Installing the Cooler Master Hyper 212+

[audiomediamasta]

I only read the replies on the 1st page sorry, Very nice write up by the way! I have the hyper 212+ and have found it to be far superior to anything else I have owned (hyper n520 - too dang heavy) and the H50 (water, just never got used to that idea). Just wanted to add that for the best protection you HAVE to apply grease to the base of the hyper 212+ to fill in the awful deep channels between the copper heat pipes and the metal base itself or there will be empty voids. There are some write ups on this around the net. That is what I did. I put a nice even supoer thin layer on the base of the hyper 212+, just enough to fill in the small canyon sized gaps between the copper heat pipes. I also put a thin layer on my chip too. And so far the hyper 212+ has beat the performance of bother the n520 and the H50 and keeps my i7 920 and a nice 35-40 degrees idling or watching wintv and surfing. This is an excellent cooler with an excellent price tag. Also this is a great write up as the package instructions are nearly just garbage. Great job on you work, and I hope to see this cooler gain some much needed respect and popularity as it has 3 BIG PRO's in my opinion. 1) Light weight, light weight light weight. 2) Performance, performance, performance 3) Price. Now I am off to read the other 2 pages of replies. Thanks again for a great write up!

 

[audiomediamasta]

Just to add to the last comment I have my i7 920 overclocked to 3330.5MHz with a vcore at 1.21v, and vtt at 1.33v. The temps are so great that when my replacement H50 came in (the pump went out after a year and a half) I sold it on craigslist. I was never too comfortable with water in or around my rig. The hyper 212+ sealed the deal for me and I haven't looked back since. Its been on for nearly 6 months there about. Just my 2 cents and results.

 

[Furieux]

Hello, maybe this question is answered in this thread somewhere but I really cannot read it all right now to find out. Sorry in advance for this.

Here is the question: I heard lately that one needs to apply certain torque at every screw, when tightening the heatsink to the mainboard (in x-pattern).

I presume this torque is noted somewhere in the specification of the cooler one has bought. This got me really spooked since I don't have any special tools for this purpose. Is it really crucial how formly the screws are tightened? Is there such a thing as torque spanner for PC assembly, lol? How much do these cost?

Thanks in advance.

I just installed mine and I simply screwed it all the way down.... There is some kind of a black spacer on each nuts and you can screw it until you reach those spacer.... At this point, you can't screw more... I did that then I loose them a bit (1 turn of screwdriver) just to be sure it was not bending the mobo too much !

 

[Furieux]

I only read the replies on the 1st page sorry, Very nice write up by the way! I have the hyper 212+ and have found it to be far superior to anything else I have owned (hyper n520 - too dang heavy) and the H50 (water, just never got used to that idea). Just wanted to add that for the best protection you HAVE to apply grease to the base of the hyper 212+ to fill in the awful deep channels between the copper heat pipes and the metal base itself or there will be empty voids. There are some write ups on this around the net. That is what I did. I put a nice even supoer thin layer on the base of the hyper 212+, just enough to fill in the small canyon sized gaps between the copper heat pipes. I also put a thin layer on my chip too. And so far the hyper 212+ has beat the performance of bother the n520 and the H50 and keeps my i7 920 and a nice 35-40 degrees idling or watching wintv and surfing. This is an excellent cooler with an excellent price tag. Also this is a great write up as the package instructions are nearly just garbage. Great job on you work, and I hope to see this cooler gain some much needed respect and popularity as it has 3 BIG PRO's in my opinion. 1) Light weight, light weight light weight. 2) Performance, performance, performance 3) Price. Now I am off to read the other 2 pages of replies. Thanks again for a great write up!

40 C idling is high....

Concerning thermal paste, less is better. Thermal paste is there to fill the void, not to protect anything or to add conductivity. The best scenario would be a metal to metal heatsink/cpu ! So don't put paste on both the cpu and heatsink... only a super thin layer on the heatsink. The important thing is to fill the gap between copper and aluminium. But even with a very small layer, with the pression applied on the heatsink, the paste is forced to those gap... so don't worry with this either.

And as far as cleaning the base of the heatsink goes, I did not cleaned it before installation and I don't think it is necessary unless there is some glue left by the protective sticker which was not my case ! And my cooler is performing very well so far.... I have temps of 32-35 at idle !

 

[dieselpower]

I just installed mine and I simply screwed it all the way down.... There is some kind of a black spacer on each nuts and you can screw it until you reach those spacer.... At this point, you can't screw more... I did that then I loose them a bit (1 turn of screwdriver) just to be sure it was not bending the mobo too much !

ty ty

 

[darkling]

I have the same cooler on an i5-750. Is it neccessary to refresh the thermal paste that i have originally applied? I have it on for about a year now. Should i remove the cooler and re-install thermal paste?

 

[4Ryan6]

I have the same cooler on an i5-750. Is it neccessary to refresh the thermal paste that i have originally applied? I have it on for about a year now. Should i remove the cooler and re-install thermal paste?

After a year, yes pull it and check it, see if it's dried out, and even if it isn't dried out replace it.

 

[darkling]

Yeah i want to see how the pea method worked also, i just placed a small blob in the middle of the CPU. Temps though are the same since i first placed it. I guess if im bored enough i'll do it, cause i have to take the whole mobo out since my case doesn't have a hole in the backplate.

 

[Sly_Reaper]

Hi all, I found this thread through searching Google as I've managed to snag the Hyper 212+ on Black Friday for $14.99 after rebate on Newegg. I just received it last night and I've been reading through the guides and everything to make sure I'm installing this right.

I hope this isn't a complete necro (there's posts ranging from last year to last month, so I presume this is alright):

1. Is there a specific way to apply thermal paste on HDT coolers? This is my first after-market cooler, and I've been using stock heatsinks for...well, forever. I managed to find the following guide:

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=170&Itemid=1&limit=1&limitstart=5

I'm wondering if this is necessary, or if the old pea/line trick on the CPU will be adequate?

2. Okay, I know this has been asked several times--but which way do you really orient the fans on this thing? Everything I've read suggested if I wasn't using dual fans then to point the fans toward either the back or top exhaust fan, depending on which setup I have...

The problem? http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss90/Chopproy/PCInside3.jpg

Note: This is NOT my computer. I just noticed that the general consensus is to point the cooler fans toward the exhaust, but just about every picture I've found regarding the 212+ on this forum and Google has the fans pointing towards the RAM. Am I understanding the concept of point towards the exhaust wrong?

I don't claim to know much in regards to Aftermath cooling, and I might have had my perception on exhaust and cooling wrong all these years, so I'm definitely up for any knowledge to be gained in this department.

Thanks for your help in advance! =)

 

[matta85]

Hi Everyone,

I have a question. I want to change the orientations to front/back instead of down/up. I have a m4a88td-v evo usb 3.0 mobo. But I cant seem to get it to fit. Seems that the holes on the mobo for attaching the "bracket" (or whats its called) is too close to eachother for the copper pipes on the heatsink to be oriented that way.

Maybe that im just "blind" in seeing the possibilities on how to mount the bracket, anyone have the same mobo or a tip for me on how to fix the problem it would highly appreciated

Thanks in advance..

 

[Azok]

Is the fan attached to the heatsink pushing or pulling?

 

[azeem40]

That picture with the retention bracket doesn't show.

 

[Arcangel VII]

Does the fan connect to the motherboard or the Power supply?

 

[socalledcomrad]

Isn't the fan supposed to be on this side but 180° turned? I think yours will blow the hot air right in your case instead of pulling in fresh air?

 

[TheRandomGuy7]

Does the fan connect to the motherboard or the Power supply?

CPU fans have a short cable that needs to go into the slot usually labled "CPU_FAN" on the motherboard.

 

[pennypacker]

Does it matter if the middle screw's head & spring in the middle of the X bracket fell off?

This is the screw I'm talking about: http://i.imgur.com/DDV0gWW.jpg

The screw itself is fine, it's just the head and spring.

 

[TommyTsunami]

How to install your new cooler? A little Guide

Hi people, this is my 1st guide, so, don't be so hard.

Some advices before start.

A. Well, the 1st step before install your new cooler is buy one that fit on your case, so, make you sure that the cooler that you want fit perfectly on your case or you could have many problems when you try to close your case.

B. Another advice, make you sure that the cooler support your socket, some coolers only support i7 or AM3 for example, you don't want spend your money in a cooler that don't support your socket processor.

C. Also, make you sure that your RAM size isn't very high or this could be a problem when your socket is very near to your RAM slots.

D. Last advice, discharge your static current, or this could damage your mobo, processor or another component. You need do this many times in the process if you don't have an anti static handle, just touch the case of your PC, if you have an anti static handle, just connect it to some metallic part and ready to go.

For full size picture, do click on it.

1. After that three advices, let's start with the guide. For this, I go to install a CoolerMaster Hyper 212+, in a MSI K9A2 Platinum, that is socket AM2/AM2+ and have installed a Phenom II X4 955. My case is a Thermaltake V9.



2. Unplug all the cords of your case (keyboard, mouse, power, audio....) and put your case in a solid place to start with the process. Open your case and unplug all the cables of your HD, DVD drives, GPU, current cooler and other stuffs that you have installed in your mobo.



P.D. Yeah, I know, my system management cable isn't the best.

3. Now, if your case don't have tray for your mobo, you need pull out the mobo of the case for install the cooler in the proper way. Isn't necessary remove the PSU, HD or DVD drives.



P.D. I think that is necessary that you remove the GPU and RAM

4. After that, you need remover your current cooler and the cooler support, also you need clean the thermal grease that your processor have. For clean the thermal paste, you can use a scarf that don't leave lint or toilet paper.



5. Now, we need remove the current cooler support for install the new cooler support. When you remove the front side of the cooler support, the back side is removed in the same process.





As you can see, both parts of the cooler support are easy to remove, just remove the screws in the front side of the mobo.

6. Now that your processor don't have thermal grease, and the old cooler support isn't installed anymore, we can start to install the new cooler support and finally the cooler.



7. Install the four screws in the holes that before had the old cooler support in the front side of the mobo, and install the other part of the cooler support in the back side of the mobo. If this part isn't clear, don't worry, just look the pictures and you can get the idea.





As you see, install the screws in the front side, and adjust this with the nuts in the back side. For this you need use the big nut that the cooler have (in this case, I don't know if all comes with this or similar one). BUT read the installation guides to know in what side you must use the big nut, that in this case is with the little nuts in the back side.

P.D. The backplate was installed in an AMD mobo, for Intel mobo the backplate should be installed with the little legs to the mobo and not to the case as you see in the picture above.

WRONG WAY

Pictures outdated..

 

[Exonic]

CORRECT WAY


8. After that you has adjusted all the screws with the nuts in the back plate (back side of the mobo), you need install the retention plate in the cooler. For this, you need adjust 1st the screws according with your socket.

To install the retention plate to your socket, you need check the screws in this, because the retention plate have the screws by default to install in a mobo with socket 775, so, here are some tips.

a. For socket 775, don't change any screw
b. For socket AM2/AM2+/AM3 or 1156 adjust the screws to the 2nd hole in the retention plate
c. For socket 1366 adjust the screws to the last hole in the retention plate.



9. Now, you need apply the thermal grease to your new cooler, BUT before you need remove the protective layer that the cooler have in the bottom. You don't need apply all the thermal grease that comes with the cooler, just the enough to cover all the CPU. You can apply the thermal grase to the cooler or the CPU.

Update: Thanks to lutfij for share the following guide with us. Thermal Paste Application



10. Now, you can install the cooler in your mobo, be sure that the screws fit in the 1st screws that you install in the beginning of the process, adjust the screws in X, not in on side 1st.



Update: You can install the cooler in two ways, vertical or horizontal position, all depends of your preference, airflow and case space. Thanks to JofaMang for the suggestion.

11. Now, you need install the fan to your cooler, for this just attach the fan brackets to the fan (this comes installed from the manufacturer) and attach the fan the cooler. Bear in mind that you only need do this process if you want install a 2nd fan, or if the fan don't comes installed from the manufacturer.



As you can see, we could have some problem here. If your RAM size is very high (some Kingston HyperX, G.Skill or Corsair) and this is very near to your processor, the installation of the new cooler will be a big problem and could not fit correctly. In that case, you must install the cooler in the other way, with the fan side to the top or to the bottom of your case.

15. Finally, you has installed your new cooler, now, you need install the mobo in your case, connect everything again and start to OC.





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1- If you have some question, feel free to ask here or in the forum, we are here to help you.
2- If you want add anything to the guide, tell to me.
3- If you have some advice and/or correction, let me know.

Finally, bear in mind. The English isn't my native language, so, don't be so hard. Enjoy it.

I am not happy with my positioning of the 212 EVO some days after I've built it in my system. Am I able to reposition the cooler block without causing damage to my PC (CPU or Mobo)