You will pay a little bit more for the simplicity-the Hyper 212 Evo V2 comes with a small price bump over its predecessor. These improvements address that yawning gap between 2011’s build sensibilities and today’s streamlined processes, the latter of which is far friendlier toward newbies. In fairness to Cooler Master, the Evo V1 was not fussier to install than its contemporaries at the time, but vendors have come a long way in simplifying the process of PC building. On the whole, the new Evo provides a much better user experience-almost a night-and-day difference compared to the original. The Evo V2 is also shorter than its predecessor by 4mm, making it a slightly easier fit in compact cases. 1.7mm H2O), and slight decrease in airflow (max CFM of 62 vs.

9-31 dBA), increase in static air pressure (max of 2.52mm H2O vs. Cooler Master has swapped out the 120mm XtraFlow fan for a 120mm SickleFlow V2 model the latter offers a wider speed range (600-1800 RPM vs. Two additional noteworthy changes complete the Hyper 212 Evo’s facelift. Our video includes a full walkthrough of the installation process, so you can see how simple it is for yourself. With the Hyper 212 Evo V1, installation could take a newbie as much as 30 minutes-with the Evo V2, we finished in less than 10 minutes. New installation brackets make mounting the cooler onto the motherboard a breeze, and an equally new asymmetrical design offsets the heatsink, allowing the included fan to sit clear of the RAM slots.

Nor will you need to meticulously calculate the height of your RAM. Now, as you’ll see in our video below, you no longer have to deal with the Evo V1’s maddening X-shaped bracket. Despite nearly a decade of feedback from users, Cooler Master left the Hyper 212 Evo relatively untouched since its launch in 2011, instead releasing variants of the vanilla Hyper 212 that adressed installation headaches.The fiddliness of the popular Evo lingered on until this year’s CES, where Cooler Master showed off the revamped version.

These updates have been a very long time coming. With it comes all of Cooler Master’s promised design improvements to its ever-popular budget CPU cooler.

After months of waiting, version two of the Hyper 212 Evo will finally hit the streets in just a few weeks.

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