- Joined
- Aug 27, 2003
- Location
- Mississauga, Ontario
Man, how awesome is this. Anyhow, I missed the sale on the H80i, and didn't want to spend over $100, so I got my second choice for Christmas from my wife. Before I get into the install (a few problems) lets talk positives.
My rig is in my sig, but anyhow, we're talking about a GB AM3+ board and an overclocked 8150 CPU inside a bit crowded Antec 300 case.
So anyhow, I was going a bit crazy before as my stock cooler was so loud and the temps were crazy. In November I was getting a completely idled down socket temp of 40C but as soon as ANY activity, even something like opening Firefox or gods forbid watching an HD video with MadVR my temps would go to over 80C, socket and individual cores alike, and not to mention the banshee wail of the cpu fan.
Now, with the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, I can't believe it. I come into the computer room and it's over a week after the install and I still think my computer crashed or something because everything is so quiet (I did replace some of case fans too, but the CPU fan was incredibly loud even at idle).
For the life of me I cannot get the temps to go over 40C, amazing (I did use AS5 instead of the paste that came with the cooler, but probably wouldn't have made a diff anyway), and that is with P95 going full on all 8 cores, but the most amazing is that there is no noise, and everyday usage, even MadVR with good settings (Jinc AR for example) doesn't do anything to the noise or the temps of the case or the cpu socket/cores. I am totally impressed. Oh, I used the fan that came with the cooler, and did not attach a second for push-pull, it's just push from the bottom, and I have a 140mm fan on top of the case that pulls directly above the cooler.
However, a little warning for those with a smaller case, when I removed the back plate to put on the EVO plate, I noticed I couldn't see the top holes, I was freaking out at first, though I was going to have to pull the whole motherboard, but all it needed is needle nose and a bit of a bend of the metal, and the holes revealed themselves, so no need for any mobo removal, and I only had to bend the metal about 5mm, install, then bend it back best I could (doesn't matter anyway, non-visible.
Just my .02, I was freaking out at first, but after I pulled myself together, the install was a breeze and I am ecstatic. I don't think the Corsair H80i could do a better job, or a quieter job, and if it could, it could only match it, so I saved myself $100 (the diff between the two)!!
My rig is in my sig, but anyhow, we're talking about a GB AM3+ board and an overclocked 8150 CPU inside a bit crowded Antec 300 case.
So anyhow, I was going a bit crazy before as my stock cooler was so loud and the temps were crazy. In November I was getting a completely idled down socket temp of 40C but as soon as ANY activity, even something like opening Firefox or gods forbid watching an HD video with MadVR my temps would go to over 80C, socket and individual cores alike, and not to mention the banshee wail of the cpu fan.
Now, with the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, I can't believe it. I come into the computer room and it's over a week after the install and I still think my computer crashed or something because everything is so quiet (I did replace some of case fans too, but the CPU fan was incredibly loud even at idle).
For the life of me I cannot get the temps to go over 40C, amazing (I did use AS5 instead of the paste that came with the cooler, but probably wouldn't have made a diff anyway), and that is with P95 going full on all 8 cores, but the most amazing is that there is no noise, and everyday usage, even MadVR with good settings (Jinc AR for example) doesn't do anything to the noise or the temps of the case or the cpu socket/cores. I am totally impressed. Oh, I used the fan that came with the cooler, and did not attach a second for push-pull, it's just push from the bottom, and I have a 140mm fan on top of the case that pulls directly above the cooler.
However, a little warning for those with a smaller case, when I removed the back plate to put on the EVO plate, I noticed I couldn't see the top holes, I was freaking out at first, though I was going to have to pull the whole motherboard, but all it needed is needle nose and a bit of a bend of the metal, and the holes revealed themselves, so no need for any mobo removal, and I only had to bend the metal about 5mm, install, then bend it back best I could (doesn't matter anyway, non-visible.
Just my .02, I was freaking out at first, but after I pulled myself together, the install was a breeze and I am ecstatic. I don't think the Corsair H80i could do a better job, or a quieter job, and if it could, it could only match it, so I saved myself $100 (the diff between the two)!!
