Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler Review Comment Thread

[TopDogZero]

I ended up getting one to replace my Freezer 7 Pro, not that I had much problems with temp but the Freezer would get loud when the CPU was under load (92mm Fan). I figured with a 120mm fan and a bigger cooler I could get away with running the fan slower for less noise since I my PC is also my HTPC.

It works, did a quick test dropped my idle temp by 8C but my full load only went down by 4C but with much less noise, can't really hear it really which I was looking for.

Good build quality, quite, powerful fan and really solid mounting with the added bonus of having the backplate mounted separately from the heatsink making maintenance easier, just remove the heatsink clean and reinstall without worrying about the backplate.

The bad:
Thermal compound they give you with this thing is crap.
Fan clips, don't like them but most people do?


Might try and remount because of the load temp, thermal compound I used was a liquid base one which might not be that good for direct touch heat pipe cooler since I heard you should pack the base in between the heat pipe and aluminum base plate? might pick up a different compound later on and remount.

[Sanhime]

Bah... I was too slow to delete this post. Thanks for answering the question on the other post though.

[AkG]

Dude, no need to double post. I read the first post and was answering it. Have some patience. Web Forums are not IM forums, no need to spam.

[zsamz_]

got my 212
priming q9650@ 4.4 i almost hit 55c i got a/c goin
one thing thats most important is ambient temps the heatsink cools good but needs 2 fans
well it beat my true on temps this thing is verry sensitive on ambiant temps
if room hot its gonna suk

[sswilson]

Originally Posted by zsamz_

got my 212
priming q9650@ 4.4 i almost hit 55c i got a/c goin
one thing thats most important is ambient temps the heatsink cools good but needs 2 fans
well it beat my true on temps this thing is verry sensitive on ambiant temps
if room hot its gonna suk

I'm surprised that it beat your true, but glad to hear it. are the ambient temps similar?

[Sandro_Bit]

how hot do your rooms get when this heatsink & your comp is running?

[sswilson]

Originally Posted by Sandro_Bit

how hot do your rooms get when this heatsink & your comp is running?

Wouldn't be any hotter than with any other heatsink.... the overall heat output from the cpu wouldn't change... all that would change would be how quickly the heatsink can move heat away from the cpu.

[zsamz_]

Originally Posted by sswilson

I'm surprised that it beat your true, but glad to hear it. are the ambient temps similar?

same ambient temps
the thing is is a cool room the 212 will beat the true its verry sensitive to ambient temps
in a hot room the true will beat the 212
i did add a 88 cfm fan to the 212 and i lapped the 212 just a bit thermal paste was ic7 on both
ambient temp was 20c

[Ogre the Snot]

I installed the cool master 212 plus and noticed that an anti-rotation pin was added. I guess they read this review.

[impruv]

Does anyone know what stock thermal paste comes with this cooler? Just trying to guage the temp difference I'll get between this and IC7