212+ is enough. No need to spend extra bucks for the EVO. Can easily vouch for 212 plus, I have all of them on my PCs. All are still working
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Ah okay. I just had no clue what was the difference/what was better.
Seems EVO isn't that much better. :o
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Performance 212+ = 212 Evo (tested)
Note:
i have a 212+ and v8, in this moment.(2PCs)
See:<
Phenom II x4 965 (OC 3.97Ghz)
212+ (2000rpm) = 29Β°min / 46Β° max
V8 (2000rpm)= 29Β° min / 45Β° max
whith artic silver 5.
212+ is a exelentent air cooler.
[Sorry for my english.]
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I think it is fantastic that we are still using the Arctic Silver product line after so many years.
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They're both good the Evo is just a little better because there's no space between the heat pipes at the base. That means you get more of the pipes directly over the cores and makes it a little easier to correctly apply the thermal paste.
Unless your case has a cutout behind the motherboard you will have to remove it because the 212 mounts with a backplate.
Either can handle a fair amount of overclocking.
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Go buy a Noctua or Scythe (Mugen) these are the bests for air cooling.
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I have a 212 evo on an i7 3770k @ 4.2 ghz and my temps while gaming are around 50-60c? Depends on the game and how hardcore it's using the CPU/GPU (cause gpu heats up the case which in terms brings some heat up to the cpu as well?)
Anyway, the temps seem really good, on a 100% stress test I don't think I went past 77c?
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Oh neat. Guess now is time to buy.
I always forget to do rebates. ;_;
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So yea. Which one? (Or recommend a different one.) (Budget 50$ max.)
Also do I have to remove my MoBo to install it?(I hope not... one of my screws on the MoBo is stripped. ;_;)
So glad I have you guys for my retarded questions. <3
EDITED: Also, are they good for overclocking? GPU is gtx 670, CPU is i5 3570k.
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