Question on hyper 212 black edition height.
Hey friends, quick question. The hyper 212 black edition is listed on coolermaster's website to have a height of 158.8mm. Is this height measured all the way to the top of the heat pipes that extend from the top? Or is the height just measured to the top solid cap? If anyone knows, or has one to measure, the help would be greatly appreciated.
Posted Sep 27, 2019, 3:44 PM UTC
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The purpose of the measurements given for a cooler is to help people figure out if it will fit in their cases. The measurement would be useless otherwise so the height given in the specs should include everything including the top hats as I call them! 😁 In this illustration you can see that the height includes them:http://us.coolermaster.com/en/images/upload/images/cooling/Hyper-212-EVO-measurement-600.jpg
Amazing! That technical drawing is exactly what I've been looking for! thank you so much.
in case youre wondering, I'm planning a slight case mod to accomodate larger coolers. outlines here
Though, that image is for the Hyper 212 Evo. I looked for a similar image for black edition, and there's not one with technical dimension drawings for it. Is the heat sink design on that one identical?
The black edition is just 0.3 mm taller (at 158.8 mm) due to the thickness of the coating so it is essentially the same. It certainly is not lower then the Evo model. One risk I can see with the mod you might be doing is that since the case is not 100% solid if someone (you or someone else) bumps into it or you want to move the case then it might cause the cooler to put a lot of extra pressure against the CPU causing potential damage. The ideal cooler for this cases and that Cougar promotes for it is to use a front mounted 240 mm radiator AIO cooler something like the Cooler Master ML240R RGB.
my case is down in a pretty secure location, and I only live with one other person, no kids or small animals. It's a valid concern though, as I'd likely have to uninstall the cooler if I ever need to move my case due to the pressure concerns. but that's easy enough to do.
I would love to go with an AIO water cooler, but they're rather expensive and a bit overkill for my needs. Most of why I'm looking to get the hyper 212 is the pretty low cost; its almost a 3rd of the cost of a ML240R. Even the least expensive 240mm rad AIO coolers are barely into the mid $50's is the extra preformance of an AIO worth the extra $20 or more as well as the added point of failure (being the pump)?