Replacement fan for Hyper 212 Evo?

[Cookie]

If I could confidently I would. It's more than time. Though conversely it's also time for a total platform upgrade anyways. Intel just needs to come out with the right chip or Ryzen 3 needs to blow everyone's pants off.

0. Order thermal paste (non conductive), once it arrives,
1. Turn off and uplugg everything.
2. Lie PC flat on side
3. remove side panel
4. remove fan by removing plastic grip and cable from mobo. Careful not to knock the RAM
5. Unscrew EVO evenly. I think a philips screw driver here.
6. Once EVO is off wipe old ass crusty paste off. Use whatever you want, tissue paper etc.
7. Apply rice size or slightly bigger thermal paste. To little and it doesnt spread, to much and it flows off the CPU.
8. Put EVO back in case. tighten screws evenly. Don't make it tight. EVO must hug the CPU not smother it
9. replace EVO fan with new fan. plug into mobo
10. Place cover back on
11. Lift PC plug everything in
12. Victory dance
13. Unlucky to have 13 steps so we did it in 12!

 

[Sola Scriptura]

remove fans, unscrew the cooler from the mounting mechanism, twist the cooler a bit to the left and to the right if it is stuck to the cpu because of crusty old thermal paste.
remove the cooler.
watch this vid on applying thermal paste to cpu
watch from 2:27

follow this vid on how to install your cooler. First do a test run to see that you can install it correctly before you apply the thermal paste. Always tighten the screws in a x pattern, meaning tighten screw at the top left a bit then the one at the bottom right a bit, etc to spread out the pressure evenly.
watch from 8:25

 

[SCHUMI4EVER]

0. Order thermal paste (non conductive), once it arrives,
1. Turn off and uplugg everything.
2. Lie PC flat on side
3. remove side panel
4. remove fan by removing plastic grip and cable from mobo. Careful not to knock the RAM
5. Unscrew EVO evenly. I think a philips screw driver here.
6. Once EVO is off wipe old ass crusty paste off. Use whatever you want, tissue paper etc.
7. Apply rice size or slightly bigger thermal paste. To little and it doesnt spread, to much and it flows off the CPU.
8. Put EVO back in case. tighten screws evenly. Don't make it tight. EVO must hug the CPU not smother it
9. replace EVO fan with new fan. plug into mobo
10. Place cover back on
11. Lift PC plug everything in
12. Victory dance
13. Unlucky to have 13 steps so we did it in 12!

Trying desperately not static the fuck out of everything or touch something I'm not meant to to. Or bump something I'm not meant to.



Wait a second though....I don't need access to the backplate? I thought I would have to completely remove the mount? I can do it all from the "top"?

 

[Cookie]

Trying desperately not static the fuck out of everything or touch something I'm not meant to to. Or bump something I'm not meant to.



Wait a second though....I don't need access to the backplate? I thought I would have to completely remove the mount? I can do it all from the "top"?

Static is a myth! Ok not really haha but its not as common as people think. Just dont rub your socks on the carpet for 20min 🤷‍♂️ Put cream on your hands if you are really worried about static.

Oh ye, I cant remember how the EVO mounts. The screws go through to the back, are there nuts on the other side of the motherboard? Still not really an issue, just tilt the PC upright take the other side panel off and work with 2 hands

 

[Sola Scriptura]

Yes you dont need to remove the backplate. Just touch your case somewhere where its not painted while it is plugged into the wall to discharge yourself. Dont worry too much about static, ull be fine, the verge did fine.

 

[SCHUMI4EVER]

Yes you dont need to remove the backplate. Just touch your case somewhere where its not painted while it is plugged into the wall to discharge yourself. Dont worry too much about static, ull be fine, the verge did fine.

Curse you Megatokyo.

It's a webcomic, Largo one of the chars was always so hypercritical of people that assembled systems whilst not n4k3d due to static.

Though oddly I've never cared about static for most things. It's just the mobo, CPU and GPU which give me heebyjeebies. But I'll happily switch out RAM or a HDD/SSD without a care in the world.

 

[SCHUMI4EVER]

K so feeling a bit brave atm. Which of these do I get?

Thermal Pastes - Rebel Tech

A collection of thermal compounds for CPUs and GPUs. If your CPU is idling hotter than usual, try replacing the thermal paste.

www.rebeltech.co.za

The 1g Aeronaut?

 

[Sola Scriptura]

Curse you Megatokyo.

It's a webcomic, Largo one of the chars was always so hypercritical of people that assembled systems whilst not n4k3d.

Though oddly I've never cared about static for most things. It's just the mobo, CPU and GPU which give me heebyjeebies. But I'll happily switch out RAM or a HDD/SSD without a care in the world.

just dont touch the contact points.

 

[Sola Scriptura]

K so feeling a bit brave atm. Which of these do I get?

Thermal Pastes - Rebel Tech

A collection of thermal compounds for CPUs and GPUs. If your CPU is idling hotter than usual, try replacing the thermal paste.

www.rebeltech.co.za

The 1g Aeronaut?

if 1g is enough for you. The pastes I like is out of stock everywhere.
maybe this one fo a few R extra

Thermal Conductivity 11,8 W/mk Thermal Resistance 0,0076 K/W Elec...

Thermal Conductivity 11,8 W/mk Thermal Resistance 0,0076 K/W Electrical Conductivity* 0 pS/m Viscosity 140-190 Pas Speific Weight 2,6g/cm3 Temperat...

www.rebeltech.co.za

 

[SCHUMI4EVER]

if 1g is enough for you. The pastes I like is out of stock everywhere.
maybe this one fo a few R extra

Thermal Conductivity 11,8 W/mk Thermal Resistance 0,0076 K/W Elec...

Thermal Conductivity 11,8 W/mk Thermal Resistance 0,0076 K/W Electrical Conductivity* 0 pS/m Viscosity 140-190 Pas Speific Weight 2,6g/cm3 Temperat...

www.rebeltech.co.za

Nah that definitely seems overkill. Actually the Aeronaut already seems overkill.
Seeing as my fan is stellar maybe I should just grab some Z5. Remember it's a non-K chip.

And I'm not putting paste on anything else so since I'm only supposed to use a rice blob surely 1g would be more than enough.

 

[SILTECH786]

I told ya I am busy sorting something out for you

 

[Sola Scriptura]

Nah that definitely seems overkill. Actually the Aeronaut already seems overkill.
Seeing as my fan is stellar maybe I should just grab some Z5. Remember it's a non-K chip.

And I'm not putting paste on anything else so since I'm only supposed to use a rice blob surely 1g would be more than enough.

Z5 is fine, used it myself before.

 

[SCHUMI4EVER]

Z5 is fine, used it myself before.

Cool.

Forgot about Fox's Mastergel though in the reseller section so I'll get that and have Siltech package it all up for me with fan and some other goodies.

 

[JollyJamma]

Any reason why I shouldn't pick this fan?

Corsair ML120 PRO with Red LED Size: 120mm Speed: 400 - 2400rpm Sou...

Corsair ML120 PRO with Red LED Size: 120mm Speed: 400 - 2400rpm Sound Level: 16 - 37dBA Static Pressure: 0.2 - 4.2mmH2O Airflo: 12 - 75CFM Flow Type: Static ...

www.rebeltech.co.za

I put one of those on my 212X and it worked pretty well.

Unless you’re overclocking the CPU to 5ghz, it’s a little overkill. I found a 2 degree difference between a push-pull using the ML120 and the stock fan versus just one fan.

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

Got an ML120 on my 212, works great and I've turned the rpm down so is almost silent.

 

[SCHUMI4EVER]

Fan was ordered on Friday. Hopefully getting to me Tuesday or Wednesday.
In the meantime it seems that with the side panel off the borked fan can still sufficiently cool the CPU for a few hours of really light use at least.

 

[M@tree2]

Hi guys, I just replaced the fan on my CM612 with this.
84.5cfm

Cooler Master MFY-F2NN-11NMK-R1 MasterFan Pro 120 Air Flow 120mm PWM Fan - Wootware

Buy Cooler Master MFY-F2NN-11NMK-R1 MasterFan Pro 120 Air Flow 120mm PWM Fan at Wootware with fast shipping & superb service.

www.wootware.co.za

 

[SCHUMI4EVER]

Hi guys, I just replaced the fan on my CM612 with this.
84.5cfm

Cooler Master MFY-F2NN-11NMK-R1 MasterFan Pro 120 Air Flow 120mm PWM Fan - Wootware

Buy Cooler Master MFY-F2NN-11NMK-R1 MasterFan Pro 120 Air Flow 120mm PWM Fan at Wootware with fast shipping & superb service.

www.wootware.co.za

Nice. That was gonna be my second choice but in the end I guess I did care aboute easthetics a little. Also the Corsair seems to have slightly better PWM settings.

 

[M@tree2]

Nice. That was gonna be my second choice but in the end I guess I did care aboute easthetics a little. Also the Corsair seems to have slightly better PWM settings.

Yeah, Aesthetics on the corsair are definitely better!
I went for the CM, as it is a CM cooler and the design matches my case fans too.

Have you received the fan yet?

 

[JollyJamma]

Hi guys, I just replaced the fan on my CM612 with this.
84.5cfm

Cooler Master MFY-F2NN-11NMK-R1 MasterFan Pro 120 Air Flow 120mm PWM Fan - Wootware

Buy Cooler Master MFY-F2NN-11NMK-R1 MasterFan Pro 120 Air Flow 120mm PWM Fan at Wootware with fast shipping & superb service.

www.wootware.co.za

Remember that with fans that sit in front of radiators, you don’t worry about CFM but more air pressure.

A case fan with high airflow won’t be able to push the air through a radiator so you lose the effectiveness of the fan.

The blades are different with each for a reason.

 

[M@tree2]

Remember that with fans that sit in front of radiators, you don’t worry about CFM but more air pressure.

A case fan with high airflow won’t be able to push the air through a radiator so you lose the effectiveness of the fan.

The blades are different with each for a reason.

This was +/- 10% different to the original.
But I agree on pressure vs cfm.

 

[SCHUMI4EVER]

Got the fan yesterday but I realise I'm only gonna have time to do this over the weekend.

In the mean time though I assume the like of paper tower or toilet paper would be too abrasive?
How possible is to damage the CPU during all of this?

 

[JollyJamma]

Got the fan yesterday but I realise I'm only gonna have time to do this over the weekend.

In the mean time though I assume the like of paper tower or toilet paper would be too abrasive?
How possible is to damage the CPU during all of this?

If you drop it in a food blender that’s active, it may void your warranty.

Use 90% proof isopropyl alcohol to clean the CPU. You can get it from a pharmacy.

Don’t use tissue, it shreds apart and bits of it gets into the motherboard

 

[Sola Scriptura]

Got the fan yesterday but I realise I'm only gonna have time to do this over the weekend.

In the mean time though I assume the like of paper tower or toilet paper would be too abrasive?
How possible is to damage the CPU during all of this?

Use coffee filters, they are lint free. Been using them for years with no issues. Just cleaning the thermal paste from a cpu wont damage it unless you use a angle grinder or sand paper.

 

[SCHUMI4EVER]

Hmm don't have any coffee filters. So I suppose Paper Towel is permitted then? Less likely to tear and fluff than tissue or toilet paper. That and the alcohol.

So if I apply reasonable pressure there's no chance of dislodging the chip and snapping off 63 pins?

 

[SCHUMI4EVER]

Ok. Got the isopropyl. Now I just need the courage to actually follow through tomorrow.

 

[Sola Scriptura]

Hmm don't have any coffee filters. So I suppose Paper Towel is permitted then? Less likely to tear and fluff than tissue or toilet paper. That and the alcohol.

So if I apply reasonable pressure there's no chance of dislodging the chip and snapping off 63 pins?

keep the retention arm thingy closed and the cpu cant go nowhere. Last cpu cooler I installed I used toilet paper to remove the old thermal compound. I never bother with isopropyl. just make blow on the cpu to get rid of any toilet paper or paper towel particles. unless you work in a medical dust free environment you will always have dust and stuff on the cpu. You will do fine man.

 

[SCHUMI4EVER]

Ok I'm back. Operation seems to have been successful. Hardest thing was getting the power back onto the pins on with my hams (not a typo).

Previous thermal paste was definitely still 100% and there was ton of it, leaked all over the side of the CPU. So I cleaned it up best I could whilst mentally complaining about the tech who did it and then proceeded to do the exact same thing. Before I knew it my one rice grain was 3 and any attempt to reduce the size only resulted in spreading it around so I put the heatsink back on I'm hopping it's all ok. Didn't need the isopropyl for the CPU but the heatsink contact point seemed to be unwilling to return to it's original sheen so it came in handy there.

Pretty sure I installed the fan upside down (not wrong way round) but other than that and the paste leakage I seem to be ok. Temps also seem down about 10C, now that I was doing this for lower temps but that may just be the clean heatsink rather than anything else. That thing was FILTHY as fuck.


How will I know if I overfastened the heatsink? Or if the thermal paste spread poorly?

 

[virus786]

How will I know if the thermal paste disperse poorly?

Use something like HWiNFO64 and check each core's temps at idle and at load. They should generally be within a few degrees of each other. Post a screenshot at idle and full load if you're not sure.

 

[SCHUMI4EVER]

Use something like HWiNFO64 and check each core's temps at idle and at load. They should generally be within a few degrees of each other. Post a screenshot at idle and full load if you're not sure.

All good at the moment but that's at idle and light usage. Have to check load temps in a bit.


Edit: Hmm, seems to handle gaming ok