Testseek.com have collected 98 expert reviews of the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler.
January 2012
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98 Reviews
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17 Reviews
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Tube of Cooler Master thermal compound included
Mounting compatibility with all Intel sockets 775 up to 1366 including 1155
Mounting compatibility with AMD sockets AM2 up to AM3 and FM1
120mm fan preinstalled
Excellent pricetoperformance ratio
Excellent noisetoperformance ratio
Optional fan mounting kit included for extra 120mm fan
Requires less thermal paste to cover contact area compar
Core Contact Design
Solid Construction
Dual Fan Capable
Fan is Included
Suitable OEM Replacement
Innovative base design
PWM fan
Great cooling
Great value
Excellent build quality
Sturdy mounting solution
Four heatpipes
Relatively quiet
Reasonable price
Multiple Installation Options
Performed well
Longstanding Performance History
Continuous Direct Contact Offers Great Thermal Transfer Between Cooler and CPU
When designing the Hyper 212 EVO, Cooler Master stuck with basics instead of starting from scratch. This allowed the manufacturer to draw from and maintain most of what made the original Hyper 212 heatsink a success. However, it also built upon the des...
We used Hyper 212 EVO mounted on EVGA's FTW3 motherboard in Corsair Obsidian 800D case (with three 900rpm fans) at 22°C room temperature. We measured temperatures at Core i7 930's reference clock (2.9GHz) and after overclocking it to 3.6GHz. In our tables...
The Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO is a real evolutionary cooler. The direct-touch heatpipes with no gaps between them seems to be an excellent feature, managing to seriously improve the cooling performance seen on the Hyper 212 Plus.Actually, the Hyper 2...
Tube of Cooler Master thermal compound included, Mounting compatibility with all Intel sockets 775 up to 1366 including 1155, Mounting compatibility with AMD sockets AM2 up to AM3 and FM1, 120mm fan preinstalled, Excellent pricetoperformance ratio, Excellent noisetoperformance ratio, Optional fan mounting kit included for extra 120mm fan, Requires less thermal paste to cover contact area compar
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The first CM Hyper 212 heatsink debuted in 2007 and was a tower style CPU cooler that had four copper heatpipes extending upward to two separate sets of aluminum fins and a copper base surface. Two years later, during the summer of 2009, the award winn...
The Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO is a very straightforward cooler, there are no real bells and or whistles, unlike some monstrous behemoths we’ve seen that sport three fans. The EVO maintains a very slim profile, is rather lightweight, and we like how ...
Core Contact Design, Solid Construction, Dual Fan Capable, Fan is Included, Suitable OEM Replacement
The Hyper 212 is a tower style core contact cooler that places each of the 6mm heatpipes directly across the CPU for the best thermal contact possible. This configuration works great in that it reacts quickly to changes in thermal load but tends to d...
I guess that really brings me to this conclusion, and I'm going to say that the 212 Evo surprised me. In 2021- 10 years after its release – we are seeing this cooler still perform really, really well, and it's priced so much lower than a lot of the other...
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