Hyper 212+ Evo Help!

You want the fan to be a PUSH fan.

It is aircooling after all, you can't expect very low temperatures.

i have it as a push fan currently, but from what i can tell others get drastically lower temps with the same cpu and heatsink at higher/ the same overclock

Something is most likely wrong. My friend has his OC'd to 4.8 with only an evo cooling it and gets lower temps than that. I would take it off. Make sure you clean both the heatsink and cpu of the old thermal. Then reapply/reinstall.

*Edit* Make sure you are getting thermal into all the grooves as well

i will try this, what method of applying the thermal paste should i use?

Please don't make 2 threads for the exact same issue... 1 is enough.

The 212, while offering good performance for a very attractive price is by no means a top end cooler. Here's what I saw on 1st day after building Son No. 3's box with a 2600k and Thermalright Silver Arrow

Stock 51,53, 53, 51 (1.224) LLC = Auto
4.0 Ghz 52, 54, 55, 52 (1.016-1.024) LLC = Auto
4.2 GHz 54, 56, 57, 55 (1.256 - 1.264) LLC = Auto
4.4 Ghz 56, 60, 60, 67 (1.280 - 1.288) LLC = Auto
4.6 Ghz 62, 66, 68, 65 (1.360 - 1.368) LLC = High
4.8 Ghz 71, 77, 79, 72 LLC = Ultra High* (1.408 - 1.416)

Was able to knock the 4.8 numbers down about 4-5C w/ some tweaking after TIM had cured. The 2600 runs about 7C hotter than the 2500k at 4.8 Ghz

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_conten...



In my experience, you should be seeing about 5-7C above those numbers above at 4.2 Ghz ...... 59 - 64 C

Depends on ambient temps too