I might be replacing my Hyper 212+ with a Corsair H80 if I upgrade to Ivy Bridge and a new motherboard. Anyone here come from a Hyper 212+ to a Corsair H60 or H80 that is using a socket 1155 motherboard? Is it harder to install the Corsair H60/H80 than the Hyper 212+? Do I have to be careful about water leakage when installing the Corsair H60/H80?
I have a Hyper 212+ which I thought was kind of a pain to install. After installation it also had some movement I didn't think it should have. That said it provided pretty good cooling.
I purchased a Corsair H80 later on and replaced the 212+. So the rest is about the H80.
If you were installing it onto an AMD motherboard I can see where the included instructions might be hard to follow.
You can watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWWFjsJONYc
That's a video from corsair on the general installation. So you can see that its a pretty simple installation (at least for the H80) on an Intel board. On the LGA 2011 for example you can simply screw the studs into the pre-existing threaded holes and you don't even need the back plate.
As to my AMD comment (tho I know you are not using one.. just to clear it up) in the video he mentions AMD when talking about the backplate. At least on the AM3+ boards you don't change anything with the backplate. There are different brackets that you have to replace. Which is why I say its only confusing if you were going to use an AMD or at least an AM3+ motherboard (like with an FX cpu).
So the install of an H80 is pretty simple. The cooling is decent... tho to be honest you can get air coolers in the same price range that will actually give you lower temps than an H80. The Hyper 212+ in my opinion is really good because of its low cost.
Also at least for me with the H80 installed.. every time you first boot your computer the fans spin up to extreme speeds regardless of your settings. I used to think if my box had wings it might take off...
I never had any leakage problems with mine. Tho right now my H80 is sitting in a box next to my Hyber 212+.
Sorry for the wall of text.. I tend to ramble.