#Cooler master hyper 212 evo install
#Cooler master hyper 212 evo pro

That's why I installed that one when I built the system rather than use the second slot on the top. I don't look forward to removing the motherboard to take it out. The one on the bottom of the motherboard? Yeah that one is probably in there semi-permanently. I will say this though, having recently had to pull out one of the SSD's under the motherboard heat spreader, requiring me to remove my NIC, and my GPU and thus break into my water loop (thank the good lord for QDC's) this DIMM.2 slot is certainly more accessible, making it easier to replace M.2 drives. I just grabbed mine from the box (not currently using it) and while I could have sworn there were two slots on one side and one on the other, it turns out I was wrong. I love all the PCIe lanes on the Threadripper. Then I guess I could add more by sticking those 16x PCIe to 4 m.2 slot risers in here as well. So, between the three on board m.2 slots (two under the motherboard heat spreader, and one on the back of the board) and the three slots in the DIMM.2 riser, there are 5 m.2 slots on this motherboard. It is intended for installing a DIMM.2 expansion card, that has three m.2 slots in it. Instead the slot has PCIe lanes wired to it.

#Cooler master hyper 212 evo install

There is a werd slot on the motherboard called DIMM.2, which utilizes the same physical slot as used for RAM, but with a blocking bar so you cant install RAM in it. That's not the strangest place on this motherboard there are m.2 slots. The fact that I lead my heat out of the case using water cooling may help. It is unclear how much of the lower temp of the 970 Evo is due to this, and how much of it is due to the fact that it is an older Gen 3 design, compared to the other being Gen 4.Д®ither way, with current m.2 drives temperatures just don't seem to be a huge problem, unless maybe you have very poor airflow in your case, or if you have other hot components dumping heat on them. When I installed it, I made sure I added a thick enough thermal tape that it made contact with the motherboard tray, to help pull off any heat. The 970 Evo is installed in an m.2 slot on the back of the motherboard.

I made sure I had good contact with the thermal pads so that the heat is transferred to the heat spreader.

#Cooler master hyper 212 evo pro

The 980 Pro and the Sabrent Rocket are both installed under the motherboards included heatsink/heat spreader. I'd do a load test, but I'm not sure what a good one would be. I can't tell if they have ever thermal throttled though. I don't know what the temp looks like under load, but according to SMART data none of them have ever spent any time exceeding either Warning or Critical temps.