Corsair Hydro Series HG10 GPU liquid cooling bracket

AlamoX · 2 Jun 2014 at 12:41

Corsair has just announced its GPU bracket for high-end graphics cards.

Corsair will soon release its Hydro Series HG10 bracket compatible with Corsair’s Hydro series CPU coolers. The bracket will take care of memory and VRM cooling.

HG10 will support Radeon R9 290(X) graphics cards from AMD, and GeForce GTX 770, 780, 780 Ti and TITAN from NVIDIA.

The product is not yet finished, but it will be released later this year. The bracket will cost around $40.

source : http://videocardz.com/50733/corsair-announces-hydro-series-hg10-gpu-liquid-cooling-bracket

Mercutio · 2 Jun 2014 at 12:45

Or you can just use the zip-tie method for peanuts

(requires largish testi)

Random Guy Esq. · 2 Jun 2014 at 12:46

Neat idea that you can pick which Hydro series cooler to use with it depending on your case, but if you're running SLI/Crossfire it could get messy - I'd probably go with dedicated watercooling.

sockky · 2 Jun 2014 at 12:46

Oh nice. Fantastic that it covers VRAM and VRM cooling, was my main gripe with the NZXT bracket.

Looks pretty too.

AlamoX · 2 Jun 2014 at 12:50

Mercutio said:
Or you can just use the zip-tie method for peanuts (requires largish testi)

beh for 40$, i would still prefere a bracket that was tested for quality and durability and safety by corsair, rather than a contraption by my clumsy hands

Josh · 2 Jun 2014 at 12:51

Could be interested in this for my 780. Although would need to see a decent temp change before I'd be brave enough to tear apart my evga acx unit.

Moving in the right direction though.

Kelt · 2 Jun 2014 at 12:51

sockky said:
Oh nice. Fantastic that it covers VRAM and VRM cooling, was my main gripe with the NZXT bracket.

Looks pretty too.

Doesn't the NZXT fan cool the Vram then?

Mercutio · 2 Jun 2014 at 12:52

AlamoX said:
beh for 40$, i would still prefere a bracket that was tested for quality and durability and safety by corsair, rather than a contraption by my clumsy hands

Spirit of adventure: 1/10

Nah, agreed for the large part. But be thankful for the zip-tie method, it's where the crazy ideas started that led to this product

AlamoX · 2 Jun 2014 at 12:53

and you got to keep the loud R9 290 reference cooler for the vrm...beh

sockky · 2 Jun 2014 at 12:54

Kelt said:
Doesn't the NZXT fan cool the Vram then?

From what I can tell, they have some air blowing on to them. But nothing actually on top of them.

Kelt · 2 Jun 2014 at 13:02

sockky said:
From what I can tell, they have some air blowing on to them. But nothing actually on top of them.

That seems pretty poor design if true, considering that's the primary function of the fan!

ubersonic · 2 Jun 2014 at 13:11

HG10 will support Radeon R9 290(X) graphics cards from AMD, and GeForce GTX 770, 780, 780 Ti and TITAN from NVIDIA

So basically cards that can get the same effect just by taking the heatsink out of the reference cooler and zip tying a AIO to it? lol.

Five.Stars · 2 Jun 2014 at 13:15

This seems a pretty decent idea, although if you are using an AIO cooler on your CPU already, then space for rads may become an issue. I would imagine it would almost certainly rule out SLI/ CF as you are going to want 240 Rad for a GPU I would imagine. Get away with 120 for CPU.

Mercutio · 2 Jun 2014 at 15:10

Five.Stars said:
This seems a pretty decent idea, although if you are using an AIO cooler on your CPU already, then space for rads may become an issue. I would imagine it would almost certainly rule out SLI/ CF as you are going to want 240 Rad for a GPU I would imagine. Get away with 120 for CPU.

I'm actually considering building a system into a chest of drawers at the moment (holes cut and meshed in the cabinet to let radiators breath) for this very reason

Gerard · 2 Jul 2014 at 14:30

AlamoX said:
and you got to keep the loud R9 290 reference cooler for the vrm...beh

From reading up on this last night according to corsair in their testing the fan only gets to around 25% and is inaudible at that speed. Supposedly it also does a better job of cooling the vrm's compared to a lot of the aftermarket fans.

Orcvader · 2 Jul 2014 at 14:35

sockky said:
From what I can tell, they have some air blowing on to them. But nothing actually on top of them.

I guess this is what gives the Corsair one an advantage, assuming it does have heatsinks for the RAM and VRM. My 7950 already had dedicated heatsinks on these components however from the Sapphire cooler, so the fan on the NZXT does cool them down for me

. I've seen people buying heatsinks for these components too as the NZXT seems to give enough space for low profile ones, but it would have been nice if they at least supplied some of these heatsinks.

Gerard · 2 Jul 2014 at 14:38

Some quotes from corsair on the product:

The entire bracket is a large piece of anodized aluminum. That aluminum acts as a massive heatsink for the VRM and VRAM. The VRM and VRAM don't put out a massive amount of heat in absolute, but for their size, they do. The "heat density" of the VRMs especially is massive. Cooling those with just airflow isn't really wise or possible without long term reliability concerns. However, by increasing the surface area with the aluminum heatsink, the temps decrease dramatically. I don't think I've ever seen them above 75C or so in the one test card I watched at Computex, and that was running Furmark. I can't guarantee every card will work like that or that your situation will mirror that, I've only seen one card tested in person.

Our main engineer on this is from the server industry - building high-reliability is his primary experience and his main concern. We pull a little bit on the "let's go for cooling overkill", he pushed a little bit on "and increase reliability", and so together we're turning out to be a pretty great team on this project.

For those who are really not fond of the stock fan for whatever reason, we will offer a blower fan for sale on our website, separately. However, I would wager that that vast majority of people wouldn't even notice the blower fan in this application.

The blower fans that come with GPUs are extaordinarily good at what they do. They are surprisingly expensive devices with good MTBF ratings. Most aftermarket fans are significantly worse.

Been pushed back till August apparently, looking to snag one myself

RichIbizaSport · 2 Jul 2014 at 15:01

Is the radial fan the same as the standard 290 cooler? Because that certainly has an annoying drone at 20%

Gerard · 2 Jul 2014 at 15:03

RichIbizaSport said:
Is the radial fan the same as the standard 290 cooler? Because that certainly has an annoying drone at 20%

Its the fan off the 290 it gets taken off the heatsink and put onto the bracket. I can't hear mine at all till it gets to around 30% :confused:

Marine-RX179 · 2 Jul 2014 at 15:14

Gerard said:
Some quotes from corsair on the product:

Been pushed back till August apparently, looking to snag one myself

Goood daaaarn it!

I still got my H105 lying around doing nothing because the Kraken G10 that I bought to use with it was incompatible (despite NZXT listed as compatable) with my 290x (due the the stupid G10 was not natively compatable with AMD cards, but is with the holes added as after thought and the position of the screws conflict with the pump).

Hope the HG10 get push back for the sake or further improvement or tweak, rather than for stupid reasons that got nothing to do with for the benefit of the consumers.

For those who are really not fond of the stock fan for whatever reason, we will offer a blower fan for sale on our website, separately. However, I would wager that that vast majority of people wouldn't even notice the blower fan in this application.

The blower fans that come with GPUs are extaordinarily good at what they do. They are surprisingly expensive devices with good MTBF ratings. Most aftermarket fans are significantly worse."

Wait...so they are charging extra for fan which they should put on the HG10 IN THE FIRST PLACE? I mean come on! The stock fan and the aluminum bracket at $40/£40 is over-priced in itself already. Capitalism at the finest...