who is using an cooler master evo 212

[dave c]

how do u like it ? what cpu do u have it on ?
im thinking about one for my fx8320 ive hit a thermal wall at 4.5ghz with the stock cooler that has been lapped along with a lapped cpu and as5.
its 40 bucks to buy one roughly , good choice for me ? or should i hold off and try one of the all in one 60-80$ water coolers

very open to suggestions i just need to keep it osmewhat reasonable as money is really damn tight right now, all i care about is performance , noise does not bother me one bit

[dave c]

newegg also has open box hyper 212 plus ones for 23 bucks how well would one of those work
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065R

[dave c]

anyone?

[Al]

I've got one on one of my 3770k's and it works fine oced to 4.4ghz. Will it cool your FX at the clocks you want to run 24/7? I'd say no. Then again, I would've bet you'd never get an FX to 4.5 on a stock cooler.

[dave c]

I've got one on one of my 3770k's and it works fine oced to 4.4ghz. Will it cool your FX at the clocks you want to run 24/7? I'd say no. Then again, I would've bet you'd never get an FX to 4.5 on a stock cooler.

technically i cant really say 4.5ghz as i cant use all 8 cores at that speed 4.3/4.4 is as far as i can go and use all 8 cores without me staring to worry about cpu temps i start to worry at about 54/55*c so about 5/6*c before max

my delimea is the evo 212 is cheap , but may not be enough to cool , and with so many choices in the all in one water coolers that starts at 60$'s and go up i have no idea how they would compare.
i should have just enough spare cash i can spend shortly so id like to narrow something down i guess worse comes to worse just grab the evo 212 and go as far as i can safley with it , and then just run that until i have the money i can spend again and just go after something better at that time

[Al]

I believe the max temp for the fx is 61 or 62c. I ran all 8 cores of my 8150 @ 4.5, 24/7 for a year and a half without a problem at 57 - 58c with a Noctua cooler. The Noctua actually replaced the Hyper 212 EVO because the evo couldn't cool all 8 cores on some of the more taxing projects.

Edit: though Vishera was an improvement over Bulldozer, I don't see you gaining much crunching speed by going over 4.5ghz.

[dave c]

I believe the max temp for the fx is 61 or 62c. I ran all 8 cores of my 8150 @ 4.5, 24/7 for a year and a half without a problem at 57 - 58c with a Noctua cooler. The Noctua actually replaced the Hyper 212 EVO because the evo couldn't cool all 8 cores on some of the more taxing projects.

Edit: though Vishera was an improvement over Bulldozer, I don't see you gaining much crunching speed by going over 4.5ghz.


what noctua cooler? , from what ive read 60*c is the max for 24/7 use and 62*c will cause it to shut down
i may just have to stick it at 4.5ghz and call it good then

[Al]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002VKVZ1A?pc_redir=1408947879&robot_redir=1

I had mine up to 72c during Prime95 testing and it never shut down due to heat.

[dave c]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002VKVZ1A?pc_redir=1408947879&robot_redir=1

I had mine up to 72c during Prime95 testing and it never shut down due to heat.

damn id have freaked out by 64* lol, and holy crap that thing isnt cheap.
and yes amd sucks when it comes to actually specifications

[Al]

damn id have freaked out by 64* lol, and holy crap that thing isnt cheap.
and yes amd sucks when it comes to actually specifications
Just turn the temp monitors off, that's what I do and I sleep much better. ;) You're right, the Noctua isn't cheap, but as far as air cooling goes, it doesn't get much better.

I will say one thing about my 8150, it did hold it's value. I paid $199, ran it hard for 2 years and just sold it for $125...replaced it with a 3770k.

[Bryan]

.replaced it with a 3770k.

Aha, no wonder you're getting the huge credits on Sztaki =))

[dave c]

Just turn the temp monitors off, that's what I do and I sleep much better. ;) You're right, the Noctua isn't cheap, but as far as air cooling goes, it doesn't get much better.

I will say one thing about my 8150, it did hold it's value. I paid $199, ran it hard for 2 years and just sold it for $125...replaced it with a 3770k.

i think i paid 98$'s for mine brand new lol , i think if i am going to spend that much ill save up a lil longer and get a water cooler, just so many options and it confuses me even more , cant we just go back to 1998 when computer stuff was much simpler lol

[dave c]

installed a evo 212 + on the new machine today allsi can say is i wish i knew if it would work this good on the fx 9xxx series
100% load temps with the stock amd cooler were just shy of the danger zone at 58*c at stock speed
100% load temps witht he evo are now 35*c max with the fan still basically at idle speed at an 4.4ghz overclock

might have to get another evo to put on my a8 machine so i can throw an even bigger oc on that