Our NZXT Phantom gave it plenty of room to work in, but users with a smaller mid-tower chassis shouldn’t run into any problems other than the 158.5mm height. The fairly compact design of the Hyper 212 EVO minimizes interference when installed inside a case. If you own tall modules such as Corsair Vengeance or Mushkin Ridgeback, you aren’t going to fit them under the fan without being forced to mount it further up the heatsink. The Corsair XMS3 modules we used are slightly taller than a bare PCB but do have a few millimetres of clearance above them. RAM compatibility with the Hyper 212 EVO is, as expected, limited. The Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO has a compatibility bracket available (AM4 SOCKET MOUNTING KIT Gen1 - SKU 246918) which will be free with purchase of the Cooler. Hopefully Cooler Master will discontinue these labels on their future coolers as they are little more than an eye-sore. Cooler Master attach 2 frustratingly large labels to the black fan cable which can easily ruin the appearance of a system’s internals. On the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo the screws extend far enough for the backplate to be held in place by the bolts, it does not affect how tight the cooler is mounted on the CPU side. The overall installation process was very quick, provided you are able to overcome the irritating backplate installation procedure. The cooler is able to rotate by quite a large degree due to the minimalistic ‘clamping’ method Cooler Master use which loosely secures the retention plate in place. Security isn’t a particularly strong point for the Hyper 212 EVO’s installation. Once the retention plate is pushed through the cooler’s central gap and configured for the correct socket, you simply screw its spring-loaded screws into the 4 stand-offs. This doesn’t sound particularly challenging, but the fact that the stand-offs would barely pass through the backplate’s seemingly mis-shaped holes made it difficult. The method forces you to insert stand-offs from the CPU side through the mounting holes and then on through the backplate before securing them with a nut.
Please check with your local distributor for further details.Attaching the universal backplate to our LGA 1155 motherboard was slightly more frustrating than usual. *AMD AM4 upgrade kit needed, please visit:, *The supplied accessories may differ by country or area.
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