**Cooler Master H7 vs 212 Evo: A Performance and Aesthetic Comparison**

I recently had the opportunity to test two of Cooler Master's most popular coolers: the H7 and the 212 Evo. Both coolers are designed for AMD-based systems, but they have some key differences that set them apart.

**The H7 Cooler**

When I first started testing the H7 cooler, I was excited to see how it would perform at high temperatures. I started by running a stress test on my system, which began at 30 degrees up from the stock setting and gradually increased to around 60 degrees. The fan then ramped up to its full speed, reaching over 1,000 rpm.

Unfortunately, the H7 cooler struggled to keep up with the heat, even when the fan was running at its maximum speed. By the time the fan reached its top speed, the system had already reached temperatures of over 80 degrees and was on its way to shutting down.

I repeated this test several times to see if I could get a more consistent result, but it didn't matter how many times I tried - the H7 cooler just couldn't handle the high temperatures. This was surprising, given what I had read online about other users' experiences with the H7.

**The 212 Evo Cooler**

In contrast, the 212 Evo performed much better than expected. When I started testing it, I began at a lower temperature setting of around 30 degrees up from stock and gradually increased to around 60 degrees. The fan ramped up to its full speed after reaching around 50 degrees.

To my surprise, the 212 Evo was able to keep up with the heat, maintaining temperatures that were significantly lower than those I had experienced with the H7 cooler. This was a welcome change, as it meant that the system didn't shut down during testing.

**Fan Performance**

One thing that struck me when comparing the two coolers was the difference in fan performance. The 212 Evo's fan is noticeably quieter than the H7's fan, even at high speeds. When I ran the stress test with the H7 cooler, the fan reached speeds of up to 2,000 rpm, but it still sounded relatively loud.

In contrast, the 212 Evo's fan only reached speeds of around 1,500 rpm during the stress test, and it was still noticeably quieter than the H7's fan. This is a significant difference, especially if you're looking for a cooler that won't disturb your workspace.

**Conclusion**

Overall, I was impressed with the performance of both coolers, but there were some key differences between them. The 212 Evo performed significantly better than expected, maintaining temperatures that were much lower than those experienced with the H7 cooler.

On the other hand, the H7 cooler struggled to keep up with high temperatures, even when its fan was running at maximum speed. This made me wonder if there's something wrong with my unit, as I've read online reviews that suggest the H7 cooler performs well for AMD-based systems.

If you're in the market for a new CPU cooler and are looking for one that's easy to mount on an AMD system, the H7 might be worth considering. However, if you can afford it, the 212 Evo is definitely worth the extra cost - its performance was noticeably better than I expected, and its quieter fan is a bonus.

**Mounting Issues**

One thing to keep in mind when using the H7 cooler is that mounting it on an AMD system can be a real challenge. The fins on the cooler are easily damaged if you're not careful, so make sure you follow the instructions carefully before attempting to install it.

In contrast, the 212 Evo was easy to mount and didn't cause any issues with my system.

**Aesthetic Appeal**

Finally, let's talk about aesthetics. I have to say that I'm not a fan of the H7 cooler - its design is functional but unattractive, in my opinion. The 212 Evo, on the other hand, looks stunning and would be a great addition to any system.

If you're looking for a CPU cooler that's both functional and visually appealing, the 212 Evo is definitely worth considering.

**Final Thoughts**

In conclusion, I think it's clear that the 212 Evo performs better than expected, even when compared to other high-end coolers on the market. Its quieter fan and impressive cooling performance make it a great choice for anyone looking for a reliable CPU cooler.

The H7 cooler, on the other hand, struggled to keep up with high temperatures, making it less desirable for some users.

Overall, I'd highly recommend considering the 212 Evo when shopping for a new CPU cooler. Its performance and aesthetic appeal make it a great choice for any system.

**Disclaimer**

Please note that these results are specific to my testing setup and may not be representative of other users' experiences with these coolers.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe cooler master hyper 212 is one of the most popular budget coolers of all time but is it still the king the cooler master hyper 212 has been the most popular cooler to recommend on any PC form whenever you go on a PC forum and somebody posts a video of their shiny new PC that has a stock cooler everybody will go oh it's a beautiful build but you're still using your stock cooler why would you do that buy something new and when the personal ask well what do I buy the first recommendation and pretty much the only recommendation always will be the cooler master hyper 212 is this still the king though is this still the best recommendation to give is there a contender to the throne now in this test today I'll be looking at two coolers the first one is obviously the cooler master 212 now just to be clear I am using the two 12x and of the evil I know that the evo is the really really popular one but they're essentially the same cooler except the two 12x is like the newer version with a slightly better fan on it and the competing cooler will be with a cryo rig h7 and the crier gate 7 has gotten amazing reviews across the board but is it as good as the cooler master 212 now the reason that I didn't use the 212 evo for this test is because price-wise the evo is quite a bit cheaper than the h7 buy quite a bit cheaper I mean it's like 22 to 24 dollars depending on where you get it as supposed to the 30 odd dollars for the h7 the 212 X is exactly the same price now that lengthy introduction out the way let's have a look at the coolers and here is the hyper 212 X with its grey and blue fan it really isn't the best-looking cooler on the market when looking at the top it's kind of plain aluminium face doesn't help much either and it doesn't look great in the build here's the mounting hardware it's got a nice sturdy metal backplate to be honest it's really difficult to mount on an AMD system and it was an infuriating process it's a bit easier on on Intel systems though and with that out of the way let's have a look at the cryo rig h7 and this is the cryo rig h7 with its black on white it's a good-looking cooler that fits in pretty much anywhere let's have a look at its mounting hardware it's really easy to mount on both AMD and Intel systems and it really wins there this is its backplane installed it looks fairly sturdy it is plastic now that we've sized the gladiators up individually let's chop them into a ring together and scrutinize them closely together and here first we have the two boxes that the coolers came in to let you know that they both well come in boxes the unpacking experience is pretty good for both the coolers hmm with the two standing side-by-side you can see the cryo rig is clearly the better-looking of the two with its sleek black and white dress it'll fit in anywhere when they stand side-by-side you can see the cryo rig is a bit shorter which means it can fit into those tight spaces with it being a bit fatter though it has a bit more fin weight than the Coolermaster does here you look at the actual fin or a whereas the cryo rig is dimpled which apparently helps air flow the cooler master is just straight fins when looking at the RAM clearance you can see if the cooler master isn't very good and the dome Platts didn't fit in the first row whereas with the cryo rig they do it's got plenty of clearance here's just a look of the two coolers in the system and yes the cooler master kind of takes away from the look and the cryo leg rig looks great now that we've kind of finished our overview of all of the products in question let's have a look at the actual systems that I tested them in when looking at the two systems I just want to again comment on the fact that the cryo rig was easy to mount in both the Intel and AMD systems where the cooler master was an absolute pain to mount on the AMD rig now let's have a look at the performance of the Evo versus vh7 now the first figures I'm going to be looking at have to do with the actual Intel system because I don't need to explain them that much now I was running a 7600 K as you saw at 4.5 gigahertz for the test and I was using either 60 for system stability tests and while they performed pretty closely the hybrid - 12 X was doing about 64 degrees Celsius this was in quite a cold room though and the h7 was hovering around 67 68 so yes the cooler master performed a bit better there and I have to admit it was actually quite a bit quieter as well and I think this is all down to the actual fan I mean obviously the quietness is down to the fan but the temperatures as well because the fan on the - 12 X can actually ramp up to about 2,000 rpm whereas the whereas the h7 is limited to about a thousand five hundred rpm so there's a lot more headroom available in the in the in the Evo so I think when it comes to strain out performance the Evo is definitely or better bet we're moving over to the actual AMD system things were a bit more interesting because for some reason the ND motherboard that I was using which the Asus x3 70 Strix was playing quite weirdly with a fan profile on the on the cooler and I didn't actually do anything to the fan profile because I didn't want to affect the results in any way but when running the actual 1700 X at a stock a stock clock I was getting about I was getting about 71 degrees on the h7 I was getting way lower than that on the on the hyper 212 but we're not really interesting was the hyper 212 was giving me around 68 69 degrees when I overclock the CPU to two 3.8 gigahertz but when I was running the h7 in the system it couldn't deal with the extra extra thermal load of overclocking it from three point five to three point eight so this system actually had to shut itself down to stop it from overheating completely and I was looking at the fan speed the whole time the test was running and it was weird because the mother board wasn't really responding to the increase in temperatures so the fan speeds stayed pretty much the same when it went from 30 degrees up to about 60 then it started ramping it up from a thousand rpm it's not ramping it up a bit but by the time that the fan went to its full speed the system was already at over eighty degrees and it was well on its way to the point where it actually shut down so I think you could have the cooler perform a bit better if you play around with with the fan profiles but I didn't want to do that because I wanted to test each of the coolers in its stock configuration so yeah the actual TDP of the 1700 X at 3.8 gigahertz was just too much for the h7 to handle which is a bit weird because when I look from the internet to see if these results were consistent with what everybody else was getting they didn't seem to be it seems that people were getting different results and that they were having way lower temperatures on their h7 then what I did is I took the cooler off and I reseated it and I was getting the exact same result I don't know what was going on to be honest and yeah so I think when you're looking at actually buying the h7 for a AMD based system I think that's something to take into account you're definitely gonna have to go into the BIOS and change the fan profiles for that one but it does mean that the the cooler is going to be louder the thing with it being louder though is that the hybrid 212 is definitely a quieter Luna where even when the fan is a 2,000 rpm is supposed to the thousand five hundred rpm of the age seven it's still quieter and you're getting better performance so on an Intel system I think there's not much in it between the two coolers but for an AMD system you should definitely be careful and with that I think it's time for a conclusion now first off let's talk about the hallow'd cooler master 212 now the thing is the Toula cooler master 212 performs quite well for its price it's got a really quiet fan and temperatures were fairly decent it's just a pretty terrible looking cooler to be honest I know it's down to personal preference but I just don't like the look of it and it's also a complete pain in the ass to mount on an AMD system so if your are going the rise in direction just keep that in mind it's gonna be hugely difficult to mount and you can potentially damage the fins on the cooler on an Intel system it's not as much of a problem now let's have a look at the h7 the h7 is a great cooler it looks at the part it really is a great looking cooler and it looks amazing in any system you put it in it just isn't as good performance wise is the - 12 X the fan is louder and it's not as powerful so it means that it can't deal with the same thermal thermal load as the as the - 12 X can and I think it's very close to being able to do because if you look at the am Intel test sorry not the AMD test if you look at the internal tests their performance was fairly close there was about three degrees in it so yes I think for an Intel system you could go for the h7 purely for an aesthetic reason I mean I would and actually have I think when comparing the h7 to the actual 212 Evo the stories a bit different but that's not what we're doing here today is the 212 Evo still King I think when it comes from a purely performance perspective it's doing really well for itself and I think it actually merits being tested against even more coolers in the future which is something we'll do but to be honest when it comes to the ease of mounting the looks I think I'll just go with an age 7 and then if you have a bit of money left in the end of the day I think I'd put a better fan on it which is something I'm gonna do a video on very soon anyway thank you very much for watching I hope you enjoyed the video if you did like subscribe and share with your friends if you didn't like it subscribe so you can hit on all my videos as they come out it sounds like a really good idea anyway thank you very much youthe cooler master hyper 212 is one of the most popular budget coolers of all time but is it still the king the cooler master hyper 212 has been the most popular cooler to recommend on any PC form whenever you go on a PC forum and somebody posts a video of their shiny new PC that has a stock cooler everybody will go oh it's a beautiful build but you're still using your stock cooler why would you do that buy something new and when the personal ask well what do I buy the first recommendation and pretty much the only recommendation always will be the cooler master hyper 212 is this still the king though is this still the best recommendation to give is there a contender to the throne now in this test today I'll be looking at two coolers the first one is obviously the cooler master 212 now just to be clear I am using the two 12x and of the evil I know that the evo is the really really popular one but they're essentially the same cooler except the two 12x is like the newer version with a slightly better fan on it and the competing cooler will be with a cryo rig h7 and the crier gate 7 has gotten amazing reviews across the board but is it as good as the cooler master 212 now the reason that I didn't use the 212 evo for this test is because price-wise the evo is quite a bit cheaper than the h7 buy quite a bit cheaper I mean it's like 22 to 24 dollars depending on where you get it as supposed to the 30 odd dollars for the h7 the 212 X is exactly the same price now that lengthy introduction out the way let's have a look at the coolers and here is the hyper 212 X with its grey and blue fan it really isn't the best-looking cooler on the market when looking at the top it's kind of plain aluminium face doesn't help much either and it doesn't look great in the build here's the mounting hardware it's got a nice sturdy metal backplate to be honest it's really difficult to mount on an AMD system and it was an infuriating process it's a bit easier on on Intel systems though and with that out of the way let's have a look at the cryo rig h7 and this is the cryo rig h7 with its black on white it's a good-looking cooler that fits in pretty much anywhere let's have a look at its mounting hardware it's really easy to mount on both AMD and Intel systems and it really wins there this is its backplane installed it looks fairly sturdy it is plastic now that we've sized the gladiators up individually let's chop them into a ring together and scrutinize them closely together and here first we have the two boxes that the coolers came in to let you know that they both well come in boxes the unpacking experience is pretty good for both the coolers hmm with the two standing side-by-side you can see the cryo rig is clearly the better-looking of the two with its sleek black and white dress it'll fit in anywhere when they stand side-by-side you can see the cryo rig is a bit shorter which means it can fit into those tight spaces with it being a bit fatter though it has a bit more fin weight than the Coolermaster does here you look at the actual fin or a whereas the cryo rig is dimpled which apparently helps air flow the cooler master is just straight fins when looking at the RAM clearance you can see if the cooler master isn't very good and the dome Platts didn't fit in the first row whereas with the cryo rig they do it's got plenty of clearance here's just a look of the two coolers in the system and yes the cooler master kind of takes away from the look and the cryo leg rig looks great now that we've kind of finished our overview of all of the products in question let's have a look at the actual systems that I tested them in when looking at the two systems I just want to again comment on the fact that the cryo rig was easy to mount in both the Intel and AMD systems where the cooler master was an absolute pain to mount on the AMD rig now let's have a look at the performance of the Evo versus vh7 now the first figures I'm going to be looking at have to do with the actual Intel system because I don't need to explain them that much now I was running a 7600 K as you saw at 4.5 gigahertz for the test and I was using either 60 for system stability tests and while they performed pretty closely the hybrid - 12 X was doing about 64 degrees Celsius this was in quite a cold room though and the h7 was hovering around 67 68 so yes the cooler master performed a bit better there and I have to admit it was actually quite a bit quieter as well and I think this is all down to the actual fan I mean obviously the quietness is down to the fan but the temperatures as well because the fan on the - 12 X can actually ramp up to about 2,000 rpm whereas the whereas the h7 is limited to about a thousand five hundred rpm so there's a lot more headroom available in the in the in the Evo so I think when it comes to strain out performance the Evo is definitely or better bet we're moving over to the actual AMD system things were a bit more interesting because for some reason the ND motherboard that I was using which the Asus x3 70 Strix was playing quite weirdly with a fan profile on the on the cooler and I didn't actually do anything to the fan profile because I didn't want to affect the results in any way but when running the actual 1700 X at a stock a stock clock I was getting about I was getting about 71 degrees on the h7 I was getting way lower than that on the on the hyper 212 but we're not really interesting was the hyper 212 was giving me around 68 69 degrees when I overclock the CPU to two 3.8 gigahertz but when I was running the h7 in the system it couldn't deal with the extra extra thermal load of overclocking it from three point five to three point eight so this system actually had to shut itself down to stop it from overheating completely and I was looking at the fan speed the whole time the test was running and it was weird because the mother board wasn't really responding to the increase in temperatures so the fan speeds stayed pretty much the same when it went from 30 degrees up to about 60 then it started ramping it up from a thousand rpm it's not ramping it up a bit but by the time that the fan went to its full speed the system was already at over eighty degrees and it was well on its way to the point where it actually shut down so I think you could have the cooler perform a bit better if you play around with with the fan profiles but I didn't want to do that because I wanted to test each of the coolers in its stock configuration so yeah the actual TDP of the 1700 X at 3.8 gigahertz was just too much for the h7 to handle which is a bit weird because when I look from the internet to see if these results were consistent with what everybody else was getting they didn't seem to be it seems that people were getting different results and that they were having way lower temperatures on their h7 then what I did is I took the cooler off and I reseated it and I was getting the exact same result I don't know what was going on to be honest and yeah so I think when you're looking at actually buying the h7 for a AMD based system I think that's something to take into account you're definitely gonna have to go into the BIOS and change the fan profiles for that one but it does mean that the the cooler is going to be louder the thing with it being louder though is that the hybrid 212 is definitely a quieter Luna where even when the fan is a 2,000 rpm is supposed to the thousand five hundred rpm of the age seven it's still quieter and you're getting better performance so on an Intel system I think there's not much in it between the two coolers but for an AMD system you should definitely be careful and with that I think it's time for a conclusion now first off let's talk about the hallow'd cooler master 212 now the thing is the Toula cooler master 212 performs quite well for its price it's got a really quiet fan and temperatures were fairly decent it's just a pretty terrible looking cooler to be honest I know it's down to personal preference but I just don't like the look of it and it's also a complete pain in the ass to mount on an AMD system so if your are going the rise in direction just keep that in mind it's gonna be hugely difficult to mount and you can potentially damage the fins on the cooler on an Intel system it's not as much of a problem now let's have a look at the h7 the h7 is a great cooler it looks at the part it really is a great looking cooler and it looks amazing in any system you put it in it just isn't as good performance wise is the - 12 X the fan is louder and it's not as powerful so it means that it can't deal with the same thermal thermal load as the as the - 12 X can and I think it's very close to being able to do because if you look at the am Intel test sorry not the AMD test if you look at the internal tests their performance was fairly close there was about three degrees in it so yes I think for an Intel system you could go for the h7 purely for an aesthetic reason I mean I would and actually have I think when comparing the h7 to the actual 212 Evo the stories a bit different but that's not what we're doing here today is the 212 Evo still King I think when it comes from a purely performance perspective it's doing really well for itself and I think it actually merits being tested against even more coolers in the future which is something we'll do but to be honest when it comes to the ease of mounting the looks I think I'll just go with an age 7 and then if you have a bit of money left in the end of the day I think I'd put a better fan on it which is something I'm gonna do a video on very soon anyway thank you very much for watching I hope you enjoyed the video if you did like subscribe and share with your friends if you didn't like it subscribe so you can hit on all my videos as they come out it sounds like a really good idea anyway thank you very much you