systems for free, or cheap (£6.49) if you lost your receipt etc.
Perhaps higher end coolers like this end up cheaper in the long run
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#5549149 Posted on: 05/22/2018 04:33 PM
But the downside is the unwieldy size and weight. It's a dream and unlikely to be anywhere near realistic but some super heat absorbent gel would be nice ha ha. Heat needs to be dissipated though, led through these pipes and then blown outside the case preferably with good air circulation and ambient temps.
(And the dust! Compressed air is quite useful if handled carefully.)
EDIT:
And these are LED's, hmm wonder if that could be tied to overall temps. Blue to red or something. Well 16 million colors on a spinning fan it is. It doesn't count unless it looks like a Christmas party in the chassis I guess.
..LED gaming chairs next?
EDIT: Auroza...of course it'd exist already.
And the lightbowl...that really didn't need LED.
Well nice to see CPU air cooling still going even if it's in the direction of blinking lights.
But the downside is the unwieldy size and weight. It's a dream and unlikely to be anywhere near realistic but some super heat absorbent gel would be nice ha ha. Heat needs to be dissipated though, led through these pipes and then blown outside the case preferably with good air circulation and ambient temps.
(And the dust! Compressed air is quite useful if handled carefully.)
EDIT:
And these are LED's, hmm wonder if that could be tied to overall temps. Blue to red or something. Well 16 million colors on a spinning fan it is. It doesn't count unless it looks like a Christmas party in the chassis I guess.
..LED gaming chairs next?
EDIT: Auroza...of course it'd exist already.
And the lightbowl...that really didn't need LED.
Well nice to see CPU air cooling still going even if it's in the direction of blinking lights.
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#5549161 Posted on: 05/22/2018 04:56 PM
True enough, although I have seen a few who were not aware of it's limitations.
I love my Noctua NH-D14 and that company's willingness to update older coolers mounting systems for free, or cheap (£6.49) if you lost your receipt etc.
Perhaps higher end coolers like this end up cheaper in the long run
I prefer big air coolers(call me old school I guess
) to AIO coolers. Only time I would say get that is if you want to show off your motherboard some, or go full blown water cooling!
True enough, although I have seen a few who were not aware of it's limitations.
I love my Noctua NH-D14 and that company's willingness to update older coolers mounting systems for free, or cheap (£6.49) if you lost your receipt etc.
Perhaps higher end coolers like this end up cheaper in the long run
I prefer big air coolers(call me old school I guess
) to AIO coolers. Only time I would say get that is if you want to show off your motherboard some, or go full blown water cooling!
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#5549176 Posted on: 05/22/2018 05:46 PM
I ended up a big air fan for quite some time after an aborted watercooling project from back when that was a new concept!
But with my 6c/12t Xeon X5680 I needed something More and finally finished the project crowning it with a huge AlphaCool 420 which is about 61mm think. Kinda overkill, but kept my OC's nice and cool ^^
I retired my NH-D14 to my spare PC where it happily passively cools a 3570K in a case with good airflow lol
Looks good that way with no fans mounted on it
I ended up a big air fan for quite some time after an aborted watercooling project from back when that was a new concept!
But with my 6c/12t Xeon X5680 I needed something More and finally finished the project crowning it with a huge AlphaCool 420 which is about 61mm think. Kinda overkill, but kept my OC's nice and cool ^^
I retired my NH-D14 to my spare PC where it happily passively cools a 3570K in a case with good airflow lol
Looks good that way with no fans mounted on it
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#5549351 Posted on: 05/23/2018 12:59 PM
yeah i prefer air coolers too way less things to go wrong with em i guess i am old school too ? but i really trust an aircooler to last as long a pc is operational even up to 10 years (( my brother retire my old phenom 2 720 a bit before easter .... and the scythe nynja 2 was standing proud on it to the last day since day 1 with just 1 fan change at some point ! " while i see aio's of that era ...corroded with failing pumps ....or leaks ... or the aio's came 1year or so after ? ((obviously i am not counting the thermal paste change every time you remember that you have to do it finally goes on both solutions ))
I prefer big air coolers(call me old school I guess :p) to AIO coolers. Only time I would say get that is if you want to show off your motherboard some, or go full blown water cooling!
yeah i prefer air coolers too way less things to go wrong with em i guess i am old school too ? but i really trust an aircooler to last as long a pc is operational even up to 10 years (( my brother retire my old phenom 2 720 a bit before easter .... and the scythe nynja 2 was standing proud on it to the last day since day 1 with just 1 fan change at some point ! " while i see aio's of that era ...corroded with failing pumps ....or leaks ... or the aio's came 1year or so after ? ((obviously i am not counting the thermal paste change every time you remember that you have to do it finally
goes on both solutions ))
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#5549371 Posted on: 05/23/2018 02:31 PM
The hyper 212 was great and I used it for years but then discovered the MSI core frozr l. Costs almost exactly as much (~45usd here in Taiwan) and gave my cpu as much as a 12c reduction in temps on occt. Right now that's my top recommendation for price/performance.
I'm running my cpu (6600k) at 4.6ghz and a 4.3ghz cache with 1.39v adaptive voltage and never go over 76c on occt. If it wasn't for the high voltage and my CPU just not wanting to hit 4.7, I'd be pushing even higher clocks. Obviously there's much better coolers but at this price tag I can't complain and it beats my best price/performer hyper 212x by a decent margin.
The hyper 212 was great and I used it for years but then discovered the MSI core frozr l. Costs almost exactly as much (~45usd here in Taiwan) and gave my cpu as much as a 12c reduction in temps on occt. Right now that's my top recommendation for price/performance.
I'm running my cpu (6600k) at 4.6ghz and a 4.3ghz cache with 1.39v adaptive voltage and never go over 76c on occt. If it wasn't for the high voltage and my CPU just not wanting to hit 4.7, I'd be pushing even higher clocks. Obviously there's much better coolers but at this price tag I can't complain and it beats my best price/performer hyper 212x by a decent margin.
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A lot of money for what is essentially a pretty mediocre cooler, at that price it has some very strong competition to contend with.