Prior to establishing the mounting pressure you'll need to have already applied your thermal paste and although opinions regarding the correct amount vary as widely as you can imagine, the old adage about opinions being like a very distinctly distasteful body part would certainly seem to apply here. Neither of those statements is entirely accurate and although it's a system that leaves much to be desired, consider it's also only a fraction of the price of any of the high end Noctua, Phanteks, Cryorig or Thermalright coolers, or any comparable performance liquid cooler. I've read statements related to the center screw that range anywhere from 'It does nothing, I don't even know why it's there', to 'It's only purpose is to align the cross pieces and keep the unit from moving'. Intel LGA 1150/1155 installation video instructions

The only real difference between any of the supported socket types is the backplate orientation. Either method could be applied to the other socket type which is why I included both versions. The LGA 1150/1155 tutorial shows it being done with the motherboard outside the case, which is much easier, and the AM3+ tutorial shows it being done with the motherboard already installed. Since abundant tutorials for the basic installation of the Hyper 212 EVO, as well as other Cooler Master products with similar mounting strategies like the Hyper 212 Plus and Hyper 212 X, I'll simply say for the basics you can either google it or use one of these below which I happen to think are among the better versions. What I do intend to address by way of this tutorial are the problems encountered by many users that are not addressed in those tutorials, chiefly, the correct method of establishing sufficient mounting pressure.

Slightly more expensive Thermalright or Scythe model.) There are many alternatives to this cooler that are similar or cheaperĪND perform better including some of the Deepcool and Arctic coolers or you can opt for substantially better performance with a (Personally, I believe the Deepcool Gammaxx 400 is a better choice, that's usually less expensive, if you haven'tĪlready purchased the 212 EVO. There are already a ton of tutorials on how to install the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO on various motherboard sockets along with the corresponding backplates, so I won't bother creating another repetitive tutorial on that. Solving temperature issues with the Hyper 212 EVO

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