Hyper 212 Evo or no?

[GSXR]

So I picked up what I was told is an Evo but I'm now a bit confused about it as when trying to sell it (Doesn't fit on my motherboard) I was told that I had the wrong mounting hardware 

[Bombastinator]

That’s definitely a 212evo fan clip.  An old fashioned plastic one.  Be careful with it they’re fragile and expensive.  Use the screws.  Do not attempt to unclip it.  It looks like it should work but it doesn’t. 
 

The 212 evo cooler is really really old.  I’ve got one on a q6650 machine from the early 2000’s. It’s stayed around because it works well and has a generic mounting system and they keep making adaptors for it so it can fit new stuff.  It seems really likely that what you need is an adaptor kit that fits what you want to attach it to.  The manufacturer sells them by mail.

[Vishera]

As a 212 EVO owner i can safely say that's not a 212 EVO,

The 212 EVO has 4 heatpipes,but the cooler you have has 3.

It does look like a Cooler Master product but that's it.

[Bombastinator]

This is true.  Might be a tx3. Iirc at one point the tx3 used the evo212 fan clip system.  It was long long ago.

 

In either case this thing was misrepresented to you.  

[GSXR]

Just done some googling and by the looks of it Bombastinator is right and it is a Tx3 evo... Kind of useless to me as It doesn't fit at all and no one is interested in it... welp

[Vishera]

1 minute ago, GSXR said:

Just done some googling and by the looks of it Bombastinator is right and it is a Tx3 evo... Kind of useless to me as It doesn't fit at all and no one is interested in it... welp

If you buy an old 212 EVO you can use my guide to make it fit in a AM4 system:

 

[GSXR]

1 hour ago, Vishera said:

If you buy an old 212 EVO you can use my guide to make it fit in a AM4 system:

 

Just trying to fit it into my LGA 1366 

[Vishera]

27 minutes ago, GSXR said:

Just trying to fit it into my LGA 1366 

Here is the manual if you need:

https://coolermaster.egnyte.com/dl/WvfHzB8IAQ/