Cooler Master Hyper 212 CPU - Technical features

[MacKenze]

Given current prices of the processors inclined penny pincher can purchase the cooler already quite a sweat. For while enormously powerful CPUs to buy these days for less than 100 euros, many high-quality processor cooler combos to beat again with 50 € and more to book. That it can go much cheaper but also wants to prove to the traditional manufacturer Cooler Master Hyper 212 and sent to the Tower plus a slight cooling in the 120-mm format into the race, the only little over 20 euros will cost. Included with the Tower is a 120-mm shoot-series fans, the essential installation accessory for the current AMD and Intel socket instruction part, four-wire fan brackets for attaching a syringe and thermal compound. The following are the Technical features :

• Hybrid Tower cooler in the 120-mm design
• Aluminum fins, spacing about 1 mm
• Quadruple 6-mm-U-heatpipe design
• Heatpipe Direct-Touch Pad
• Dimensions without fan: 116 x 51 x 159 mm (L x W x H)
• Weight: 630 grams
• 120-mm-ventilation
  
  • Optional double ventilation possible
  • Series fan with PWM function
  • Speed range: 600 to 2000 rpm
  • Maximum air flow: 130 m³ / h
  • Cable length: 28 cm
• Compatibility
  
  • AMD Socket 939, AM2, AM3 by Back plate adjusting screw connection
  • Intel Socket 775, 1156, 1366 by Back plate adjusting screw connection

[Lawford]

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus familiar with a few spectacular Tower design in 120-mm format. The main components are the four 6mm heatpipes in U-bending and the narrow aluminum radiator fins, which were strung together in a tight-millimeter gap. The qualitative implementation of the offer is quite properly given the price. It also jumps to the Cooler Master Heatpipe Direct Touch technology, but calls this Direct-contact heat pipe to get at least by name to distance itself from Xigmatek original. The designs of the direct absorption of heat can be argued the meantime. In return for the HDT-surface ground floors the competition has the Hyper 212 Plus but distinct, almost an inch deep grooves in the material transitions to. This is important to make sure to use thermal grease when installing a bit more than usual in order to fill this huge gap.

[CRiley]

A very good solution, Cooler Master, meanwhile, has found the fan fix. This is, as is now common, attached by wire brackets to the heatsink. In contrast to the reactions of competitors in this bracket Hyper 212 Plus, however, are bent so that they can be locked in place due to small clip supernatants very comfortable. It was fan of the series, in order to damp the vibrations somewhat, provided the frame with small rubber pads. This reduces the overall volume of the band. When mounting concept, the Cooler Master engineers have made a big effort to develop a comprehensive for AMD and Intel platforms system. Result is a single back plate design with different base hole spacing and a variable mounting the cross for the motherboard top. Based on this successful system to Intel and AMD platforms respectively are the ideal cooler design directions can be achieved both. The fixing of the cooler is using force-balancing spring bolts to develop the ideal pressure of the cooler.

[Laramie]

In addition, the assembly and disassembly of the radiator, for example, to change the CPU, attach the back plate design to achieve even without further expansion motherboard. The popular quad-core CPU generated in standard mode (2.66 GHz, 1.2 V core voltage) according to the datasheet is 130 watts at full capacity and thus on the level of our previous processor, the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 "Kentsfield" (2.66 GHz, 1.35 volts V-Core). As the motherboard comes with matching DX58SO Intel's "Smack Over" is used, which we also already in the report for Intel Core i7 have presented. As a suitable case for the test assembly in the closed, stagnant ATX System Case King provides us with the Silverstone TJ-09S , a spatially generously sized basis. In addition to the generous space available here is mainly the position of the power supply on the bottom crucial to a fair test conditions because of the fans of our 650-watt Lian-Li Silent Force power supply can develop there is no ventilated effect on the processor cooler. Shall elaborate the only case fan with the Scythe S-Flex 800 is a silent 120mm rear discharge model and supports the CPU cooling in the active and semi-passive test modes.

[Amma-Watson]

Thus, the most important cornerstones of the system, which appears in the general survey as follows, first outlined:

• Intel Core i7 920 "Bloomfield" (4 x 2.66 GHz)
• Intel DX58SO "Smackover" motherboard
• 3 x 2 Gb OCZ DDR3-1066 Platinum XTC
• Asus ATI Radeon X850 XT (cooled by Zalman VF-900Cu)
• Lian Li Silent Force 650 power supply (with 140-mm-ventilation)
• Silverstone SST-TJ09S case (Case Fan: Scythe S-Flex 800)
• Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD322HJ Hard Drive
• Thermal compound: Arctic Cooling MX-2
• Room temperature: 23°C

[Elijah2010]

The temperature measurement results are often quite strongly linked to the test platform used and can vary significantly depending on the configuration. You should only as a guide and gross trend, however, are not regarded as absolute. The measurement of the volume occurs in the particular operation of that cooler (the fan is powered by a passive power supply) in 40-cm intervals with a Voltcraft-320 sound level meter that the noise emitted by the known A-weighting curves in a range from 30 to 130 decibels interpreted. The overall volume of the measuring room with subjectively perceived silence is 30.4 dB (A). Above this threshold, the noise emitted from the radiator can not be resolved by the instrument. To about 35 dB (A) depending on the sensitivity of the user can rate and character of the sound to assume that the fan noise when the housing is closed, respectively not be perceived any more. 40 dB (A) of our scale, the noise can be clearly heard to very clearly, from 50 dB (A) starts the very disturbing area.

[Umberto-Micro]

To obtain the most meaningful picture of the cooling characteristics of the subjects, we test the coolers in various CPU modes that target due to different clock speeds and operating voltages and case ventilation intensities tasks to the respective products. For example, while in "standard mode" the demands of a retail coolers are still relatively reasonable, few can top cooler can withstand the demands of "performance" mode with low active speed. Supplemented the list of "semi passive test," in which disabled the CPU fan and using only the air from the only case fan at different speeds is guaranteed.

[Rixwel]

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus installed in a 120-mm fan with PWM function, which works in a real-min speed range from about 400 to 2000 rpm. The startup speed of our model is about 400 min rpm. This leaves the user with a tremendous background spectrum, both very quiet and powerful cooling combinations set up. However, hidden behind the fan with the unusually lively rotor blade design is not a real silent wonder. Rather disturbing at high speeds of the rotor very bright tone, accompanied by enormous air handling noise. Even at the speed of light dimming joins with our test model also adds a very distinct loops, which is designed in a vertical position for supporting fan. In assembled form, the CM-model cuts a little better than free-standing. Reason for this fact should be the frame of the fan, which dampen the mechanical vibrations and thus ensuring a lower noise emission. By contrast, when free-standing mode very quickly realize what a positive impact even small reductions in speed to the noise of the fan. Otherwise, the fan of the Hyper 212 plus in the measurement noise assessment compares to the competition from very well and has the same speed more likely to be quieter fans.

[Zeverto]

Based on air speed, the air flow per hour can be estimated as a function of speed. The Cooler Master fan with an outer radius of 5.8 cm and a rotor radius of 2.4 cm has thus a through-flow area of about 87.6 cm ². This results in at maximum speed of 2000 rpm and measured 17.6 km / h air speed (assuming this was uniform across the cross-sectional area) an estimated flow rate from 154.15 m³ / h (manufacturer: 130 m³ / h min at 2000 rpm). Traditionally we use for evaluating the performance of our test subjects reference fan of different power classes to represent the performance the cooler with comparable conditions and ventilation over. Because of its small heat sink fins and the small distance between the hyper-212 Plus is only suitable for passive or semi passive use. It became evident in our Fanless tests that the Cooler Master shoot not been able to cool our operated with low-voltage CPU adequately in these modes. With reference strapped ventilation of the best 120-mm-Tower other hand, can sometimes keep up with the competition. This is especially true when the heating power of the processor used more moderate fails. Thus, the Hyper 212 orders in our tests in the standard mode consistently impressive in the middle of our comparison of one. Only with increasing load in the form of our overclocked performance mode has the Cooler Master development a chance and can only deliver at very high speed ventilation at all results. In the weaker ventilation test CPU unit in the automatic mode reduction (Thermal Throttle).

[Wannabe]

With the series of air shows Cooler Master Hyper 212 plus a similar behavior. In the default mode for non overclocked i7-920 in savings cooler holds speed of 800 rpm with very well. In the lower speed range of the power loss, however, is very clear. Similarly, there is the image in the overclocked performance mode. Even at full speed, the Hyper 212 Plus keep the CPU much from the automatic mode reduction at 100°C core temperature. The competition is a clear advantage. With the Hyper 212 Cooler Master Plus provides an affordable alternative to expensive high-end tower coolers on the market. In this case, the savings model largely restricted to the most essential design elements and can basically come up with a good quality implementation. Only the direct absorption of heat on the heat pipes is designed with deep grooves between almost borderline. The cooling capacity of the Cooler Master Mach factory is conventional CPU usage without any overclocking in considerable part. More demanding tasks, such as semi-passive modes of operation or the cooling overclocked systems should be cooler, meanwhile, the savings do not leave without hesitation.