Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo vs Noctua NH-L12S

It is a little bit fiddly working out which bit is which but certainly once you've got the bits done and you're kind of a little bit used to it, absol...

This thing is quiet and runs great! I love how quiet this GPU is. The pump is nice and quiet as well. I tried the Noctua nh-l12s, Blackridge with 25mm fan, the Thermalright axp-100 pure copper with 25mm fan, and this AIO.

Bought one. Going to pair this with a EVGA Z370 Micro I scored for $75.99 brand new on clearance a few days ago on EVGA's website. Also got a Cooler master hyper 212 black edition for $35

Do not use this in a standard case, look for a case that allows side intake so the cooler is able to draw from cool outside air or an intake can can be places to push cool outside air to the cooler. Works well in a Cooler master NR200 with fan top mounted and a 120mm fan on the side intake rail. This also goes for the Cougar QBX. However while it works okay with a Lian Li TU150 it is not optimal as in the other two mentioned cases

Purchased this CPU Cooler due to my CPU running hot as of late. It is a 6-year old computer with an AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black CPU running at up to 3100 MHz and I don’t overclock. Not sure if it was due to the age of my CPU, or the Stock CPU cooler, or maybe background software conflicts causing stress on the CPU. But it was reaching 70+ deg

As a reference point, Noctua rates this as suitable for mild overclocking on the unlocked Comet Lake processors and also fine for stock settings on th...

12 ST3500418AS 500GB, Seagate 1TB kit ST310005N1A1AS-NK, in a Cooler Master Elite RC-330. I moved the stock Cooler Master 12cm case fan to the front, & added a Thermaltake A1280 to the rear exhaust position. With the nearly solid mesh front, this gives a straight-thru air flow, w/ the HDDs located one in the lowest slot, and the other higher than the top of the front fan. All cables were rerouted for max airflow

***Cooling*** I think is pretty OK. I don't have a beefy CPU, because I'm shallow and sort of care more about the design and finish of a build than incredible performance. I have a big Noctua NH-L12S heatsink with a Noctua 92 mm NF-A9 9 fan under it. Had to bend the heatsink somewhat to make it work with my motherboard's IO shield

Everyone's favorite air cooler is getting some really useful design upgrades. So I'm going to go through the three main design changes to Cooler Maste...

However I can't recommend this cooler unless you have VERY specific needs. I was building a gaming pc in a silverstone case which was the smallest that could fit a micro atx motherboard. So given this the PSU is directly over the cpu cooler, I didn't want the cpu heatsink to fight for air with the PSU. So a cooler design with a fan that faced upwards was essential, I of course went with my old standby Noctua

This isn't a quiet fan. None of them (that I bought) are. Of course, the speed can be adjusted, but it doesn't quiet it down much at all, & too low will have the temps rise quickly, needing more flow & speed. So I knock off one star for that, because it's 2020, & quiet fans are as common as quiet mice & keyboards

If you'd like to see a review of this case, go ahead and click the card right up here. I'll be pitting the NH-L12S against the stock AMD Wraith Stealt...