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I'm still new-ish to the whole tower cooler thing. My current is a Cooler Master d92, and it's great, but I got it off craigslist and it's beginning to fall apart. One of the fan mounts is beginning to disintigrate and the other is probably on its way. One fan started making weird noise so I took it off and I've replaced the other entirely because the PWM cord ripped and I don't feel like fixing it.

 

I can get a 212 Plus on Amazon for about $20, but price isn't my concern. How easy is it to add custom fans to it? I want to add LED PWM fans.

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have a 212x, it should be the same design but better fans/tiny bit better heatpipes and design

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it's pretty easy, it should come with 4x mounting brackets (2x per fan)

 

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Just now, themctipers said:

have a 212x, it should be the same design but better fans/tiny bit better heatpipes and design

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it's pretty easy, it should come with 4x mounting brackets (2x per fan)

 

thanks. If I had a band saw I could mod the d92 and avoid buying a 212 altogether, but I don't.

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It's extremely easy, it comes with another pair of mounting brackets (at least it came with an extra pair when I bought mine a couple of years ago), and I've yet to found a fan that can't be mounted easily

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You are better off spending a few bucks more and getting the Hyper 212 EVO instead.

The EVO improved the design of the cooler, most significantly the baseplate, and how the heatpipes made contact with the CPU surface.

The 212 PLUS had deep gaps in between each heatpipe, which was not a very good design.

Some other changes also helped improve the performance of the cooler a bit more as well.

 

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As for fan mounting, both the 212 PLUS, 212 EVO, and the newest 212X, use standard 120 mm fans.

An additional fan bracket is also included, so push-pull is possible if wanted -- there a version of the 212X that have two fans already included.

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How are the fan mounts disintegrating? They're hard plastic.

Can you post photos?

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7 hours ago, WoodenMarker said:

How are the fan mounts disintegrating? They're hard plastic.

Can you post photos?

They are just old and falling apart from repeated disassembly. I cut holes with a knife to fit 80mm instead of 97mm to bypass this problem. I'll add pictures in a minute, wait to post until I do.

 

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7 hours ago, H0R53 said:

They are just old and falling apart from repeated disassembly. I cut holes with a knife to fit 80mm instead of 97mm to bypass this problem. I'll add pictures in a minute, wait to post until I do.

They shouldn't be breaking unless you're screwing the fans in too tightly.

Is your cooler under warranty? You can probably get a replacement brackets from Cooler Master.

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15 hours ago, WoodenMarker said:

They shouldn't be breaking unless you're screwing the fans in too tightly.

Is your cooler under warranty? You can probably get a replacement brackets from Cooler Master.

 

On 5/6/2017 at 6:26 PM, H0R53 said:

My current is a Cooler Master d92, and it's great, but I got it off craigslist

Staff not reading the OP...that's new.

 

Regardless, they are pretty flimsy plastic, and the one in the pic was cracked when I got it. One of the fans was making that loud vibration noise, it just needed some grease.

 

I have some electrical tape on one of the mounts for now.

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10 hours ago, H0R53 said:

Staff not reading the OP...that's new.

Regardless, they are pretty flimsy plastic, and the one in the pic was cracked when I got it. One of the fans was making that loud vibration noise, it just needed some grease.

I have some electrical tape on one of the mounts for now.

Oh, my bad--glossed over it.

You could still try contacting them. Considering that it's not included in their D92 kit on their site, it's probably the only way to get replacements without buying the same cooler.

http://www.cmstore-usa.com/rr-hd92-28pk-r1-hyper-d92-accessories-kit/

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10 hours ago, WoodenMarker said:

You could still try contacting them. Considering that it's not included in their D92 kit on their site, it's probably the only way to get replacements without buying the same cooler.

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It's not even worth getting when I've pretty much fixed it myself. I get that most people want PCs that haven't been janked together, but most of my PCs are janked together in some fashion anyway (Molex to 6 pin stripped and soldered, etc).

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