Review Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo v2 Review: Reviving a Budget Classic

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The Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo v2 is a new take on a classic budget CPU cooler with easy installation.

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[tennis2]

Pretty big stretch to call this an Evo V2 when it doesn't have the flatted full coverage heatpipes of the original Evo.

 

[Johnpombrio]

I have the Hyper 212 EVO black edition which has a very similar mounting system. It works fine as long as I don't go crazy overclocking the CPU. With a i9-9900K and a 4.6GHz OC, I can run the fan at low speeds and have the temp max out at around 70C. Nice and quiet and good enough for me! The black looks nice had the RGB fan hooked to my ASUS mobo rolls slowly through the colors.

 

[Johnpombrio]

Pretty big stretch to call this an Evo V2 when it doesn't have the flatted full coverage heatpipes of the original Evo.

Hmm, there are several ways the Hyper 212 have had the heat pipes attached to the bottom plate over the years. The original one had round heatpipes at the base with gaps, then they went to flattened and polished with gaps, then they went to flattened, polished and right next to one another, then for the black and the V2 version, they have flattened and polished with a bit of a gap between the heatpipes and the base. With the base now acting as it OWN radiator with fins, this last setup would be MORE effecient to remove heat. Both the V2 and the RGB black editions are my current recommendations, but all of the hyper 212s have been great coolers.

 

[tennis2]

Right, Hyper 212, 212+, Evo, Black, now Evo V2.

But the Evo V2 is more like the 212+

 

[AtotehZ]

I have the Hyper 212 EVO black edition which has a very similar mounting system. It works fine as long as I don't go crazy overclocking the CPU. With a i9-9900K and a 4.6GHz OC, I can run the fan at low speeds and have the temp max out at around 70C. Nice and quiet and good enough for me! The black looks nice had the RGB fan hooked to my ASUS mobo rolls slowly through the colors.

A Noctua NH-D15 on a 9900k maxes out in the 70's degrees with no OC.
You'll be throttling in any stress test with a Hyper 212 EVO on a 9900k. Even if you're running max fan speed.

It boils down to this. You need to dissipate around 200W of heat if you're running at 4.6 Ghz and your cooler has a TDP of 150W. You'll never get full performance out of a 9900k with your Hyper 212 EVO.

Oh and also.. while waiting for my NH-D15 to arrive I was running the Hyper 212 EVO from my old computer on my new 9900k. It took less than 30 secs sustained load for it to throttle at stock settings. That means you're throttling during most compiling, encoding, decompression and some gaming scenarios.

 

[Johnpombrio]

AtotehZ, What? You must have some miserable i9-9900K if you cannot get 4.6GHz at 70C with full CPU load. He is mine. I have the CPU fan on my Hyper 212 RGB Black set to 30% ALL THE TIME so it is always quiet. Here are my results (only visible on the forum page). Seriously something wrong with your results. Redo your thermal paste and make sure the cooler is firmly set on the heat spreader. My results are typical for pretty much all users of the i9-9900K on air. PS running longer does NOT heat soak the cooler and it is extremely stable with these being very typical temps over hours of running.

 

[eklipz330]

overpriced at $40, i'd say it needs to be <$25 to be a decent value. $10 more can get you a scythe mugen($50) which is an extremely highly regarded air cooler, and you can barely get better than that in general.

 

[Phaaze88]

AtotehZ, What? You must have some miserable i9-9900K if you cannot get 4.6GHz at 70C with full CPU load. He is mine. I have the CPU fan on my Hyper 212 RGB Black set to 30% ALL THE TIME so it is always quiet. Here are my results (only visible on the forum page). Seriously something wrong with your results. Redo your thermal paste and make sure the cooler is firmly set on the heat spreader. My results are typical for pretty much all users of the i9-9900K on air. PS running longer does NOT heat soak the cooler and it is extremely stable with these being very typical temps over hours of running.

Spoiler

It's somewhat amusing to see people post AIDA 64 results only to find out that they checked off all, or almost all, those boxes.
FPU only is actually the heaviest cpu load from that app.

 

[Johnpombrio]

OK Phazz, here is the result using Prime. the temps are actually lower. What test do you WANT me to run?

 

[AtotehZ]

OK Phazz, here is the result using Prime. the temps are actually lower. What test do you WANT me to run?

What's more likely is that the temps in your system aren't being reported correctly and you're shortening the lifespan of your hardware.

It is an undeniable fact that a Hyper 212 EVO black edition is a 150W TDP cooler and the 9900k draws 200W+ at stock. You really should check that out.
EDIT: Oh and if you really wanna know which test to run. Prime95 "Small FFT's" is the one to use to push the CPU. If you use "Blend" you should run it till it's gone through all the tests to make sure. Exactly how long that takes I don't remember, but it's more than 30 mins.
I do remember however that "Blend" starts with Large FFT's, which... read the description.
You should also get a program that watches the power draw. It should be 200W+. It might even be 225W. Personally I use Core Temp for that.