At least this is what I thought until I came to dimount the cooler following the testing, at which point after dropping one of the hex bolts on the floor as I was having to force it back through the mobo from the reverse side I noticed that they're actually flat on one side and devoid of thread on the flat side. which makes you think the quality of the engineering is a bit off as things don't quite fit.
#COOLER MASTER HYPER 212 EVO INSTALL 2011 DRIVER#
Simple yes.Well No, because the hex screws won't go through the back plate cleanly and actually have to be pushed through with a socket driver from the other side.
So you hold the back plate in place and slip the hex screw through then lock it down with a hex nut on the back. The back plate is not threaded, so it's clear that these hex screws just pass through it to the other side. It's reasonably clear that the back-plate has 3 sets of holes towards its outer margins, each of which is designed to be used for a different CPU socket. these hex heads accept another set of screws which pin down the front part of the mounting assembly (the thing that looks like a big X but is in fact an articulated scissor assembly). The back-plate is held in place by 4 screws with hex heads on them. Attaching the back-plate is a good example of where clear instructions and readable diagrams would have been helpful. It's not that it's over complicated, it's not, it's just that it's a real faff and, as gently alluded to above is not made any easier by the lack of a clear set of instructions. It's the same as the 212 plus, but boy could it have done with not being the same. While I have the button labelled "RANT MODE" fully depressed lets talk about the fitting of the 212 EVO. OK, so perhaps not quite as bad as that but there were a few elements of detail which I later picked up on which owing to the size of the pictures could not be discerned from the instructions. Now assuming that the product is not intuitive (or I'm being a bit dim, which as i've already said couldn't possibly be the case) and I'm left in the very awkward position of having to secretly read the instructions (usually involves locking the office door or waiting until the good lady has popped out less she discover me and begin to doubt my masculinity).Where was I.ah yes, if I've actually got to resort to reading the instructions then they should at least be legible, and by legible I mean the diagrams should be large enough to see without the use of a scanning electron microscope. Not so much a failure in myself you understand (I am a bloke remember), but as a failing in the product itself in not being intuitive enough to assemble without instructions. Now as you might know from previous reviews, as I'm a bloke I will always class having to to look at instructions as some small failure. First off, the instructions provided although magnificent in their multi language/multi processor splendour are just too darned small to be of any real use. Still, it's nice to have that option.Lets not beat about the bush here, if this page has a lot on it then i've not had a wonderful time fitting the cooler. They do give you a second fan bracket, but I didn't see any improvement in cooling performance with a push-pull configuration.
The thermal compound included is decent, but for high voltages/OC I would recommend something better. Note that access to the rear of the motherboard is required to mount the backplate, so depending on your case configuration removing the motherboard may be required. Mounting isn't as easy as some other aftermarket coolers out there, but it's totally manageable. However, under normal loads the fan is quiet, and still delivers sufficient airflow to cool my CPU. It tends to generate a howling sound above 80%. Noise levels are a bit high when the fan nears maximum speed. My ambient room temperature is generally around 26C. Load temperatures in games and normal programs are around 65C max, while synthetic stress testing will see around 75C. Temperatures are pretty good, I'm pushing 1.250V through my i5 4670K to maintain 4.3GHz (I got a below average chip). I've found that the EVO outperforms the more recent versions of the 212, such as the 212 Black Edition. This has been my go-to aftermarket cooler even after all these years.
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