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Hyper 212 Evo vs. Shadow rock slim

DivineMedia
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I currently use a hyper 212 evo and I spotted the shadow rock slim on sale for half price and I was wondering if it's worth it to buy it. I should also mention that I'm building a secondary system so I want to know if it's equal to or better than the hyper 212 evo. Also I'm running a 4670k @ stock (I plan to OC later)

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The Hyper 212 coolers are crap, and the Shadow Rock Slim is one of the better ones. The only real difference between the Shadow Rock Slim and a full Dark Rock from Be Quiet! is the density of the heatsink's fins. They perform closely to eachother in the majority of situations for any processor below 220-240W TDP when overclocked. That's pretty much everything except 8-core FX.

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It really depends. The difference between the CM and SRS is marginally, probably not worth full price definitely but at half you really just have to decide if the small gain is worth it. You can overclock with the CM Hyper 212 EVO too, by the way. :)

 

 

The Hyper 212 coolers are crap, and the Shadow Rock Slim is one of the better ones. The only real difference between the Shadow Rock Slim and a full Dark Rock from Be Quiet! is the density of the heatsink's fins. They perform closely to eachother in the majority of situations for any processor below 220-240W TDP when overclocked. That's pretty much everything except 8-core FX.

 

Excuse me? I thought they were really good...hmm.

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The Hyper 212 coolers are crap, and the Shadow Rock Slim is one of the better ones. The only real difference between the Shadow Rock Slim and a full Dark Rock from Be Quiet! is the density of the heatsink's fins. They perform closely to eachother in the majority of situations for any processor below 220-240W TDP when overclocked. That's pretty much everything except 8-core FX.

I beg differ as I'm using one to cool my FX 8350 OC-ed to 4.5GHz

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It really depends. The difference between the CM and SRS is marginally, probably not worth full price definitely but at half you really just have to decide if the small gain is worth it. You can overclock with the CM Hyper 212 EVO too, by the way. :)

 

 

 

Excuse me? I thought they were really good...hmm.

They are really good, for the price. You can easily find coolers that will out-perform it, but they often cost far more.

 

As for the OP, see if you can find any benchmarks with both of them in it. If the Shadow Rock Slim performs better and you need the extra cooling, then it is probably worth it.

Case: Corsair Carbide 300R CPU: Intel i7 2600k CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo w. 2x Cooler Master Blade Master 120mm Mobo: ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z RAM: 2x4GB Kingston HyperX 1600mhz GPU: Gigabyte GTX670 SSD: 256GB Samsung 830 HDD: Random WD 500GB (It's old) PSU: Corsair Professional Series Gold AX750

Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.7 GHz CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 w. 2x Noctua NF-A14 Industrial in pull Mobo: ASUS Maximus VII Hero RAM: 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400 MHz GPU: ASUS GTX780 DCUII SSD: 250GB Samsung 840 Evo HDD: WD Green 3TB PSU: Corsair AX860i

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They are really good, for the price. You can easily find coolers that will out-perform it, but they often cost far more.

 

As for the OP, see if you can find any benchmarks with both of them in it. If the Shadow Rock Slim performs better and you need the extra cooling, then it is probably worth it.

 

Well, of course, for a higher budget you could have a whole bunch of better options...but the improvement from a CM Hyper 212 EVO and a Shadow Rock Slim isn't all that much of an improvement. Except maybe that (supposedly) it is a whole lot quieter.

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Well, of course, for a higher budget you could have a whole bunch of better options...but the improvement from a CM Hyper 212 EVO and a Shadow Rock Slim isn't all that much of an improvement. Except maybe that (supposedly) it is a whole lot quieter.

Oh I never said you were wrong in any way, I'm even using the Hyper 212 myself and I most likely wouldn't swap it out in this situation. :)

Case: Corsair Carbide 300R CPU: Intel i7 2600k CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo w. 2x Cooler Master Blade Master 120mm Mobo: ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z RAM: 2x4GB Kingston HyperX 1600mhz GPU: Gigabyte GTX670 SSD: 256GB Samsung 830 HDD: Random WD 500GB (It's old) PSU: Corsair Professional Series Gold AX750

Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.7 GHz CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 w. 2x Noctua NF-A14 Industrial in pull Mobo: ASUS Maximus VII Hero RAM: 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400 MHz GPU: ASUS GTX780 DCUII SSD: 250GB Samsung 840 Evo HDD: WD Green 3TB PSU: Corsair AX860i

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