I just watched a comparison and in the guys system the h80 made a 10-12c difference over hyper 212 evo.
Again, it has everything to do with your case and configuration. I understand the difference in coolers. I am just the kind of guy that will pay extra for better performance, especially since I do such a big OC. I had my 3930k UNLOCKED all 6 cores at 5.1 GHZ stable. Was hitting around 80c under full load. I turned it down to 4.6 and now runs about 71c max (highest core)
Value-wise, the 212 is definitely better, because its next to free.
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