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Every processor can benefit from lower temperatures, and we just found a great deal on an iconic CPU cooler going for not much more than the cost of a pizza. Amazon is selling the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler for $22 after a $10 mail-in rebate. To get this deal you must buy the cooling fan by Tuesday, April 20 and submit the rebate form by Thursday, May 20.
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For years, the Hyper 212 Evo has been one of our favorite picks for solid no-frills CPU cooling. Back in 2017, we said this cooler was a “gem” that delivered “everything you need to keep your processor frosty even under hefty overclocks…Unless you’re limited by an esoteric build or cranking your overclocks to blistering new heights…Just get a Hyper 212 Evo and you’ll be happy.”
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This is also a particularly opportune time to go with a Hyper 212 Evo thanks to the release of Intel’s new Rocket Lake CPUs. The Core i5-11600K is now our top pick as the best gaming CPU for most people, and the Core i5-11400F is our runner-up as the best budget gaming CPU. Both can benefit significantly from a solid air cooler like the Hyper 212 Evo, even though the budget chip comes with Intel’s stock cooling solution. As Optimum Tech said in his review of the 11400F, “even a single-tower air cooler will allow you to run the full power and boost clocks that are on offer here.”
Seems well worth the $22, and the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo works just fine with AMD’s temperature-sensitive Ryzen processors, too.
[Today’s deal: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo for $22 after MIR at Amazon.]
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