Hyper 212 EVO or NH-U12S?

[VGuillV]

So Linus did a review on the U14S, but I'm not sure if the 140 to 120mm change is going to make that much of a difference. 

 

Either way, what do you think would yield a better price to performance ratio? 

 

Or just which would you buy if you had the money for each? Keep in mind the U12S is $60 and the Hyper 212 EVO is $30. 

 

EDIT: Just realized this is in the wrong section. Sorry about that. 

[antoainb]

The NH-U12S will preform better, but the 212 EVO has a better price/performance ratio. I'd get the EVO but if you can get the U12S get it.

[harrynowl]

212 better bang for buck.

 

I'd just get that.

 

The noctua will be quieter though, but with my FM2 overclocking rig on normal mode the stock 212 fan is inaudible.

[creativename]

U12s is better and more silent. 212 is half the price though. The temperature difference is not small though.

[Faa]

What cpu btw? The main difference will be when you're using a backplate, most backplates & mounting things are usually garbage that literally ruins its performance as you can see here a nh-d14 outperforming a H100i@2700rpm & a nh-l12i performing slightly worse than the evo 212: http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/cpu_cooler_roundup_2013_q1_review,11.html

Currently the u14s is just 50$ and the evo 212 30$, it's not worth it to cheap out here. A much better mounting kit thats just makes the installation a breeze and a quieter fan. Evo's are annoying to install

The 140mm fan is quieter and has a better sound quality tbh:

[XtremeTechGaming]

The Hyper 212 EVO is better when it comes to bang for the buck.

But in performance, the NH-U12s dominates

[LogicalDrm]

If you are thinking difference between 140mm and 120mm in cooling performance, that isn't really big either. I'd say its max 10C. With 140mm you can run fans at slower speed as so make cooler more quiet than 120mm.

[loccilucas]

So Linus did a review on the U14S, but I'm not sure if the 140 to 120mm change is going to make that much of a difference.

Either way, what do you think would yield a better price to performance ratio?

Or just which would you buy if you had the money for each? Keep in mind the U12S is $60 and the Hyper 212 EVO is $30.

EDIT: Just realized this is in the wrong section. Sorry about that.

It isn't in the wrong section.

And I would say get the noctua because I always say you should spend the max you are willing to spend, so if you are willing to spend $60 spend $60 and get a cooler that poo's all over the 212.

[AugieBenDoggie]

The Hyper 212 Evo and the NH-U12S are are the same two cpu coolers I'm deciding between. Right now I'm using the 212. I'm revisiting this topic for two reasons: I'm about to start overclocking my i5-3570k, and I could move the 212 over to a work computer and put the NH-U12S on my i5. 

 

On the CoolerMaster website, I couldn't find anything about RAM clearance. I have 2 sticks of full-size Corsair RAM, and the 212 is pushing a little too hard against the stick in slot 1. I don't know if this is only a problem for the LGA1155 chipset, but I moved my RAM into slots 2 and 4 instead (the motherboard manual said slots 1 and 3 or 2 and 4 worked equally well for dual stick performance).

 

On the otherhand, Noctua's website lists RAM clearance issues for their coolers. For example, the U14S has clearance for full-sized RAM only on the 2011 chipset. However, the U12S has "100% compatibility with tall RAM modules" for every chipset. I can't tell too well from this person's video, but the U12S doesn't seem to nudge slot 1 like the 212 does.

 

I discovered SpeedFan within the last week. Apparently, it's the best software out there for controlling the 4-pin fans. With the temperature-to-fan speed curve provided on SpeedFan, the RPM on the 212 went from 1950 to about 740 while still keeping the cpu pretty cool. See the picutre below. Reducing the RPMs also made my computer a lot quieter. (Now to quiet the other fans. . . .) As you can see in the attached picutre, my cpu with the 212 is currently the coolest running part of my computer when doing normal computer work. I don't know how much that will change when I overclocking the cpu, though.

 

Finally, I highly recommend checking out this link. It is the best thing since Linus and PCPartPicker. You can compare so many different pc parts in many different ways:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/922?vs=940

 

As a side note, the U12S comes with Noctua's flagship fan: the NF-F12. It is the best static pressure fan. Noctua's airflow fans look like they get beaten out by Enermax Magma (in as far as we can trust companies not to fudge their numbers *cough CoolerMaster *cough), but for cooling a heatsink or radiator, Noctua is the best.

 

Static Pressure Fans:

$17 Corsair SP120 Performance Ed--62.74 CFM @ 35dB and 2350 RPM

$17 Corsair SP120 Quiet Ed--37.85 CFM @ 23dB and 1450 RPM

$27 Noctua NF-F12 PWM--54.97 CFM @ 22.4dB and 1500 RPM and 2.61 mm/H2O

 

Airflow Fans:

$18 Corsair AF120 Quiet Ed--39.88 CFM @ 21dB and 1100 RPM

$15 Corsair AF120 Performance Ed--63.47 CFM @ 30dB and 1650 RPM

$26 Noctua NF-S12A PWM--63.27 CFM @ 17.8dB and 1200 RPM and 1.19 mm/H2O

$14 Enermax Magma UCMAA 12A—69.15 CFM @ 18dB and 1500 RPM and 1.4mm/H2O

[MourningSouls]

Buy a 212 and a NF-F12. Save $10.

[cat1092]

On 7/28/2014 at 1:28 AM, MourningSouls said:

Buy a 212 and a NF-F12. Save $10.

That's exactly what I did & the difference between (both) acoustics & temps were like day & night!

 

Not long afterwards, caught a promo for 5 of the NF-12 PWM fans (sealed in retail packages) from Outlet PC for $75 shipped, purchased two bundles, most has been used to replace low cost case fans. Normally, these are $25-27 each. 

 

The Noctua NF-F12 (almost) converts the Hyper 212 EVO into a Noctua NH-U12S, other than the tricky install. One cannot have enough hands to get the Hyper 212 aligned right & keep it there, I always need my wife to hold the top of cooler while screwing into place. That considered, the NH-U12S may be the better value, plus 3x the warranty. My point about the fan swap are mainly aimed at those already having a Hyper 212 installed. 

 

Cat

[_Hustler_One_]

You need to ask @seoz about CM 212 

 

While I use NH-U12S on i7-8700K at 4.8GHz with 1.25v OC and still having happy temps..

[jiyeon]

5 hours ago, _Hustler_One_ said:

You need to ask @seoz about CM 212 

I think everybody knows what I think about that cooler at this point, no more questions needed, Noctua one over any Cooler Master 212 cooler!

[_Hustler_One_]

4 hours ago, seoz said:

I think everybody knows what I think about that cooler at this point, no more questions needed, Noctua one over any Cooler Master 212 cooler!

Hey.. how can we fell into this old topic? It's created in 2014.. ffffffffffff....!! hahahaha.. I didn't relize this