Is the Cooler Master Hyper T2 adequate for an AMD FX 8350?

[luckyduck99]

Hello,
I am looking for a cooler for my FX 8350 to replace the stock cooler. I don't plan on overclocking, I just want a decent cooler that will keep thermal throttling to a minimum. Is the Cooler Master Hyper T2 good enough? Does anyone have any experience with this cooler? If not, can someone recommend a decent CPU cooler for around $20? Thanks in advance.

 

[Stysner]

If you don't plan on overclocking and just want a silent cooler that does it's job, sure, but if you have an 8350 with the wraith cooler it's not going to improve much.

 

[luckyduck99]

If you don't plan on overclocking and just want a silent cooler that does it's job, sure, but if you have an 8350 with the wraith cooler it's not going to improve much.

Thanks for the reply. I don't have the wraith cooler, so I will probably just go ahead and buy the Hyper T2 😀

 

[Stysner]

If you don't plan on overclocking and just want a silent cooler that does it's job, sure, but if you have an 8350 with the wraith cooler it's not going to improve much.

Thanks for the reply. I don't have the wraith cooler, so I will probably just go ahead and buy the Hyper T2 😀

No problem. You could spend a little more and go for the TX3 Evo too, it's a couple bucks more but a fair bit better (more silent).

 

[synphul]

I would consider something more substantial. At least a 212 evo or something along those lines, which has 4 heat pipes instead of just 2.

The t2 didn't do so well on a 95w tdp amd cpu when oc'd to 3.6ghz, the fx 8350 is a 125w tdp cpu that starts at 4ghz.
http://www.dvtests.com/cooler-master-blizzard-t2-test-and-review/

 

[Stysner]

I would consider something more substantial. At least a 212 evo or something along those lines, which has 4 heat pipes instead of just 2.

The t2 didn't do so well on a 95w tdp amd cpu when oc'd to 3.6ghz, the fx 8350 is a 125w tdp cpu that starts at 4ghz.
http://www.dvtests.com/cooler-master-blizzard-t2-test-and-review/

I've seen multiple people report 60-70C max in prime95 at stock speeds. That's not bad, especially considering the price. If OP doesn't want to OC... It's fine.

 

[synphul]

The people who are getting temps of 70c and it being 'not bad' are intel users, not amd users. Above 62c-65c on amd is thermal throttling, not good. The link I posted was an amd thermal test and when the temps rose up the cooler was a failure on a 95w tdp cpu at 3.6ghz. Did you read the article and look at the charts?

Oc'ing isn't really the problem. The tx2 failed to keep a quad core amd cpu cool at 3.6ghz, how is it going to keep an 8 core amd cpu cool at 4ghz? It's not. If the op wants to run an 8350 at stock it's shaping up to be a problem.

 

[Stysner]

The people who are getting temps of 70c and it being 'not bad' are intel users, not amd users. Above 62c-65c on amd is thermal throttling, not good. The link I posted was an amd thermal test and when the temps rose up the cooler was a failure on a 95w tdp cpu at 3.6ghz. Did you read the article and look at the charts?

Oc'ing isn't really the problem. The tx2 failed to keep a quad core amd cpu cool at 3.6ghz, how is it going to keep an 8 core amd cpu cool at 4ghz? It's not. If the op wants to run an 8350 at stock it's shaping up to be a problem.

Well, it depends on the voltage and TDP, not on the clockspeed. That TX2 could easily run a CPU at 5GHz if the TDP wasn't that high.

Also, the socket temp can get 70C, the cores are 61.1C, so it does depend if those sources I paraphrased meant socket or core, they didn't specify.

But indeed, if it does throttle at 62 and the stock voltage the motherboard gives it is too high, TX2 isn't a good choice, even when it's rated to cool up to 135W, and if what you're saying is correct, that 135W is a lie from CoolerMaster.

 

[synphul]

It's not that coolermaster is lying, it's that the situation is dependent on too many factors. Ambient temp, the cpu used, case cooling and so on. That's why noctua doesn't give specific tdp listings for their coolers, even the nh-d14 or nh-d15. They go so far as to express that fact on their site. Under controlled conditions it's very likely that it does cool to 135w (though I've seen it listed elsewhere at 130w tdp capacity).

The tdp of a cpu can also vary, it's amd's estimation of the cooling required under 'normal' operation. What's 'normal' operation and what ambient temps and case airflow make up their equation? The core temps of amd cpu's are lower than intel's, they're read differently (so can't be compared directly) and you're talking about cooling 8 cores no matter which way you look at it. Not the 4 cores of intel cpu's.

Either way the tx2 is a poor choice for such a large core count cpu. The 212 evo is larger in every way with double the heat pipes, more fin surface area and cooled by a larger fan compared to the tx2 and it's about the lowest tiered cooler recommended. The way I look at it, going cheap is going to cost more in the long run. If someone begins with a stock cooler, moves to the tx2, then the tx3 then the 212 evo, they've spent around $65 in coolers and still end up with a budget air cooler in the end. That's nearly the price of an nh-d14 and obviously no comparison there.

 

[Stysner]

Of course a lot of different factors contribute to the final result, I just figured that if a manufacturor says it can cool 135W, 125W TDP CPUs should be able to stay under 60C (core) or 70C (package) at an ambient temp of 25C.

Always used that way of thinking about it, and my Phenom II x4 955 black edition I've had for years ran with a 10% OC, stayed below 55C with a TX3 Evo. Yet now I think about it I think I had it undervolted (from stock, even with the OC), so I guess you are right.

Well, live and learn 😀

Thank you for clarifying.