Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler Review

1. Cooler Master2. Packaging and Bundle3. The Cooler Master Hyper 612S4. Installing the Cooler Master Hyper 612S5. Testing Methodology and Performance6. Closing Thoughts7. View All Pages

To test the Cooler Master Hyper 612S we used an ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional motherboard combined with an AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Processor. For our overclocked results, the CPU was clocked to 4.0 GHz using a baseclock of 200MHz, a multiplier of 20x and a core voltage of 1.45V.

Test System

Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional
Memory: 4 GB (2x 2GB) Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3 1600MHz
Thermal Paste: Arctic Cooling MX-3
Graphics Card: HIS Radeon 5550 Silence

For our temperature tests we set both fans to maximum and loaded the system for 15 minutes using Prime 95. We then restarted the system and left it idling at the desktop for 15 minutes before recording temperatures. Room temperature was maintained at 20 degrees Celsius for the duration of the tests.

The temperatures we recorded are very impressive for a £35 cooler.

To test noise level emissions we switched off all the case fans so we are just taking into account the noise generated by the cooler itself.  Even when the fan was on full speed, it still didn't reach the 30 dBA minimum sensitivity of our noise level meter.  This means the cooler is very quiet indeed, making it ideal for users who want a quiet system build.

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