Why 212?

[BaronKiller]

Why is cooler master 212 EVO so great(besides the cost)?If I get one,can I add another fan on it.

[Willson94]

Yes comes with spare brackets

[JAKEBAB]

well there isnt any other reason lol price/performance ratio is the only reason why it is "so good" and yes u can add another fan.

[WoodenMarker]

It's generally plenty of cooling for most people, is cheap, and rather quiet.

[Butterfish]

Why is cooler master 212 EVO so great(besides the cost)?If I get one,can I add another fan on it.

It's cool, quiet and cheap. And yes you can mount two fans on it.

[Guest GRRigger]

Well its not the only one. You can get Xigmatek Gaia for same price, also there is Macho and BeQuiet for european ppl price / perfromance wise.

[deathjester]

Why do I like the 212? Because for 30 bucks, using their cheap thermal paste I got this.

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/62476-post-your-cinebench-r15-scores/page-16#entry1201595

 

With 2 fans on it, it never even hits a high fan speed in games. The only time I hear them kick in is rendering or benchmarking. Gw2 hits max temps of 60 degrees and it is completely cpu bound. I have no idea why people think the EVO is loud when I can hear my freakin HD and video card over it, and I sure as hell am not using Noctua's.

 

If you had to buy an extra fan I guess make it 40 bucks. Still...the performance price ratio is simply unmatched. Water sucks until you get dual rad with something like an H100i and up. Dual tower Noctua's are double the cost and that is IF you add an extra fan in push/pull. Noctua is only worth it if you are going past 1.25 volts, which is something I will not do. I like to keep in the thermal and voltage ratings for a chip.

 

Install is stupidly easy. Put a dot on the copper and spread it around and wipe it off to "tint" the top with a coffee filter (you don't need no stinking razor, or to let it dry for hours). Put a bb sized dot on the middle of your cpu and let the cpu do the rest while you screw it in. For those saying don't tint the evo? The copper base is better then the old plus was but there are still lines in the copper. Tinting helps and takes all of 10 seconds. 

 

Done. You are now ready for 4.2-4.4 depending on your chip. Exceptions occur below and above that, because Haswell is a huge silicon lottery.

[Stonep11]

Why is cooler master 212 EVO so great(besides the cost)?If I get one,can I add another fan on it.

Cooling potential is mostly about size, space, and airflow.  The 212 is good because there is a lot of metal to push air over dissipating heat.