Say what you will about some of their cases, Cooler Master has been the undeniable king of entry-level CPU coolers for ages since they released the Hyper 212 EVO. The asymmetrical heat pipe design ensures RAM. The Cooler Master Hyper 212 BlackEdition is an all-gunmetal black rendition of the legendary Hyper 212 EVO. It's an outdated cooler that was once considered budget friendly because it was only 20 then. That means you're throttling during most compiling, encoding, decompression and some gaming scenarios. Moreover, it is equipped with revised universal brackets for an easy installation process. Why do people still keep recommending the Cooler Master Hyper 212 cooler This cooler is still being recommended all the time yet at 45, it is not a good choice when there are similar performing coolers like the Vetroo V5for 20 less. It took less than 30 secs sustained load for it to throttle at stock settings. If you can't afford a decent 200w+ cooler for a 10th gen K SKU, I don't think you. New SickleFlow 120 Fan - Redesigned curved blades. The Hyper 212 is designed to handle up to - but not exactly, 150w.

while waiting for my NH-D15 to arrive I was running the Hyper 212 EVO from my old computer on my new 9900k. Additionally, the universal brackets have been improved further, making installation simple and hassle free. You'll never get full performance out of a 9900k with your Hyper 212 EVO. You need to dissipate around 200W of heat if you're running at 4.6 Ghz and your cooler has a TDP of 150W. You'll be throttling in any stress test with a Hyper 212 EVO on a 9900k.

Nice and quiet and good enough for me! The black looks nice had the RGB fan hooked to my ASUS mobo rolls slowly through the colors.A Noctua NH-D15 on a 9900k maxes out in the 70's degrees with no OC. With a i9-9900K and a 4.6GHz OC, I can run the fan at low speeds and have the temp max out at around 70C.

It works fine as long as I don't go crazy overclocking the CPU. Johnpombrio said:I have the Hyper 212 EVO black edition which has a very similar mounting system.

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