Most Popular CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Standard CPU cooling is fine for many, but for those looking to overclock, build a quieter PC, or just get a little thermal insurance, aftermarket cooling is where it comes in. We asked you about your favorites and then reviewed the five best CPU coolers . It’s time to highlight your favorite.
Voting started quite actively in favor of our best candidate, but the longer the poll took, the more often three sides had to fight for the first place. Nonetheless, Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO retained the lead and took first place with over 33% of the vote. Its affordability, design and overall cost effectiveness cannot be denied.
The second place with almost 29% of the votes was taken by one of the two universal water cooling units in our review, the Corsair H-110 , which we liked enough in the past to make it stand out separately . You praised it for its ease of setup and affordability. Third place went to the ever- popular Noctua NH-D15 , a massive CPU cooler that can keep your CPU cool and quiet, or even cold and loud, depending on what you want. Its dual-fan design with a heatsink can cool even heavily overclocked systems. He got over 23% of the vote. Fourth place with over 8% of the votes was taken by the older but still good Zalman CNPS9500A , a compact design air cooler. In fifth place with more than 6% of the votes cast was theSwiftech H220-X universal water cooling system , which many would call one of the best, but its price and high-class character. alienate many of you from the setup.
To learn more about each of them and honorable mentions not listed here, be sure to return to the full Hive Five feature to find out more.