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Tim S · 19th Nov 2007, 11:14

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200..._tx2_and_212/1

Cooler Master cracks out a couple of new heatsinks to wade in an sweep existing kings off their feet: First, there's a Freezer Pro 7 contender, the Hyper TX2, and a new alternative to the Noctua NF-U12, the Hyper 212. How do they stack up? We find out.

Jipa · 19th Nov 2007, 12:22

Is the mobo really as bent as it shows in this image: http://www.bit-tech.net/content_imag.../txmount-7.jpg ? Wouldn't like to see my lovely piece of hardware in such painful looking stance :/

[USRF]Obiwan · 19th Nov 2007, 12:48

I was just about to post the exactly same comment Jipa. This cant be good!

kosch · 19th Nov 2007, 12:48

Hmm the 212 looks like they have taken a Tuniq Tower and cut the fins in half and then switched them around.

oddball walking · 19th Nov 2007, 12:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jipa

Is the mobo really as bent as it shows in this image: http://www.bit-tech.net/content_imag.../txmount-7.jpg ? Wouldn't like to see my lovely piece of hardware in such painful looking stance :/

That can't be healthy, but on the plus side it looks kind of like Darth Vader.

Clocked · 19th Nov 2007, 12:56

I've noticed the bending before on the boards that get used for heatsink testing - I'd put it down to different tensions on different mountings but if the same board is getting bent like that it's only gonna be a matter of time before it breaks (pics please!)

mrb_no1 · 19th Nov 2007, 13:41

@Jipa, i agree! I like the fact that they are smaller than the scythe range of coolers, i just purchased and installed a scythe ninja and its massive, it has cranked my temps down from when i used the intel stock cooler but i had trouble getting the fan in with my ram, nice to see decent temps can be had with a smaller cooler...and the £10 one, no wonder it was given best value! nice review

Jipa · 19th Nov 2007, 13:44

But then again.. If you compare the kink on that mobo to the one I saw at Campus Party that's not so big of a deal... However I'd like to point out that whoever made that to the poor mobo on purpose should be punished...

Bindibadgi · 19th Nov 2007, 14:27

Look how big the graph is and how many heatsink installs I've subjected the same board to! I'll make sure I'll straighten it out in future but I think it's just been flexed too much

Jipa · 19th Nov 2007, 14:39

Bindi: do you reckon it's the pins of the stock 775-cooler that do that or does the same problem appear also with bolt-through mounting? Sure most users change the cooler once or twice, so that's not a big of a deal, but I'm just interested in why mobos do that..

Bindibadgi · 19th Nov 2007, 14:58

pins mostly - because you have to press from the top without underneath support. With bolts you're meant to tighten opposite ones evenly and stop before it bends.

You can still bend it back easily enough, and if it's screwed in your case firmly it shouldn't bend as much.

OleJ · 19th Nov 2007, 15:54

You have gotten centimeter and milimeter mixed up on page on 1:
"The build quality is very good and the 90cm sleeve bearing cooling fan is rated at just 22dB. It's designed to draw air in from the sides as well as the front before forcing it inwards - as a result, Cooler Master claims that this gives the effective cooling of a 100cm fan instead."

Should be "mm" not "cm" otherwise that would be some big ass fans

Bindibadgi · 19th Nov 2007, 17:10

They are big

drakanious · 19th Nov 2007, 17:51

Yeah, but not 90 CENTImeters--that's huge.

Tyinsar · 19th Nov 2007, 18:37

90cm

that would NOT fit into my case.

Thanks for the reviews.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jipa

But then again.. If you compare the kink on that mobo to the one I saw at Campus Party that's not so big of a deal... However I'd like to point out that whoever made that to the poor mobo on purpose should be punished...

What was he on when he did that?

Bindibadgi · 19th Nov 2007, 18:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by drakanious

Yeah, but not 90 CENTImeters--that's huge.

Next weeks review: 90m fan.

Week after: fan guard.. possibly.

SinxarKnights · 19th Nov 2007, 22:49

I would like to see the temps for the stock Intel and AMD coolers. They are not included in this review or the last one.

christopher3393 · 20th Nov 2007, 01:52

This is the first disappointing review I've read on this site in quite a while. The reviewer needs to take a clear stance on the results and make a clear and intelligent comparison with the selected Noctua Cooler. Muddled as is.

Woodstock · 20th Nov 2007, 05:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jipa

But then again.. If you compare the kink on that mobo to the one I saw at Campus Party that's not so big of a deal... However I'd like to point out that whoever made that to the poor mobo on purpose should be punished...

wholly crap, who would purposefully bend a motherboard

Bindibadgi · 20th Nov 2007, 08:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by christopher3393

This is the first disappointing review I've read on this site in quite a while. The reviewer needs to take a clear stance on the results and make a clear and intelligent comparison with the selected Noctua Cooler. Muddled as is.

OK.

There isn't a direct comparison - despite the very similar design, the Noctua is designed for silence and comes with an 800rpm fan, the Cooler Master comes with a 2000rpm fan and has a far greater performance, as well as noise as a result. You can swap out the fans for alternatives, with each other if need be, and they'd probably perform about the same because of it. You don't buy a Noctua expecting ultimate performance, like you don't buy a 212 expecting silence, but both can do either, just not out the box. It doesn't even come with inbuilt fan regulation like you get with the Thermaltakes.

There are too many options to say, "get this, don't get that" because you can do more than just take it out the box and throw it on a CPU.

I personally would not buy the 212 because of the noise, I wouldn't get the Noctua either because it's particularly low slung making it incompatible with a fair few motherboards. I'd still get either Thermaltake or stick with my Arctic Cooler Freezer 7 Pro.

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19th Nov 2007, 12:22	#2
Jipa Licenced idiot. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 3,062	Is the mobo really as bent as it shows in this image: http://www.bit-tech.net/content_imag.../txmount-7.jpg ? Wouldn't like to see my lovely piece of hardware in such painful looking stance :/ __________________ Abit IP35 - E6750 - 8800GT 1024 MB - 2 GB 800 MHz - enough HDDs - 750 W Silverstone - CM Storm Sniper Asus P5Q-VM - Q9450 - 4 GB - 400 W Silverstone - Fortress FT01 AllTheMods - MetkuMods - LedCalc

19th Nov 2007, 12:48	#3
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19th Nov 2007, 12:56	#6
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19th Nov 2007, 13:44	#8
Jipa Licenced idiot. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 3,062	But then again.. If you compare the kink on that mobo to the one I saw at Campus Party that's not so big of a deal... However I'd like to point out that whoever made that to the poor mobo on purpose should be punished... __________________ Abit IP35 - E6750 - 8800GT 1024 MB - 2 GB 800 MHz - enough HDDs - 750 W Silverstone - CM Storm Sniper Asus P5Q-VM - Q9450 - 4 GB - 400 W Silverstone - Fortress FT01 AllTheMods - MetkuMods - LedCalc

19th Nov 2007, 14:27	#9
Bindibadgi Richard Swinburne bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omnipwntent Posts: 28,264	Look how big the graph is and how many heatsink installs I've subjected the same board to! I'll make sure I'll straighten it out in future but I think it's just been flexed too much __________________ Made you look, made you stare, made you clicked this in your underwear! Den of Geek!

19th Nov 2007, 14:39	#10
Jipa Licenced idiot. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 3,062	Bindi: do you reckon it's the pins of the stock 775-cooler that do that or does the same problem appear also with bolt-through mounting? Sure most users change the cooler once or twice, so that's not a big of a deal, but I'm just interested in why mobos do that.. __________________ Abit IP35 - E6750 - 8800GT 1024 MB - 2 GB 800 MHz - enough HDDs - 750 W Silverstone - CM Storm Sniper Asus P5Q-VM - Q9450 - 4 GB - 400 W Silverstone - Fortress FT01 AllTheMods - MetkuMods - LedCalc

19th Nov 2007, 14:58	#11
Bindibadgi Richard Swinburne bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omnipwntent Posts: 28,264	pins mostly - because you have to press from the top without underneath support. With bolts you're meant to tighten opposite ones evenly and stop before it bends. You can still bend it back easily enough, and if it's screwed in your case firmly it shouldn't bend as much. __________________ Made you look, made you stare, made you clicked this in your underwear! Den of Geek!

19th Nov 2007, 15:54	#12
OleJ Me! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 1,986	You have gotten centimeter and milimeter mixed up on page on 1: "The build quality is very good and the 90cm sleeve bearing cooling fan is rated at just 22dB. It's designed to draw air in from the sides as well as the front before forcing it inwards - as a result, Cooler Master claims that this gives the effective cooling of a 100cm fan instead." Should be "mm" not "cm" otherwise that would be some big ass fans __________________ Quickr! Clickr to my Flickr! Canon camera stuff. Some aluminium PC, an HTPC and a MBP 17"..

19th Nov 2007, 17:10	#13
Bindibadgi Richard Swinburne bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omnipwntent Posts: 28,264	They are big __________________ Made you look, made you stare, made you clicked this in your underwear! Den of Geek!

19th Nov 2007, 17:51	#14
drakanious Minimodder Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 21	Yeah, but not 90 CENTImeters--that's huge.

19th Nov 2007, 22:49	#17
SinxarKnights Modder Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 54	I would like to see the temps for the stock Intel and AMD coolers. They are not included in this review or the last one.

20th Nov 2007, 01:52	#18
christopher3393 What's a Dremel? Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 5	This is the first disappointing review I've read on this site in quite a while. The reviewer needs to take a clear stance on the results and make a clear and intelligent comparison with the selected Noctua Cooler. Muddled as is.