CoolIT Systems ECO >>VS<< Cooler Master Hyper 212+

So ive been having heat problems latly, since summer hit and outside temps went up, and on the advice of some members here i picked up a CM hyper 212 on sale online for $9.99 canadian....well it arived today, and i have it installed, but before i put it in i ran a 25 min stress test on the ECO to check the temps to compare to the 212.....the cpu is an I5 2500K @ 4.0 with the voltage at 1.25V
I ran a stress test useing OCCT, for 25 min to see how warm things got.

The ECO after 25 min was hitting core temps of:
Core 0: 61
Core 1: 64
Core 2: 64
Core 3: 63

After i gave it a 10 min cooldown time the idle temps were:
Core 0: 40
Core 1: 40
Core 2: 41
Core 3: 41


Now i ran the same test again for the same 25 min span with the Hyper 212

Core 0: 54
Core 1: 58
Core 2: 59
Core 3: 57

and again i gave it a cooldown (only 7 min this time...i wasnt patient anymore)

Core 0: 38
Core 1: 37
Core 2: 38
Core 3: 38

All temps are in C

So after installing the 212, im seeing idle temps just about 3C lower than the ECO, but the load temps im seeing seem to be about 5C lower.....all in all i think this was a good buy =D thanks for the advice guys

Temp drop is very nice dude, well done. The 212 is a really good cooler for the price. I used one before I moved to the NH-D14.

for that price you did nothing wrong mate

I got 4X4 gb sticka of low profile kingston hyper x ram....the fan on the heatsink just fits over the ram....however the fan can be moved up if you need more room.....so ya i have ram in all 4 banks

the fan just clears my 4 sticks of low profile Kingston HyperX ram, but the fan can be moved up or down a little bit in case you need the room



the hyper 212 heatsink is thicker than the rad AND the fan on the ECO togeather




i have some pics of how it looks inside the case....however, i did this in my kitchen shortly before supper time....and with no cpu backplate cut out in my case, i had to pull the MB all the way out to change my backplate....in a hurry to get it back together the wiring job is now something that makes me want to cry....the Antec 900 is soo bad for wiring

Or you could just put the fan on the other side I love it when someone goes back to good ol' air cooling

That's nice I was going to get the ECO coolIT but when I was looking for reviews they seem to leak quite often so luckily I didn't get one .

Dilzo999 said:

That's nice I was going to get the ECO coolIT but when I was looking for reviews they seem to leak quite often so luckily I didn't get one .

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Mine never did leak on me, or give me any problems at all....it worked (and still works) perfect. I just needed more cooling abilities for my cpu, and the CM Hyper 212 cools better than the ECO

The only closed watercooling one in all that is worth it and cools good, is the H100.. IMHO!
all the others i beat with a TX3 (puss pull) :huh:

Buit nice results mate, work well done @!

can the hyper 212's fan be swapped out or does it have a proprietary mount I've heard good things about it but i want to swap the fan out to match some others if i get it

robbiess said:

can the hyper 212's fan be swapped out or does it have a proprietary mount I've heard good things about it but i want to swap the fan out to match some others if i get it

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Yup you can easily.