Think the Megahalems, Venomous X and the Noctua NH-D14 all outperform the H50 but mainly at higher heat loads.
There's also the uncommon airflow arrangements with the H50, you might get better cooling with another cooler... or maybe not :/
Do the insides really matter?
Mine looks frankly industrial with all the fan stuff in there but I have solid case panels which voids the question of what it looks like.
lol it does sound a weird complaint! Its hard to epxlaine why it matters so much lol Where its postioned in the room you can see the clear window. Before i got the h50 i had a silent knight 2 which really finished off the whoile look of the case! The h50 just makes the whole case etc look cheap .. its really hard to explaine-_-
There's also the uncommon airflow arrangements with the H50, you might get better cooling with another cooler... or maybe not :/
please excuse me for saying this but that looks so ugly.
there is to much going on there.
i see the point in having a window for some people but i do think it has to be tastefully done at the same time.
to many colour's will make it look confused.
If a dog turd managed to keep my Q6600 @ 10c then id stick one in my pc (minus the smell obviously)
does look's really play a part in a pc ?
if it work's well then keep it and dont look in your pc all the time or cover your window up.
Dont know about others but when I use my PC I look at my monitor not my PC.
Other coolers will last a lot longer than the H50 thats for sure, I'm not sure how long the H50 lifespan will be - intrested to know seeing as I own one, when it is dehydrated I will post! hope thats a long time lol.