Corsair H50 Any Regrets Fitting ONE?

OLDPHART · 5 Oct 2009 at 18:37

Well have you? l fitted one and have none, Cool's well, dead easy to fit, ram slots are free, quiet, l did consider a Pro Meg a excellent cooler. But choose the H50 at the end of the day we have no idea how long it will last, even that did not put me off so we just have to wait and see. Every body has the right to build and choice their spec, just read another thread> Corsair H50 Vs The Prolimatech Megahalems

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18061885

IMAO - a couple of peep,s came out with some mumbo jumbo(tech jargon), about why the H5O is not upto scratch and doomed to fail in the long run. I'm sure Corsair did enough testing in one form or another as thay probably knew, it would get well tested to the hilt when it was released to the PC world. I think most people will agree it's not men't to compete with a full water set up, just air cooler's in general.

killari · 5 Oct 2009 at 18:44

No, no problems at all. The H-50 is sublime.

BigBruiserAl · 5 Oct 2009 at 18:59

Do we really another thread on the H50 im sure there is enough.

No offence meant in the above oldphart

BaDBoY_uK · 5 Oct 2009 at 22:40

My H20 rocks! Lower temps than any big cooler plus a lot less of a problem transporting to LANS and worrying the thing would tear off

Geckovich · 5 Oct 2009 at 23:00

I don't think you should worry about how long the will last, I have a northQ siberian tiger (an earlier rebranding of the Asetek LCLC) kicking about in a spare rig which is still going strong.

rjk · 5 Oct 2009 at 23:22

i guess im just a snob, but wouldnt run one

i reckon it may be useful in a matx case, but above that it would have no use to me

Hotwired · 5 Oct 2009 at 23:25

Good thing I'm running mATX then

Keep your suitcase sized hardware boxes

Case is almost exactly the same height as my 22" monitor, few mm taller. Which is handy as its on my desk and I can't see the reasoning in having a FOGB case towering over you.

blister · 23 Nov 2009 at 21:26

welll iv got one coming in the post so wil let you know , changed my whole system from amd to i7 and from tt 120 to h50 .guess i feel its half way to water proper but didnt want to go all the way after spending 600 quid plus on gear , from what i read their worth the money ,lets see )

Geckovich · 23 Nov 2009 at 21:45

Geckovich said:
I don't think you should worry about how long the will last, I have a northQ siberian tiger (an earlier rebranding of the Asetek LCLC) kicking about in a spare rig which is still going strong.

I took the LCLC out of the spare rig just after posting this. About a week ago I got it out of storage with the intention of selling it on, only to find that the tubing had perished and split.

Lucky for my spare rig I took it out when I did, and lucky that I hadn't sold it earlier and trashed someone else's PC.

Geek. · 23 Nov 2009 at 21:53

i have no problems with mine it's a very good cpu cooler!

DavyBoy · 23 Nov 2009 at 22:00

I fitted one of these for my dad's new i7 box, and it seems to be alright, but what I find strange is that it doesn't perform as good as my old TRUE did, yet I've seen loads of threads on here where people claim they got these amazing temps at 4GHz with these things..

The temps aren't bad on my dad's machine, but I was expecting to see much better tbh..

Full load running LinX, with 2 fans in push/pull his chip hits 82c, and that's with the side panel off the case, my TRUE used to top out at 77c @ 4GHz..

setter · 23 Nov 2009 at 22:04

At 4ghz my i7 is hitting 73-68-69-67, thats with a TRUE and 2 very quiet 400-1200 rpm pwm fans.

Deadbeat · 23 Nov 2009 at 22:08

I'm excited about getting mine set up. Came through the post about a week ago, just need to grab CPU cleaner to apply the MX-3 I got, which'll come through the post with a shiny new fan & splitter (my splitter setup at the moment is a bit hapazard and takes up a lot of unnecessary space). This'll be my very first overclock, so wish me luck.

MeatLoaf · 23 Nov 2009 at 22:17

Now mines fitted i love it but as i said in the other thread i found it a pig to install.

TUNSTALL_NICK · 23 Nov 2009 at 22:39

my northQ siberian tiger is still going strong after two years of running my rig,basically the same design as the corsair.

Tweaker · 23 Nov 2009 at 22:40

Does it make a difference if you put the fan as an exhaust instead of intake like Corsair say?

DIABLO · 23 Nov 2009 at 22:57

Depends on your case, if your case is heat trap then you'll be pulling warm air into the rad if you use it as an exhaust so would be better of using it as an intake.

Aegis · 24 Nov 2009 at 07:48

No regrets here - in fact, if it wasn't for the H50 I wouldn't be able to use my old Cooler Master case so the H50 was a godsend!

axer · 24 Nov 2009 at 07:58

I still love my H50, it shaved 8-9degC off the temps of my Q9650 clocked at 4Ghz when compared to my old TRU-E which took up a shed load more room and added about a tonne in extra weight

Not only did my my CPU get a drop in temps but my ambient case temp dropped by 2-3 degC also

deadfolk · 24 Nov 2009 at 14:08

I was a little unsure after I had some problems fitting it initially. I used one of the wrong screws, not realising there were two sorts as they look so similar. Chewed up the backplate a little because of this.

Got it in eventually, though, and my i5 750 is currently running at 3.5Ghz and around 53-55c while running P95 and 27-29c idle. I'm hoping to push it to 4Ghz and am pretty happy with it. Also very quiet.