Cooler Master Hyper 612 PWM CPU Cooler Review

Testing
The following system was used in testing:

Case:  Fractal Design Core 3000
Motherboard: ASRock 890FX Deluxe5
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz
Memory: 2x2GB Patriot Gseries DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz
Video Card: Sapphire HD 5830 Xtreme 1GB
CPU cooling:

Tests were conducted under idle and load states. The computer was left to sit after 30 minutes after being turned on to check the idle temperature. The load temperature was found by running the latest version of Prime95 which supports multi-core CPUs by default. Temperatures were obtained through SpeedFan.

CPU Cooler

Idle (°C)

Load (°C)

Thermaltake Frio OCK – High

35°C

52°C

Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Pro

35°C

52°C

Cooler Master Hyper 612 PWM

29°C

54°C

Cooler Master GeminII S524

33°C

54°C

NZXT Havik 140

35°C

54°C

Thermaltake Frio OCK – Low

37°C

55°C

The tests revealed a very nice and low 29°C idle and a moderate 54°C under load conditions. I was expecting more for such a large cooler, at least under the load conditions. Perhaps adding that second fan would give you those extra couple degree drop.