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Originally Posted by ./Cy4n1d3\. 
They are still an innovator.
Cooler Master TPC 812: "The first ever CPU heatsink to utilize Vertical Vapor Chamber cooling and combine it with heat pipe technology, TPC 812 is prepared to handle the massive heat generated by overclocking and benchmarking. Vertical Vapor Chamber working in tandem with heat pipes and a specialized heatsink and fin design allow the TPC 812 to outperform the competition."
And to be sure that I am not just putting up marketing material... From Pro-Clockers review of the TPC 812: "Cooler Master is going back to the original concept of outperforming the next cooler." and the final thoughts "We found that the Cooler Master TPC 812 is one heck of a cooler. Due to the change in platforms we were only able to put the new cooler up against one other cooler. But that cooler used two 120mm fans and was able to take it down. And another plus while achieving this is the cooler remained quiet. Making it one of the best noise-versus-performance we ever tested. The ideal of using the dual thermal cooling solutions was a good one as it performed like advertised. The Cooler Master TPC 812 cooler will retail for $69.99 once in stores. I like the cooler in this price range as the performance I good to great. And won’t break the bank of most that are out to buy a better cooler."
Tech PowerUP said: "After releasing the world's first heatpipe heatsink in 2000, Cooler Master announces that it will begin to phase in Vertical Vapor Chamber technology into its upcoming retail CPU heatsinks; a technology initially developed by Cooler Master's OEM and industrial cooling division. Vertical Vapor Chambers feature less than half the air resistance by reducing airflow vortexes and noise generated by air streaming through a heatsink. At the same time vertical vapor chambers exhibit 3 times the fin contact area, enabling faster and more efficient transfer of heat from the vapor chambers to the fins, and overall more efficient use of the available fin surface area."
They are still an innovator.
Cooler Master TPC 812: "The first ever CPU heatsink to utilize Vertical Vapor Chamber cooling and combine it with heat pipe technology, TPC 812 is prepared to handle the massive heat generated by overclocking and benchmarking. Vertical Vapor Chamber working in tandem with heat pipes and a specialized heatsink and fin design allow the TPC 812 to outperform the competition."
And to be sure that I am not just putting up marketing material... From Pro-Clockers review of the TPC 812: "Cooler Master is going back to the original concept of outperforming the next cooler." and the final thoughts "We found that the Cooler Master TPC 812 is one heck of a cooler. Due to the change in platforms we were only able to put the new cooler up against one other cooler. But that cooler used two 120mm fans and was able to take it down. And another plus while achieving this is the cooler remained quiet. Making it one of the best noise-versus-performance we ever tested. The ideal of using the dual thermal cooling solutions was a good one as it performed like advertised. The Cooler Master TPC 812 cooler will retail for $69.99 once in stores. I like the cooler in this price range as the performance I good to great. And won’t break the bank of most that are out to buy a better cooler."
Tech PowerUP said: "After releasing the world's first heatpipe heatsink in 2000, Cooler Master announces that it will begin to phase in Vertical Vapor Chamber technology into its upcoming retail CPU heatsinks; a technology initially developed by Cooler Master's OEM and industrial cooling division. Vertical Vapor Chambers feature less than half the air resistance by reducing airflow vortexes and noise generated by air streaming through a heatsink. At the same time vertical vapor chambers exhibit 3 times the fin contact area, enabling faster and more efficient transfer of heat from the vapor chambers to the fins, and overall more efficient use of the available fin surface area."
I actually played with a TPC 821 last week, it's a solid cooler(something new from Cooler Master) but it's not a high end part, it can't compete with the massive twin tower designs from the likes of Panteks, Thermalright, Noctua, Prolimatech, etc... but joining the pack is not innovation... innovation it's a leap.
I've seen "innovative" designs of all sorts... from the single 2.5cm heatpipe used by Titan, to the perpendicularly stacked heatpipes from Scythe(Ninja).. and I wonder what kind of brain dead earhtworms bring this kind of thrash to market and pair them with adjectives like "innovative" or "unique" since they offer nothing over widely used, cheaper, "classic" designs.
... to hell with thermodynamics, I have absolutely no clue what the 
