Compare Cooler Master Heat Sinks - Hyper Series

Recently I was upgrading my pc/workstation to an AMD FX-8300 95W CPU and I wanted to upgrade the stock AMD heat sink. Because they make some of the best heat sinks on the face of the planet, I chose to go with the Cooler Master brand. Since I was trying to find the best cooling heat sink for the price, and my computer is mainly used for work and not gaming, I went with the air-cooled Hyper Series instead of using any of Cooler Master's liquid-cooling.

The only problem with some of the Cooler Master Hyper Series heat sinks is their size - I was afraid some wouldn't fit in my case.. So, to remedy this problem I made a chart in Excel to compare all the of the heat sink size specs. This was much easier thant having to click back and forth between a bunch of browser tabs or use site "Compare" features that only allow a handful of items to be compared at once.

So here it is, the comparison chart of the extremely popular Hyper series mainstream performance CPU air coolers by Cooler Master that feature direct contact heat pipes to provide highly efficient, cost-effective cooling.

Cooler Master Hyper Series Comparison Chart/Table

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Heat Sink	Max Fan Speed	Max Air Flow	Noise Level	Bearing Type	Connector	Dimensions (L)x(W)x(H)	Supported Sockets
Hyper 212 Evo	2000 RPM ± 10%	82.9 CFM ± 10%	9 - 36 dBA	Long Life Sleeve Bearing	4-Pin (PWM)	120 x 80 x 159 mm (4.7 x 3.1 x 6.3 in)	Intel Socket: LGA 2011-3*/2011*/1366/1156/1155/1151/1150/775 AMD Socket: FM2+/FM2/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2
Hyper 212X (EU Version)	1700 RPM ± 10%	82.9 CFM ± 10%	9 - 27.2 dBA	Rifle Bearing	4-Pin (PWM)	120 x 79 x 158 mm	Intel Socket: LGA 2011-3/2011/1156/1155/1151/1150/775 AMD Socket: AM3+/AM3/AM2+/FM2+/FM2/FM1
Hyper D92	2800 RPM ± 10%	54.8 CFM ± 10%	10 - 33 dBA	Rifle Bearing	4-Pin (PWM)	146.4 x 128.9 x 96.6 mm (5.8 x 5.1 x 3.8 inch)	Intel Socket: LGA 2011-3/2011/1366/1156/1155/1151/1150/775 AMD Socket: FM2+/FM2/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2
Hyper 612 Ver.2	1300 RPM ± 10%	44.2 CFM ± 10%	11 - 20 dBA	Rifle bearing	4-Pin (PWM)	139 x 120 x 160.4 mm	Intel Socket: LGA 2011-3/2011/1366/1156/1155/1151/1150/775 AMD Socket: FM2+/FM2/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2
Hyper 101	3000 RPM ± 10% (4-Pin) 2200 RPM ± 10% (3-Pin)	40.8 CFM ± 10% (4-Pin) 30 CFM ± 10% (3-Pin)	13 - 28 dBA (4-Pin) 22 dBA (3-Pin)	Long Life Sleeve Bearing	4-pin (PWM) 3-pin	83.5 x 80 x 117 mm	Intel Socket: LGA 1156/1155/1151/1150/775* AMD Socket: FM2+/FM2/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2/940/939
Hyper 103	2200 RPM ± 10%	43.1 CFM ± 10%	17 - 30 dBA	Long Life Sleeve Bearing	4-Pin (PWM)	108 x 89.5 x 138.5 mm (4.3 x 3.5 x 5.5 in)	Intel Socket: LGA 2011-3/2011/1366/1156/1155/1151/1150/775 AMD Socket: FM2+/FM2/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2
Hyper 212 Plus (fan bracket version)	2000 RPM ± 10%)	76.8 CFM ± 10%	13 - 32 dBA	Long Life Sleeve Bearing	4-Pin (PWM)	120 x 79.7 x 158.5 mm	Intel Socket: LGA 1366/1156/1155/1151/1150/775* AMD Socket: FM2+/FM2/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2
Hyper 412S	1300 RPM ± 10% (900 RPM with silent mode adapter)	52.6 CFM ± 10% (36.4 CFM @ 900RPM)	22.5 dBA (16.1 dBA @ 900RPM)	Long Life Sleeve Bearing	3-Pin	132 x 99 x 160 mm (5.2 x 3.9 x 6.3 in)	Intel Socket: LGA 2011-3/2011/1366/1156/1155/1151/775* AMD Socket: FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2
Hyper 212X	2000 RPM ± 10%	82.9 CFM ± 10%	9 - 36 dBA	4th Gen Bearing	4-Pin (PWM)	120 x 79 x 158 mm (4.7 x 3.1 x 6.2 in)	Intel Socket: LGA 2011-3/2011/1366/1156/1155/1151/1150/775 AMD Socket: FM2+/FM2/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2
Hyper 412 PWM	2000 RPM ± 10%	82.9 CFM ± 10%	9 - 36 dBA	Long Life Sleeve Bearing	4-Pin (PWM)	132 x 99 x 160 mm (5.2 x 3.9 x 6.3 in)	Intel Socket: LGA 2011-3/2011/1366/1156/1155/1151/1150/775* AMD Socket: FM2+/FM2/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2
Hyper 412 Slim	1600 RPM ± 10%	58.4 CFM ± 10%	8 - 30 dBA	Long Life Sleeve Bearing	4-Pin (PWM)	132 x 106 x 160 mm (5.2 x 4.2 x 6.3 in)	Intel Socket: LGA 2011-3/2011/1366/1156/1155/1151/1150/775* AMD Socket: FM2+/FM2/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2
Hyper T4	1800 RPM ± 10%	70 CFM ± 10%	15.1 - 31.6 dBA	Rifle Bearing	4-Pin (PWM)	131.6 x 72.5 x 152.3 mm (5.2 x 2.9 x 6 in)	Intel Socket: LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/1151/1150/775 AMD Socket: FM2+/FM2/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2
Hyper TX3 EVO	2800 RPM ± 10% 2,200 RPM ± 10% (EU Version)	54.8 CFM ± 10% 43.1 CFM ± 10% (EU Version)	17 - 35 dBA 17 - 30 dBA (EU Version)	Long Life Sleeve Bearing	4-Pin (PWM)	90 x 79 x 136 mm (3.5 x 3.1 x 5.4 in)	Intel Socket: LGA 1366/1156/1155/1151/1150/775* AMD Socket: FM2+/FM2/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2
Hyper TX3 (fan bracket version)	2800 RPM ± 10%	54.8 CFM	17 - 35 dBA	Long Life Sleeve Bearing	4-Pin (PWM)	90 x 51 x 139 mm	Intel Socket: LGA 1156/1155/1151/1150/775* AMD Socket: FM2+/FM2/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2/940/939/754

*Cooler Master Supplied accessories may differ by country or area. Please check with your local distributor for further details.

Note: If a Heat Sink is not linked to, it is either brand new or discontinued.

For those that are curious, I went with the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO and it keeps my CPU between 18c and 38c from idle to max load!

Feel free to comment below with other Cooler Master heatinks series you would like comparisons tables/charts for, I can also do comparisons for heat sink series by other brands as well!