15 Years A King: Cooler Master Hyper 212 in 2022 Benchmarked (Black Edition)

Sponsor: Buy Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut paste on Amazon () or Hydronaut paste for water cooling (Amazon - ) We’re revisiting and benchmarking the Cooler Master Hyper 212, specifically using the Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition (a more recent, but still many-years-old successor) to see how the 212 does against more modern coolers. Newer alternatives include the Deepcool AK400, Thermalright Assassin Spirit 120, and Vetroo V5. We’ll also cover performance results versus the stock AMD CPU coolers, like the AMD Wraith and AMD Stealth coolers. The best way to support our work is through our store: Our GN Large PC Building Modmat now has a 7-YEAR WARRANTY, including some accidental damage coverage for end users! Grab one and support our testing over here: Watch our Deepcool AK400 CPU cooler review here: Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: RELATED PRODUCTS Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition on Amazon - DeepCool AK400 on Amazon: Arctic Freezer 34 Esports Duo on Amazon: Scythe Fuma 2 on Amazon: Vetroo V5 on Amazon: Noctua NH-U12S Redux on Amazon: Or if you want some liquid cooling there’s the Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 on Amazon: TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Revisiting the GOAT 01:15 - Testing the Best Version of the Hyper 212 (Black Edition RGB) 04:53 - Build Quality & Mechanical Aspects 07:10 - Installation & Complaints 11:08 - Pressure Testing 12:46 - Flatness Testing 13:15 - 68W Ryzen 5 Heat Load at 35dBA Normalized 14:44 - VRM Thermals Were Interesting 15:43 - 100% Fan Speed with 68W R5 17:20 - 123W R7 Heat Load at 35dBA Normalized 18:21 - 123W R7 at 100T Fan Speed 19:00 - Conclusion ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video (“this video is brought to you by“) and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or “sponsored content“ (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: f: w: Host, Writing, Test Lead: Steve Burke Testing, Installation Host, Editing: Mike Gaglione Video Editing, Camera: Andrew Coleman