And if you’re concerned with build quality, the Noctua fan gets the nod there as well. Also at the same RPM, the Noctua fan was noticeably quieter. In my testing I’ve found that the differences in temperature were negligible when the fans were spinning at the same RPM. Now looking at that you may have come to the conclusion that the Cooler Master fan is superior but there are a few things to note. With the Cooler Master fan, starting at 40C, after 10 min. With the Noctua fan, starting at 40C, I ran Prime95 for 10min. They displayed about 8-10* lower than BIOS temperatures but we’ll still get an idea about how these fans perform. I had some trouble finding a Windows app that would provide accurate CPU temps so I ultimately ended up using motherboard software to monitor temps. The entire system is also pretty quiet, here’s how it sounds with the CPU fan around 1000 RPM.Īfter this it was time to test the performance so I fired up Prime95 and ran a large TFT stress test which is supposed to focus on max power consumption. Once that was done the rest of the install was pretty straight forward and it looks pretty good if you ask me.

These brackets actually came with the Hyper 212 EVO, they were not provided by Noctua just FYI.

You also have to prep the Noctua fan for install by screwing these two brackets into one side. Btw since I had mentioned my troubles installing the anti-vibration mounts previously, Noctua sent me a sample of some new one they’re working on which should make it a little bit easier to install into your case.Īnyway, now that we’ve got the basics out of the way it’s time to open up the case and remove the Cooler Master fan. In the packaging, which is pretty fancy I have to admit, you get a few things like a Y-cable, a low noise adapter, an extension cable, some screws and anti-vibration mounts. Also, I did a review earlier on their NF-S12A case fans so I’ll throw in a link where you can check that out as well. I’ll put a link to the Noctua page in the description where you can read more in depth about the technology that goes into these fans. These are 120mm fans and they feature some pretty cool things like a focused flow frame, a stepped inlet design, anti-vibration pads and their SSO2 Bearing among other things. It works optimally in situations where you want high static pressure. Now if you guys aren’t familiar with the NF-F12, it’s basically Noctua’s top of the line fan for heatsinks and radiators. Today, I’m going to put this, the Noctua NF-F12 on this, the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO and see if we can improve on our CPU temps.īig thanks to Noctua for sending me this fan to test out. Httpv://What’s goin on guys, Jerry here I’m back with another video.

Cooler master hyper 212 evo install pdf