This means that if you ever needed to remove the cooler to replace thermal compound or replace the CPU, you don't have to remove the motherboard from the case, you simply need to take off the cooler and the backplate and standoffs will stay in place.
It is so good because of the two stage installation, stage one involves securing standoffs into the backplate, which is secure on it's own. The mounting on the Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO is basically faultless, the process is very easy for all supported sockets. Mounting hardware for all above sockets Included Fan(s) – Wide Range PWM 120mm Fan What’s in the box? It does the job for almost all use cases for under £25, after all these years it still hasn't been toppled from the top spot. Ok so we're probably a bit late to be doing a 212 EVO review but we included it as part of our Cooler Round up because, after many many years of building systems with it, it's still one of our best selling coolers, and for good reason.
