raijintek triton or CM 212 evo

Takanta · 19 Jun 2015 at 08:47

Hello everyone

Quick question

I have a raijintek triton currently cooling a G3258 at 4.4ghz. I also have a 212 evo from an old system lying about. However im not really a fan of the triton. Yea it does look nice but just not sure about it. So i was thinking. Should i say put the 212 evo in instead and sell the triton and use the funds towards a 4690k?

Is it wise?

Regards

doyll · 19 Jun 2015 at 09:40

Triton has significantly more cooling ability than 212, but if the 212 cools your CPU you can do it.

I would sell the Triton and get a gtop tier air cooler. You will have similar cooling ability and about 1/4th the noise.

Many reviews show CLCs out-performing air, but only at full speed noise levels.. Also very few reviewers are monitoring the cooler / radiator intake air temp when testing .. which is the critical air temperature, not the room temperature. Using room temperature when testing cooler is like looking at the temperature in the bedroom to see how warm the lounge is. Not the same!

dacads · 19 Jun 2015 at 12:21

Triton may be good but the 212 Evo isn't far behind, I have it and can run my 3570k at 4.2GHz and it stays under 55c when gaming.

los · 19 Jun 2015 at 12:36

I'd keep the triton personally, why aren't you sure about it?
The 212 is still a good budget cooler though.
It sounds like you have made up your mind though, so best getting swapping them out lol

doyll · 19 Jun 2015 at 14:33

dacads said:
Triton may be good but the 212 Evo isn't far behind, I have it and can run my 3570k at 4.2GHz and it stays under 55c when gaming.

I think 10-14c is quite a distance back in the pack

Triton at full speed is 4-5c cooler than PH-TC14PE but 4 times as loud. Put some TY-143 fans on the 14pe and it will be as cool adn still not as loud.
Stock Phanteks PH-TC14PE is 51c compared to stock Hyper 212 Evo at 64.5c .. that's 13.5c plus the 4-5 .. that's a total of 17-18c. To me that is far, far behind.
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/cooler_master_hyper_212_evo_cpu_cooler_review,12.html

That is not saying the 212 is not a decent cooler among it's peers, but it's no contest against the really big dogs.

dacads · 19 Jun 2015 at 15:33

Ha, fair enough but it's good enough for me your average joe who isn't going for extreme overclocks

I could push the turboboost even further but as you may have guessed I like low noise and low heat and performance is satisfactory anyway

Takanta · 19 Jun 2015 at 15:43

hmmm , have put the CM back in and I can tell a difference in temp, roughly 10-12c on CoreTemp, so I'm still unsure

Id say im just nervous about it leaking or something. as Ive never had water cooling before . is the corsair H50 or anything any safer in regards to leakage

doyll · 19 Jun 2015 at 17:53

dacads said:
Ha, fair enough but it's good enough for me your average joe who isn't going for extreme overclocks

I could push the turboboost even further but as you may have guessed I like low noise and low heat and performance is satisfactory anyway

I hear you. Only my 920 has lots of OC, the 980 are only 3.6GHz, but cool and quiet.

Takanta said:
hmmm , have put the CM back in and I can tell a difference in temp, roughly 10-12c on CoreTemp, so I'm still unsure

Id say im just nervous about it leaking or something. as Ive never had water cooling before . is the corsair H50 or anything any safer in regards to leakage

Sounds about right. Opimizing case airflow usually makes a big difference.

That a "decent" .. I mean cooler with more cooling ability to deal with your overclock if needed.

Basic guide to case airflow
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=26159770&postcount=7

I also have basic guides for cooler size and cooling abilty, using PWM case fans and controlling them with CPU and GPU PWM signals from their fan headers,. etc.