Corsair Hydro H60 any good?

Subnated · 1 Aug 2011 at 08:07

Hey,

Is the Corsair Hydro H60 any good? Thanks.

CaptainUnlikely · 1 Aug 2011 at 09:07

Compared to what?

Cleeecooo · 1 Aug 2011 at 09:21

CaptainUnlikely said:
Compared to what?

Subnated · 1 Aug 2011 at 11:56

CaptainUnlikely said:
Compared to what?

Any water cooler that is around the same price.

CaptainUnlikely · 1 Aug 2011 at 12:34

The closed loop water coolers are, at best, about the same as a midrange air cooler. For £60, you can get a much better (quieter and cooler) air cooler and have a decent chunk of change left over.

Cleeecooo · 1 Aug 2011 at 12:42

CaptainUnlikely said:
The closed loop water coolers are, at best, about the same as a midrange air cooler. For £60, you can get a much better (quieter and cooler) air cooler and have a decent chunk of change left over.

this.
Take a look at the silver arrow or the noctua DH-14

CaptainUnlikely · 1 Aug 2011 at 12:57

A Be Quiet Dark Rock Advanced is £20 cheaper, quieter and cooler. The Pro is even cooler, still £5 less.
The Prolimatech Megahalems, Thermalright Archon and Venemous X Black are £12, £15 and £14 cheaper respectively, add on the cost of a decent fan and they're still cheaper and perform better.
Thermalright Venomous X is £15 cheaper, quieter and better.
Thermalright MUX-120 is £15 cheaper, quieter and better.
Thermalright Silver Arrow is £9 cheaper, better and quieter.

So, there are quite a few options, I find it very difficult to find a reason to recommend closed loop liquid coolers to be honest.

Cleeecooo · 1 Aug 2011 at 13:04

CaptainUnlikely said:
So, there are quite a few options, I find it very difficult to find a reason to recommend closed loop liquid coolers to be honest.

Apparently the H100 is really good. Even got a recommendation from the great rjkoneill who detests closed loops!

CaptainUnlikely · 1 Aug 2011 at 13:30

For £95, it better be good.
It's still no better than a high-end air cooler.

Cleeecooo · 1 Aug 2011 at 14:58

CaptainUnlikely said:
For £95, it better be good.
It's still no better than a high-end air cooler.

Any chance of OcUK doing a comparison?

CaptainUnlikely · 1 Aug 2011 at 15:01

Unfortunately it's outside my remit. The above is just my opinion

Cleeecooo · 1 Aug 2011 at 17:25

CaptainUnlikely said:
Unfortunately it's outside my remit. The above is just my opinion

Out of curiosity, what do you do for OcUK?

CaptainUnlikely · 2 Aug 2011 at 06:51

Cleeecooo said:
Out of curiosity, what do you do for OcUK?

I configure, overclock, test and QC our prebuilt systems before they leave our builds department. I also do phone, webnote and forum support. Depending how busy we are, I sometimes do bundles, builds, and repairs as required.

Greedydog · 5 Aug 2011 at 15:13

CaptainUnlikely said:
For £95, it better be good.
It's still no better than a high-end air cooler.

The point of this for me would be that a high end air cooler won't fit in my MATX case...

Cleeecooo · 5 Aug 2011 at 15:35

Greedydog said:
The point of this for me would be that a high end air cooler won't fit in my MATX case...

well obviously the H60 etc are better for your purposes,but placing the rad isn't the easiest thing either in a small case