Hyper 212 Plus Installation

[Black-Wolf]

I have my 1090t oc'd to 3.9, room temp 26, idle temp 38. Prime overheats it real fast. LinX works OK with temps around 60 until I up the amount of RAM. Playing Skyrim temps max at about 55. I see that a lot of people get much better cooling than this.

I wonder if I have too much thermal grease. Not sure how much to use with the Hyper 212 with the space between the copper pipes and the aluminum. Suggestions please.

M5A97 EVO
Phenom 1090T
Sniper 8GB 1333
LEPA G700-MA
Hyper 212 Plus
Crucial M4 64GB
W D Black WD1002FAEX 1TB
HIS Radeon 6870
Tsunami Dream Case

MOD EDIT: Moved to Cases & Cooling. - Zap

 

[ScottAD]

When I installed the CM212+ I used a finger condom to smear the thermal paste in to the crevices. I had the same problem so I filed down the metal till it was even with the pipes. This produced a much better result.

I purchased an EVO recently to do a build and it worked much better. There are no gaps the pipes are all flush.

 

[Black-Wolf]

Thanks, I think I have too much thermal paste. I will reset and check the level on the heatsink.

 

[Charlie98]

There was a recent post about this and the uneven 212+ contact area. The poster (I believe) sanded the area down for more even contact.

Unfortunately, I read that thread about 2 days after I had already installed my 212+... but when I go in to install the GPU, I'm pulling the heatsink off and modding it as well...

 

[GoStumpy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRRWbQUqW1Y

That's how much thermal compound to apply. Rice-grain sized amount. Trust me, it spreads out!

 

[fastamdman]

If you think you used to much thermal compound, you probably did. You really only need a rice grain size, aka a VERY small little dot in the center.

As far as the uneven design of the 212+, ya it sucks. The evo has a much better surface, however they are both decent coolers and I have owned both.

 

[BoomerD]

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...sk=view&id=170&Itemid=38&limit=1&limitstart=5

 

[pederson_76]

Thanks for that Boomer, just installed my 212+ today using that guide.