Cooler master 212 plus, stay away

Joeteck · Nov 10, 2009

It took me well over an hour to install this POS.

The cooler may work very well, however the ease of install lacks greatly!!

Bottom plate and mounting the heat sink to it was smokin easy. Getting the fans on with these freakin clips was a night mare. I had to use needle nose pliers to bend and force the wire into the groove of the heat sink.. The worst install I have ever experienced!

Stay away from the Cooler master 212 plus.

JackNSally · Nov 10, 2009

So PITA install but good temps? What temps are you getting btw?

Conumdrum · Nov 11, 2009

Installing and putting up with hell for a bit is part of the cooling hobby. Zipties are cheap and easy......

Buying a Dell, well.................. Easy.

Glad ya got it, awaiting temp results over the stock cooler.

Joeteck · Nov 11, 2009

Well, the BIOS shows this... -2c? Possible?

I added a second fan however....

burebista · Nov 11, 2009

WOW! Having sub-zero temperatures with an air cooling solution looks marvelous.

What shows RealTemp?

trents · Nov 11, 2009

Would it have been better to install the wire clips into the heatsink grooves first and then pop the wire ends over the fan corners?

Joeteck · Nov 11, 2009

trents said:
Would it have been better to install the wire clips into the heatsink grooves first and then pop the wire ends over the fan corners?

No freakin way... :-/

Conumdrum · Nov 11, 2009

Realtemp calibrated, prime 95 small ffts for 30 min. Then we will really know. The mobo sensors are always screwed, but I do check them first on a new cooler boot.

Joeteck · Nov 11, 2009

Look how fast my CPU is.... lol Accurate program

burebista · Nov 11, 2009

VERY accurate if you use latest beta.

baditude_df · Nov 11, 2009

Joeteck said:
Look how fast my CPU is.... lol Accurate program

Keep up to date with RealTemp HERE.

There's been on going work and posting in this thread daily since RealTemp came out. One of my favorite threads actually, and by a fellow Albertan.

Joeteck · Nov 11, 2009

How do you make real remp accurate?

doz · Nov 11, 2009

With new equipment coming out (boards and CPU's), RT isnt always up to date to handle the temperature sensors and it needs programming adjustments, hence the updates will make it accurate. Its usually a beta that you need and not the final version with new equipment.

Daddyjaxx · Nov 11, 2009

Has your GPU melted into a pile of goo yet at 8 million celcius? The speed of your 16 GHz CPU may be causing the GPU to spontaneously combust.

hokiealumnus · Nov 11, 2009

*Cough* Coretemp *cough*

:beer:

Joeteck · Nov 11, 2009

hokiealumnus said:
*Cough* Coretemp *cough*

DUH.... See... Its good to have friends.... Thank you!

Evilsizer · Nov 14, 2009

update or get hurt...

LOL

Joeteck · Nov 14, 2009

Evilsizer said:
update or get hurt...

LOL

Maximum PC rated this cooler 10, kick *** award. Which it clearly does. However, it is a ***** to put the fan(s) on to it. Took me over an hour to do. The back plate and the actual heat sink was cake to install... Its the "awesome" fan clips that need work..

Rattle · Nov 14, 2009

dude use zip ties, not the stupid clips. makes life way easier...

JamesMore · Nov 14, 2009

So was it worth the hassle or not

was looking to get this cooler but might have to Zip tie it I have heard of users having such large CPU coolers and then the weight cracking the board.

Cooler master 212 plus, stay away

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