Love for the Coolermaster Hyper 212 plus

[kranky]

Replaced the stock Intel cooler on the i7-860 with this one today. With the stock cooler, the CPU idled at about 47C with the CPU at stock speed and I couldn't run prime95 for more than 5 minutes without temps getting dangerously high (over 90C).

I don't plan to do massive overclocking so I went for a cheaper ($29) cooler with decent reviews figuring that would fill the bill.

Very impressed with the results - idles at 35C and 5 minutes of prime95 only pushed it up to 55C. Another 10 minutes and it hadn't gone up any more.

 

[Rubycon]

It's a decent entry level cooler but if anything it should show how inadequate the stock "solution" is.

 

[jjmIII]

While the price is cheap, I wouldn't call one of the top rated air coolers entry level.

 

[Engineer]

$15 at Frys the last few days (B&M) with no rebate. I bought one online from Frys for $17.99 + 6.99 shipping. Should be here in a day or two. For new Core I5 build.

 

[GLeeM]

I think I remember reading that MaximumPC magazine somehow got this one to beat the TRUE and is now their recommended heatsink?

 

[Rubycon]

I think I remember reading that MaximumPC magazine somehow got this one to beat the TRUE and is now their recommended heatsink?

That's ridiculous. Then again most people aren't throwing a quarter kilowatt of power into the base either! If you have a dual core just about anything out there (even a Zalman hehe) will be fine.

 

[Cattykit]

Is your 860 overclocked? If so, what's your clock speed and voltage?

My 860 is @ 3.7ghz, eats up 1.288 vCore, and temp. goes all the way up to 72c. IMC is 1.2315.
Also, is HT on in your case?

 

[kranky]

I OC a little - now at 3.3Ghz (157 BCLK @ 21x). CPU 1.208v, IMC 1.2v, DRAM 1.6v.

 

[gorobei]

the maximum pc cooler reviews are generally pretty suspect. they dont seem to review in any strict procedure or have a very comprehensive sampling of most of the popular higher end coolers. nor do they scrutinize mounting issues.

the odd part is that the 212+ biggest weakness (the large spacing between the hdt pipes) looks like it was meant for 8mm instead of 6mm pipes. at 8mm it might have been an exemplary cooler rather than mediocre.

 

[Engineer]

the maximum pc cooler reviews are generally pretty suspect. they dont seem to review in any strict procedure or have a very comprehensive sampling of most of the popular higher end coolers. nor do they scrutinize mounting issues.

the odd part is that the 212+ biggest weakness (the large spacing between the hdt pipes) looks like it was meant for 8mm instead of 6mm pipes. at 8mm it might have been an exemplary cooler rather than mediocre.

Not sure that it's "mediocre" considering that it is #7 on FrostyTech's roundup of ALL heatsinks. Rates pretty damn high over there for cooling as well as noise levels.