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Coolermaster hyper212+ overhyped or user error?

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oilfieldtrash

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This thing is not living up to the hype. I have it mounted with some artic silver thermal paste with push/pull fan config and it's great at stock speeds and maybe up to 3.0 ghz but that's it. Was all the great reviews a crock? Has anyone else had success with this thing? If so what'd do? I have two 3000 rpm fans I could use but I'm not wanting to use them because of the noise. It's on a i7 920 D0 with fan that came with it and additional 40cfm fan. What about lapping it? Never done that before but if it would help I'd try it if I could get some directions on how to do it.
 
It's not that great of a heatsink. It's the price/performance leader IIRC but you'd be better off with the stock cooler and saving another $20-$30 to get a Mega.
 
eddieck said:
It's not that great of a heatsink. It's the price/performance leader IIRC but you'd be better off with the stock cooler and saving another $20-$30 to get a Mega.
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I was thinking it wasn't that great but all the reviews pratically have it trading blows with the megahalems.
 
Or spending $5-$10 more on a CoGage TRUE Spirit would be a better option.
Everything I've seen of the 212+ is it's suitable for lower clocks but can't stand the heat that other coolers can.
 
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