Corsair H60, good or not?

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Hey guys, im looking to replace my coolermaster 212+ cpu cooler, its huge, takes up 2 ram slots, which could be used, and its ugly.

I'm thinking of getting the Corsair H60 after reading a tonne of good reviews on it and how effective it is.

Just want your guys opinion on it also, or if you've had experience with it, cheers.
 
HankScorpio said:
I went for the Antec 620, similar performance and was cheaper for me.
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the corsair H60 is basically the same price atm, so ill stick with that based on the reviews, im not doubting you at all though, do you use the fan as an intake or exhaust? i have the antec 300 case and im not entirely sure which set up to go withl, cheers.
 
iv been running a h50 for a year and a half and not had any issues with it. keeps my amd 1090t at 28c @ idle in the summer and never above 60c
 
I have the H70 and its "OK"......its been reliable but they are definetely a bit of a gimmick in terms of you thinking you might get watercooling performance, when its no different to a decent air cooler.

My i7 960 gets up to 90c on prime at 4.2Ghz, which is why Im in the middle of doing my first custom water loop.

I have mine as an exhaust, so it isnt blowing hot air into my system.
 
francky said:
I have the H70 and its "OK"......its been reliable but they are definetely a bit of a gimmick in terms of you thinking you might get watercooling performance, when its no different to a decent air cooler.

My i7 960 gets up to 90c on prime at 4.2Ghz, which is why Im in the middle of doing my first custom water loop.

I have mine as an exhaust, so it isnt blowing hot air into my system.
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Well ill be cooling an i5 3750k, not sure the temp difference between that and your i7, which runs hotter? also if its an improvement on the coolermaster 212+ id be happy.
 
H60 on an i2500k at 4.4ghz here, temps have never gone over 65C (IBT), but generally 59-60C is the fully load temp, idling at 40C ish. Thats in a HAFX case with a bay drive fan controller.
 
Thanks for replying guys, can't wait to get it :) will test it as intake, might put and exhaust on the side of my antec 300 if that's the case, also, apparently thermal paste is pre applied? Should I remove that and put on my arctic thermal paste, or is it high quality? Cheers.
 
TomProx said:
Thanks for replying guys, can't wait to get it :) will test it as intake, might put and exhaust on the side of my antec 300 if that's the case, also, apparently thermal paste is pre applied? Should I remove that and put on my arctic thermal paste, or is it high quality? Cheers.
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It won't make much of a difference if I were you I would stick to what Antec have already used, it's not worth their while penny pinching on the TIM given that these go for lots reviews.

You've made a good choice IMO, I have a custom waterloop myself but if I went back to normal cooling I wouldn't think twice about getting a liquid cooler given their size and small footprint over regular HSF's. The H60 is about as good as the Prolimatech Megahalems (which will cost about the same when you get decent added to it) but the H60 won't warp the motherboard.

francky said:
I have the H70 and its "OK"......its been reliable but they are definetely a bit of a gimmick in terms of you thinking you might get watercooling performance, when its no different to a decent air cooler.
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Just look at the size of the rad on the H60, I don't think anyone is going to kid themselves into thinking that it's going to rival a custom watercooled setup.
 
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Freddie1980 said:
It won't make much of a difference if I were you I would stick to what Antec have already used, it's not worth their while penny pinching on the TIM given that these go for lots reviews.

You've made a good choice IMO, I have a custom waterloop myself but if I went back to normal cooling I wouldn't think twice about getting a liquid cooler given their size and small footprint over regular HSF's. The H60 is about as good as the Prolimatech Megahalems (which will cost about the same when you get decent added to it) but the H60 won't warp the motherboard.



Just look at the size of the rad on the H60, I don't think anyone is going to kid themselves into thinking that it's going to rival a custom watercooled setup.
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I'm guessing you meant corsair were you said antec? :) in that case then ill just use the TIM provided, is it just a connect and go with the paste?

Also do you think in my antec I should have it set up as a back intake or exhaust? Or a side exhaust?

Cheers.
 
If the fans on the H60 are anything like the fans on my H100 (which I susect they are) then literally anything will do a better job than those god-awful stock fans.

They make a total racket all the time while other fans will be much quieter and provide much better performance in most cases.

Seriously, you'll want to swich the stock fans out as soon as possible. I picked up a couple of Noiseblocker PLPSs but it sounds like you're already sorted.
 
InvisiblePrawn said:
If the fans on the H60 are anything like the fans on my H100 (which I susect they are) then literally anything will do a better job than those god-awful stock fans.

They make a total racket all the time while other fans will be much quieter and provide much better performance in most cases.

Seriously, you'll want to swich the stock fans out as soon as possible. I picked up a couple of Noiseblocker PLPSs but it sounds like you're already sorted.
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Okay yeah I'm just gonna use the exhaust fan I have atm :) also will make the radiator have a red glow to it which will make it a tad cooler!
 
Also, I'll have two front intake fans and if the h60 is set to intake at the back will the top exhaust fan be enough?
 
Have tried a few of these sort of coolers, they are good in that they keep the CPU area relatively clear - but have generally found the pump noise to be annoying so going forward won't bother. A heat sink and a fan is a known consistent thing for me.
 
Bin the stock fan, it's seriously noisy. I'd recommend a couple of the Akasa Apache fans in push/pull, I've got this setup on my 2700k and it's cool and quiet.
 
sldsmkd said:
Have tried a few of these sort of coolers, they are good in that they keep the CPU area relatively clear - but have generally found the pump noise to be annoying so going forward won't bother. A heat sink and a fan is a known consistent thing for me.
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tbh noise really isnt an issue for me, but thanks for you advice anyway :)
 
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