Corsair Hydro H60 Liquid CPU Cooler HELP

Kyle1987

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Am going to buy the Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler for my gaming rig i have a intel i7 960 @ 4ghz, what i need help with is iv soon some people mount the rad upside down so the pipes are at the top??? and some people mount the rad so pipes at at bottom with is best way to fit it???

And i have seen this Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler thats looks the same just cheaper??? am i fan of corsair stuff but is it worth spending £10 more for the corsair unit??

I will fit two other make fans to these for push and pull.

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Kyle
 
I don't think it matters which way you mount the rad. I've got mine hoses-down, though. I don't know much about the 620 other than that my work colleague had issues with the pump ticking loudly on his until he got it replaced. Probably just a one-off to be honest, but I thought I'd mention it.
 
You only need to rotate the pump block 90 degrees if your motherboard has capacitors close to the socket, which I think is down to just a few MSI and GB boards.

I think the corsair forums have a list of what boards need a rotated pump.
 
pgi947 said:
You only need to rotate the pump block 90 degrees if your motherboard has capacitors close to the socket, which I think is down to just a few MSI and GB boards.

I think the corsair forums have a list of what boards need a rotated pump.
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why would i need to retate it if my motherboard has capacitors close to socket?? i have a gigabyte g1 killer board.
 
Some not all boards have capacitors too close to the socket and the pump will end up resting on one of them, resulting in high temps, I must stress it is some and not all Msi and gb motherboards.
 
I have the H60 along with an Asus P5Q Pro, installing using the instructions i got extremly high temps, rotating the back plate frame and the heat sink i got temps within the expected range (q9550 @ 3.8ghz 63c in p95), this was with AS5.
 
matty86uk said:
I have the H60 along with an Asus P5Q Pro, installing using the instructions i got extremly high temps, rotating the back plate frame and the heat sink i got temps within the expected range (q9550 @ 3.8ghz 63c in p95), this was with AS5.
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Which way did you retate the heat sink and you retated the back plate on the back of the board aswell. am running a i7 960 @4 ghz and with the corsair a50 using as5 getting hotand the a50 so big dont like it. Is as5 better than the stuff the h60 comes with?? and what the best way to apply the tim on the a60

thanks kyle
 
Kyle1987 said:
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Which way did you retate the heat sink and you retated the back plate on the back of the board aswell. am running a i7 960 @4 ghz and with the corsair a50 using as5 getting hotand the a50 so big dont like it. Is as5 better than the stuff the h60 comes with?? and what the best way to apply the tim on the a60

thanks kyle
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The stuff that comes with it already applied is better i think (some fancy name i can't remember) the only reason i used AS5 is its the only thing i had after i had reseated my cooler 5-6 times, (the stuff that came with it by then was a bit messy).

The back plate has a rebate, best way to describe it, this shud point upwards (as in the instructions) with the "Corsair" logo facing up (the name is upright basically), this didnt work, so i rotated it 90 degrees, the "Corsair" logo should face towards the back of the case, the back plate should also face the same direction.

dependant on your CPU AS5 has instructions, line for quad core for example. I think the going way is a pea sized blob in the middle, thats all i did.

just fyi, my radiator fan is an intake (cold air outside pushed through the radiator, also have another fan pulling) as advised by corsair. i have 2 graphics cards pumping heat below my radiator and i still get good temps so don't be worried about youre intake vs exhaust.
 
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