The Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler: A Comprehensive Review

As I began testing the Hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler, I was excited to see how it would perform compared to its older brother, the Hyper 212 Plus. The cooler's design and features were familiar, with a few upgrades and improvements that caught my attention.

The first thing I noticed was the cooler's temperature performance. With an overclocked AMD Ryzen 9 5900X processor running at 4,400 MHz, we're looking at temperatures ranging from 59 to 65°C. While this is impressive, it's not a huge improvement over the Hyper 212 Plus, which also performed in a similar range of temperatures.

However, I was surprised to find that the new fan design on the Model X Tesla didn't make a significant difference in terms of temperature performance. With both fans installed, we're looking at a slight reduction in temperature, but not enough to justify the extra cost of the turbo version. The single fan version, which is available for $40 on Newegg, seems like a more reasonable option.

One aspect where the Hyper 212 Evo excels is in its silence profile. I couldn't tell the difference between the Evo fan and one of the X fans, even when running at high speeds. This is thanks to the cooler's innovative design, which includes a new silent bearing that reduces noise levels by up to 50%. The fact that it remains virtually silent even under load makes it an excellent choice for those who value quiet operation.

I decided to put the Hyper 212 Evo through some further testing to see just how well it performs. I installed the cooler in a traditional ATX tower with a side panel door and a window, which allows me to easily monitor its performance. With the cooler in place, I couldn't even tell the difference between it and one of my other fans.

To demonstrate this, I conducted a sound test using a super-sensitive boom mic. From anywhere between 6 to 8 inches away from the cooler, the sound was barely audible. This is impressive, especially considering that the cooler was under load. If you're installing this into a traditional ATX tower, you won't even hear it operating.

As I continued testing the Hyper 212 Evo, I realized that it's not just about performance – it's also about value and durability. With an estimated lifespan of 160,000 hours, the cooler is built to last. However, if you already have a Hyper 212 Plus or a Hyper 212 Evo that's still in good condition, I wouldn't recommend upgrading to this model. The performance gains are minimal, and the extra cost isn't justified.

If you're building a new computer, however, the Hyper 212 Evo is an excellent choice. It offers impressive temperature performance, silent operation, and a long lifespan at an affordable price point. In fact, I would recommend opting for the single fan version, which saves $30 compared to the turbo version.

For those who are particular about their cooling solution or want the best of the best, the Hyper 212 Evo is certainly worth considering. Its advanced design, quiet operation, and impressive performance make it an excellent choice for anyone looking to upgrade their CPU cooler.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: encome on pick up the phone man pick up the phone pick up the phone pick up the phone Josh hey what's up man so look I know that you said that the core 500 toaster can fit full size video cards and AIO liquid coolers but dude I I can't even fit the motherboard in the damn thing so what's the deal what no dude I said the core 500 is like the size of a toaster what the hell are you doing right now wait so if that's not the core 500 the core 500 from fractal design provides Top Class Cooling and supports fullsize hardware and a compact design click the link in the description to learn more bread toasting only supported with AMD chips what's up everybody Welcome to the channel welcome back yo today we're going to be taking a look at the hyper 212x turbo Turbo just means that it comes with a second fan it's a CPU Cooler from Cooler Master you guys are pretty familiar with it because it's the uh long awaited successor to the hyper 212 Evo which I have right here on my 5960x so this is this has been a long time coming we had the uh the hyper 212 Plus in 20 2009 and then 2 years later we got the Evo and then 5 years down the line finally we get a successor to that it's a $40 MSRP so $10 more than the Evo and I'll tell you by the end of this video whether or not it's worth it so obviously this is a super popular if not the most popular CPU Cooler line ever and the reason why it's it's so so damn you know highly praised is because of its price to Performance for 30 bucks or so you could buy something like the the hyper 212 Evo and really have a lot of overclocking potential I mean right now I have this this 5960x overclock to 4,400 MHz I think Cooler Master has definitely set the bar when it comes to um value oriented air coolers so um that's why this is kind of an exciting product to talk about first off let's let's talk about just the basics it's compatible with like pretty much every current socket and like I said it does come in the turbo Edition with two fans where's the second fan over here so you can get the turbo Edition with two fans and that's going to cost you a premium I wouldn't recommend that because the performance difference between one and two fans isn't that drastic it's not worth the extra 10 20 bucks that you pay for for the turbo Edition so I would recommend you know the the just the regular hyper 212x with one fan cuz I think one Fan's all you need you know unless you're a YouTube channel then it's nice to have many fans and now I have none but what don't we talk about that what's what's new about this fan because it definitely is different than the uh the one that the Evo came with so first off we've got a different housing right so it's not glossy actually nothing on this fan is glossy uh whereas all you get was gloss all you got was gloss on the EVO fan it was super reflective not everyone's a huge fan of that I know I'm personally not the fan the shape of the fan blade itself is exactly the same however there's these little ridges these little uh kind of little mini speed bumps on the edges of the blades uh which I guess creates more air flow or maybe it makes it more quiet couldn't find any information on it but it's just it could just be a minor design difference uh for aesthetic purposes but it's essentially the same blade I would say uh it is gray it's gray color not glossy black so that's different what's really different about this new fan from the x is its bearing so it's using a p or Palm bearing I don't know it's it stands for something like polymethylene something I don't know but what you need to know about that is that it essentially is self-lubricating hey and that's one of several features that allows this fan to have a much longer lifespan than the Evo so 160,000 hours uh on on the new xan however you only get 40,000 hours on the EVO so good oh yeah four pin four pin pwm fan header right there just the same as the Evo as well and then we've also got the heat sink so there's uh some similarities here which is the direct uh contact copper heat pipes they're still 6 mm there's still four of them and they are still making direct contact with your the heat spreader on your CPU uh remember the the hyper 212 plus still had that direct contact feature however the pipes were separated a bit like a couple millimeters apart and that created some air gaps and uh didn't really you know um maximize the uh the surface area so that's good that they've uh stuck stuck with this design here on the X all right now as for the heat sink this is actually probably the biggest difference coming from the EVO to the x is uh is in the heat snc design so particularly with the finay we've got these little cutouts uh that are around the heat pipes little x-shaped cutouts and even though we can only see it on the top layer here this this actually goes for every single one of the fins in this stack they all have these little punchouts uh what that essentially does is it creates little pockets of turbulence little instances of turbulence around the heat pipes so that air flow can more effectively pass through those hotspot areas because this is really uh where the fans uh where a fan will find the most resistance trying to push through a heat sink is is these big ass heat pipes that are getting in the way and you've also got these other little cutouts these little here little uh little perforated holes that form a vshape again this goes for every single one of the fins here and what that does is it directs airf flow uh towards these two hotpots so not only is air flow being more easily pass through uh it's also being directed in in those two general directions for greater heat dissipation yeah technology marketing marketing blah blah marketing those are all the things for for the actual cooler and the heat sink and the fan the design let's briefly talk about installation all right because uh CPU coolers they're a pain in the ass most of the time you get a new CPU Cooler it's a new mounting mechanism or a new mounting system that you've never seen before it's the only thing when you're building a computer that you really have to pull out the freaking manual for other than some motherboard once in a while but uh it can be a real bang when you're building so um I was really happy to see that the mounting system here for the x is exactly the same as it is for the Evo in fact you don't even need the accessory box that comes with the with the X if you already have an EVO if you're upgrading from an EVO or something you can just use all the same you know the the X mounting bracket the same nuts and bolts and and what what have you uh it's all exactly interchangeable super easy to do so really happy about that moving on to Performance guys I'm I'm going to give you some temp numbers some temp ranges and you even have to take those with a grain of salt just because the ambient temperature in my room is constantly fluctuating so with the uh with the hyper 212 Evo 5960x overclock to 4,400 MHz we're getting about anywhere from 59 to 65° C but with the Evo it's essentially the same same kind of range except it's maybe a degree or two cooler so you're looking at anywhere from you know 57° to 63 so not a huge Improvement there is some though I was worried that it was just going to be exactly the same across the board it does seem that this performs a slightly slightly cooler than it's uh older brother damn someone's getting is that is that a cop or is that an ambulance I can never tell doesn't matter matter they're ruining my video I also ran some tests with both fans installed uh the new fans of course on the Model X Tesla don't sue me and not much of a difference maybe one or two degrees in that range that I gave you so you know just minus take off a degree or two uh so it is slightly cooler but honestly not worth paying the extra 10 20 30 bucks on New Egg right now this is $70 which is insane and uh for the two fan for the turbo version um luckily you can just get the single fan version on egg for I think like $40 which is way more reasonable and I would go for that in a heartbeat but don't get the don't buy the turbo for $70 just don't do that I'm telling you right now it's I don't know what the hell's going on with new eggs pricing right now Acoustics I almost forgot to talk about Acoustics I'm glad I caught myself uh so really quick the hyper 212 line has always been known for uh not just its performance or its affordability but also for having a really silent profile and luckily that reputation isn't broken here with the hyper 212x um for example I couldn't even tell the difference between the Evo fan versus one of the X fans versus two of the X fans um it's just virtually silen so especially with and that's with an open air test bed mind you so if you're installing this into a traditional ATX tower for example you've got a side panel door side panel window on it covering it's enclosed you're not going to hear it even underload um but just to prove it to you I did a sound test with this boom mic right here which is super sensitive I was about anywhere from 6 to 8 in away from the cooler uh so why don't we go ahead and check out what that sounds like so here's here's the deal guys I'm just going to sum things up if you're building a new computer then I would go for the hyper 212x the non-turbo just get the single fan it's all you need it's going to last you a long time time 160,000 hours apparently and and you'll be be able to overclock again 4,400 MHz however if you already have a hyper 212 Plus or a hyper 212 Evo and there's nothing wrong with it it's just old then I don't see a point in really upgrading to this because you're the performance is going to be minimal it's not worth spending 40 bucks for 2 3° cooler temperatures in my opinion um if you're really you know like a a freaking fiend with that sort of thing then you got the money then go for it but for for the average user buy this if if you're buying new but if you're upgrading just keep your your freaking Evo it's it's a good cooler still and it still has a long ways uh before it's completely Obsolete and that ladies and gentlemen is pretty much all I have to say about this here CPU Cooler yeah it's good I like it she's a keeper but yeah if you guys didn't notice I shot this video in a very similar format as the last video I did which was the hyperx cloud revolver gaming headset and I asked you guys for feedback on that type of format a lot of you guys like the unscripted format which I was kind of surprised about even though the old you know the traditional scripted you know me writing jokes in and stuff those types of reviews aren't going to go anywhere I think I kind of do enjoy doing these uh more more casual light-hearted types of videos so maybe you'll see more of these in the in the near future so yeah thanks guys subscribe to the channel if you haven't already I've got a bunch of more stuff on that product shelf over there that's waiting to be uh videoed and reviewed and whatnot so that should be exciting and hope you all have a good day or evening or morning or whatever time it is uh thank you all for watching and until next time I'll see y'all in the next videocome on pick up the phone man pick up the phone pick up the phone pick up the phone Josh hey what's up man so look I know that you said that the core 500 toaster can fit full size video cards and AIO liquid coolers but dude I I can't even fit the motherboard in the damn thing so what's the deal what no dude I said the core 500 is like the size of a toaster what the hell are you doing right now wait so if that's not the core 500 the core 500 from fractal design provides Top Class Cooling and supports fullsize hardware and a compact design click the link in the description to learn more bread toasting only supported with AMD chips what's up everybody Welcome to the channel welcome back yo today we're going to be taking a look at the hyper 212x turbo Turbo just means that it comes with a second fan it's a CPU Cooler from Cooler Master you guys are pretty familiar with it because it's the uh long awaited successor to the hyper 212 Evo which I have right here on my 5960x so this is this has been a long time coming we had the uh the hyper 212 Plus in 20 2009 and then 2 years later we got the Evo and then 5 years down the line finally we get a successor to that it's a $40 MSRP so $10 more than the Evo and I'll tell you by the end of this video whether or not it's worth it so obviously this is a super popular if not the most popular CPU Cooler line ever and the reason why it's it's so so damn you know highly praised is because of its price to Performance for 30 bucks or so you could buy something like the the hyper 212 Evo and really have a lot of overclocking potential I mean right now I have this this 5960x overclock to 4,400 MHz I think Cooler Master has definitely set the bar when it comes to um value oriented air coolers so um that's why this is kind of an exciting product to talk about first off let's let's talk about just the basics it's compatible with like pretty much every current socket and like I said it does come in the turbo Edition with two fans where's the second fan over here so you can get the turbo Edition with two fans and that's going to cost you a premium I wouldn't recommend that because the performance difference between one and two fans isn't that drastic it's not worth the extra 10 20 bucks that you pay for for the turbo Edition so I would recommend you know the the just the regular hyper 212x with one fan cuz I think one Fan's all you need you know unless you're a YouTube channel then it's nice to have many fans and now I have none but what don't we talk about that what's what's new about this fan because it definitely is different than the uh the one that the Evo came with so first off we've got a different housing right so it's not glossy actually nothing on this fan is glossy uh whereas all you get was gloss all you got was gloss on the EVO fan it was super reflective not everyone's a huge fan of that I know I'm personally not the fan the shape of the fan blade itself is exactly the same however there's these little ridges these little uh kind of little mini speed bumps on the edges of the blades uh which I guess creates more air flow or maybe it makes it more quiet couldn't find any information on it but it's just it could just be a minor design difference uh for aesthetic purposes but it's essentially the same blade I would say uh it is gray it's gray color not glossy black so that's different what's really different about this new fan from the x is its bearing so it's using a p or Palm bearing I don't know it's it stands for something like polymethylene something I don't know but what you need to know about that is that it essentially is self-lubricating hey and that's one of several features that allows this fan to have a much longer lifespan than the Evo so 160,000 hours uh on on the new xan however you only get 40,000 hours on the EVO so good oh yeah four pin four pin pwm fan header right there just the same as the Evo as well and then we've also got the heat sink so there's uh some similarities here which is the direct uh contact copper heat pipes they're still 6 mm there's still four of them and they are still making direct contact with your the heat spreader on your CPU uh remember the the hyper 212 plus still had that direct contact feature however the pipes were separated a bit like a couple millimeters apart and that created some air gaps and uh didn't really you know um maximize the uh the surface area so that's good that they've uh stuck stuck with this design here on the X all right now as for the heat sink this is actually probably the biggest difference coming from the EVO to the x is uh is in the heat snc design so particularly with the finay we've got these little cutouts uh that are around the heat pipes little x-shaped cutouts and even though we can only see it on the top layer here this this actually goes for every single one of the fins in this stack they all have these little punchouts uh what that essentially does is it creates little pockets of turbulence little instances of turbulence around the heat pipes so that air flow can more effectively pass through those hotspot areas because this is really uh where the fans uh where a fan will find the most resistance trying to push through a heat sink is is these big ass heat pipes that are getting in the way and you've also got these other little cutouts these little here little uh little perforated holes that form a vshape again this goes for every single one of the fins here and what that does is it directs airf flow uh towards these two hotpots so not only is air flow being more easily pass through uh it's also being directed in in those two general directions for greater heat dissipation yeah technology marketing marketing blah blah marketing those are all the things for for the actual cooler and the heat sink and the fan the design let's briefly talk about installation all right because uh CPU coolers they're a pain in the ass most of the time you get a new CPU Cooler it's a new mounting mechanism or a new mounting system that you've never seen before it's the only thing when you're building a computer that you really have to pull out the freaking manual for other than some motherboard once in a while but uh it can be a real bang when you're building so um I was really happy to see that the mounting system here for the x is exactly the same as it is for the Evo in fact you don't even need the accessory box that comes with the with the X if you already have an EVO if you're upgrading from an EVO or something you can just use all the same you know the the X mounting bracket the same nuts and bolts and and what what have you uh it's all exactly interchangeable super easy to do so really happy about that moving on to Performance guys I'm I'm going to give you some temp numbers some temp ranges and you even have to take those with a grain of salt just because the ambient temperature in my room is constantly fluctuating so with the uh with the hyper 212 Evo 5960x overclock to 4,400 MHz we're getting about anywhere from 59 to 65° C but with the Evo it's essentially the same same kind of range except it's maybe a degree or two cooler so you're looking at anywhere from you know 57° to 63 so not a huge Improvement there is some though I was worried that it was just going to be exactly the same across the board it does seem that this performs a slightly slightly cooler than it's uh older brother damn someone's getting is that is that a cop or is that an ambulance I can never tell doesn't matter matter they're ruining my video I also ran some tests with both fans installed uh the new fans of course on the Model X Tesla don't sue me and not much of a difference maybe one or two degrees in that range that I gave you so you know just minus take off a degree or two uh so it is slightly cooler but honestly not worth paying the extra 10 20 30 bucks on New Egg right now this is $70 which is insane and uh for the two fan for the turbo version um luckily you can just get the single fan version on egg for I think like $40 which is way more reasonable and I would go for that in a heartbeat but don't get the don't buy the turbo for $70 just don't do that I'm telling you right now it's I don't know what the hell's going on with new eggs pricing right now Acoustics I almost forgot to talk about Acoustics I'm glad I caught myself uh so really quick the hyper 212 line has always been known for uh not just its performance or its affordability but also for having a really silent profile and luckily that reputation isn't broken here with the hyper 212x um for example I couldn't even tell the difference between the Evo fan versus one of the X fans versus two of the X fans um it's just virtually silen so especially with and that's with an open air test bed mind you so if you're installing this into a traditional ATX tower for example you've got a side panel door side panel window on it covering it's enclosed you're not going to hear it even underload um but just to prove it to you I did a sound test with this boom mic right here which is super sensitive I was about anywhere from 6 to 8 in away from the cooler uh so why don't we go ahead and check out what that sounds like so here's here's the deal guys I'm just going to sum things up if you're building a new computer then I would go for the hyper 212x the non-turbo just get the single fan it's all you need it's going to last you a long time time 160,000 hours apparently and and you'll be be able to overclock again 4,400 MHz however if you already have a hyper 212 Plus or a hyper 212 Evo and there's nothing wrong with it it's just old then I don't see a point in really upgrading to this because you're the performance is going to be minimal it's not worth spending 40 bucks for 2 3° cooler temperatures in my opinion um if you're really you know like a a freaking fiend with that sort of thing then you got the money then go for it but for for the average user buy this if if you're buying new but if you're upgrading just keep your your freaking Evo it's it's a good cooler still and it still has a long ways uh before it's completely Obsolete and that ladies and gentlemen is pretty much all I have to say about this here CPU Cooler yeah it's good I like it she's a keeper but yeah if you guys didn't notice I shot this video in a very similar format as the last video I did which was the hyperx cloud revolver gaming headset and I asked you guys for feedback on that type of format a lot of you guys like the unscripted format which I was kind of surprised about even though the old you know the traditional scripted you know me writing jokes in and stuff those types of reviews aren't going to go anywhere I think I kind of do enjoy doing these uh more more casual light-hearted types of videos so maybe you'll see more of these in the in the near future so yeah thanks guys subscribe to the channel if you haven't already I've got a bunch of more stuff on that product shelf over there that's waiting to be uh videoed and reviewed and whatnot so that should be exciting and hope you all have a good day or evening or morning or whatever time it is uh thank you all for watching and until next time I'll see y'all in the next video\n"