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Cooler Master TPC-812 CPU Cooler
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The CPU socket support covers pretty much all modern implementations:
And they do it with a minimal of equipment and fuss! A single, expandable cross “X” bracket plus a universal backplate, and four standoff nuts are all most of the socket versions will need. Socket 2011 varies a little bit off of this, but Cooler Master has kept this mounting surprisingly uncomplicated and effective!
Universal back plate mounting bracket and attachment nuts, as well as one socket adapter for driving in the nuts, good stuff here.
Want to slow down the fan for ultra quiet levels? Here is your adapter!
Additional fan shrouds, and a syringe of the Cooler Master TIM for your heatsink:
The adjustable “X” bracket, that works on all of the sockets. It is hinges in the middle, and the end points feature multiple adjustment holes to align the screw pins to the proper mount standoff nuts
Here is one of the standoff mount nuts, with the socket cap adapter. Just like a socket set, you place the socket over your nut and…
Voila! You can see on the back of the socket cap, it is grooved for a Phillips head or a standard slotted screwdriver. This will help you get the nuts fully screwed in without resorting to specialty tools.
Here we have the TPC-812 installed and ready to prove what it can do.
For stressing the cooler, I opted for a burn in approach, using the Intel Burn-In tool. This tool puts a load on the CPU that it is likely never to see in real life, forcing all of the cores to max heat generation values. The temperatures are not reflective of anything that you would see in a normal day’s work. Folding at Home may come close to the load levels, but not completely. The CPU is an i7 950, over clocked just a hair past 4GHz
Passed with flying colors! Now, some of you probably have your eyebrows raised on the “Max” temps recorded. I did too. However, as a point of comparison, I recently reviewed another cooler that was larger and more expensive (Noctua NH-C14 CPU Cooler)… and the Cooler Master TCP-812 lowered the max temps by 1-2 degrees in comparison… and that my friends, is no small feet! Additionally, I tested the cooler “as is”, using the Cooler master TIM, and the *single* fan. I’m willing to bet an additional fan in push/pull would help the temps even more, which in my book, is just amazing!
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