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Hyper 212 EVO any good?

Dr.Knot
By Dr.Knot
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Love mine, 4.4GHz OC -- i5 3570k ~ idle temps 35°C -- max temps around 75°C-80°C when rendering in C4D for 16 hours, same in prime95.

 

Stock clocks temps were; idle 28°C -- max temps around 65°C-70°C.

 

Lovely cooler, although a pain to fit, its only annoyance, but once its on, its amazing!

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Another good option is a Xigmatek Gaia, it performs just as good and is currently cheaper.

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I love the 212 Evo. I have it on my 3770k right now. If you're overclocking I'd recommend you have two fans on it though because a single fan just won't cut it but that depends on your overclock of course.

Check this out if you're uncertain of the fan configuration you should be running.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1199135/hyper-212-testing-push-vs-pull-vs-push-pull-also-horizontal-vs-vertical-positioning

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Its hard to argue will all the glowing reviews on the 212, but ill give you my 2 cents. I have a 212 and I use arctic silver 5 on it. My case is a HAF XB my cpu is a duel core Pentium at 3.0GHz.  My stock cooler idles at 45C my 212 Idles at 40C, I have dune everything possible to get better temps. I use more Thermal past and I have used less, I have used 1 fan in push then 1 in pull. I have used 2 fans in push/pull, I have had the fans blowing out the back of the case and into the case.  This cooler is just not as good as everyone claims it is, for $30 it should do more than just 5C better than stock. However I cant rule out that maybe my case and the arctic 5 are what is giving me the 5c difference.

 

SO NO DON'T BUY A 212!

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Its hard to argue will all the glowing reviews on the 212, but ill give you my 2 cents. I have a 212 and I use arctic silver 5 on it. My case is a HAF XB my cpu is a duel core Pentium at 3.0GHz.  My stock cooler idles at 45C my 212 Idles at 40C, I have dune everything possible to get better temps. I use more Thermal past and I have used less, I have used 1 fan in push then 1 in pull. I have used 2 fans in push/pull, I have had the fans blowing out the back of the case and into the case.  This cooler is just not as good as everyone claims it is, for $30 it should do more than just 5C better than stock. However I cant rule out that maybe my case and the arctic 5 are what is giving me the 5c difference.

 

SO NO DON'T BUY A 212!

Idle temps don't mean anything... load temps do

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Best bang for your buck cooler, I get around 55 degrees max with my 3570K and 212 Plus (which is the older, worse twin).

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Pretty good, using one myself with the stock fan and an NZXT FZ 120mm in push/pull.

Keeps my chip nice and chill at 39~40degrees idle with ambient temperature around 30 degrees, and 55-60 at load during games.

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I have used mine in two builds the first was a Phenom II x4 965 BE @ 3.9 Ghz. Think I got a bad bin couldn't push it past that without some serious voltage I believe a 24 hour prime 95 test produced 59 degrees.

My current build is a 3770k @ 4.5 Ghz and in a 24 hour prime 95 test I got 72 degrees. So it isn't a bad cooler for the price right now at idle I've got 26 degrees and under games like Crysis 3 58. But if youve got the money spring for a high tier cooler. Also throw away the stock fan and put on some nf-f12 or corsair sp. I hve the sp's on now I would have the Noctuas but they are so ugly.

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It's a fantastic cooler for 25USD. It can handle fairly good OCs and if you're not OCing it's nearly dead silent (speaking from personal experience)

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