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Hyper 212 Evo. Air gap

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I have the Hyper 212 evo. The fins have a cutout with leaves a gap between the fan and the fins. I can feel what seems like a lot of air coming out of the gap and away from the fins. I don't have temperature issues but I'd like to optimize that situation. 

 

Anyone seen this before/ fixed it?

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1 minute ago, KickAHobo said:

I have the Hyper 212 evo. The fins have a cutout with leaves a gap between the fan and the fins. I can feel what seems like a lot of air coming out of the gap and away from the fins. I don't have temperature issues but I'd like to optimize that situation. 

 

Anyone seen this before/ fixed it?

Its perfectly normal

That is designed to allow some air to escape and cool the VRM's and the mobo chipsets.

However, it is on both ends of the fan, and it has to be reversible.

 

I would not recommend messing with it, as it may cause strange noises.

Also, if you use tape or something, the adhesive will melt and probably ruin anything it touches

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yes I've seen it, fixing it .. haven't tried

 

try with some electrical tape - easy to remove if it doesn't do anything

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3 minutes ago, zMeul said:

yes I've seen it, fixing it .. haven't tried

 

try with some electrical tape - easy to remove if it doesn't do anything

The adhesive will melt

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Just now, UberGamerKing said:

The adhesive will melt

what temp are you looking at?!

 

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1 minute ago, zMeul said:

what temp are you looking at?!

 

40C or higher

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Just now, UberGamerKing said:

40C or higher

it won't melt

if it's 60 yeah, might be an issue

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What about the gap on top away from the cpu?

Asus Z97-A

Intel Core i5 4690K 4.6ghz

Dual EVGA GTX 970 SSC 14030 Mhz 

2x8GB Kingston HyperX Fury 1866 Mhz

CM Hyper 212 Evo

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500GB HDD

4TB WD Blue

Corsair HX 750i

Corsair 750D

 

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6 minutes ago, KickAHobo said:

What about the gap on top away from the cpu?

Feel free to experiment and tape up the gaps to see if it changes anything. There's no harm in doing so.

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The gap also helps keep noise down.  Same reason the rear fan location on chassis are often domed.

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They wouldn't have designed it if it would be better to have no cap...

 

15 hours ago, UberGamerKing said:

The adhesive will melt

I've used electricians tape on top of coolers bottom part. The one which is directly on top of CPU. Used to have thermal probe there reading ~10C lower temps than CPU. It was still sticky when I took those probes off the case.

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