Hi everyone:

              I am getting a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO cpu cooler tomorrow and need some help on which way to mount it, either horizontal or vertical. I am putting two fans on it, using the push/pull method and I have room to either have it blowing out the back of my case or out of the top.

The back of my case has (1) 120mm fan as an exhaust, and the top has (2) 120mm exhaust fans. (Just an fyi, Intake fans = (1) 120mm on the bottom of the side panel and (1) 200mm on the front.)

I was planning on doing horizontal since I have two fans blowing out the top of the case and figured it would cool better. What do the PC gurus on the site think? Vertical, horizontal, or does it even matter???

Thanks for the help!

I have it mounted horizontal. If you have a wall or it's in a cramped corner. Mount it vertical. So it can air with the most space. But it doesn't really matter that much. Make sure there's enough space between the RAM slots and the fan. I had mine on top of the ram. And damaged the slot, because of the vibrations.

Yeah, I figured it wouldn't make that much of a difference, but wasn't sure because I have never installed an aftermarket cooler.

if you can installed it either way, then vertical its the better way