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Corsair HG10 A1 mini Review

shankly1985

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What can I say other than WOW! Temps already a good 20+ c difference. Quiet, Looks superb and performs superb, all while not breaking the bank..

Dont get me wrong this nothing on a full water cooling setup but it also dont cost as much.

Here some results i'll update with some more VRMs comparisons this just core for now.

These was taking by standing in same spot for 15 mins each. Max temp I seen was 63c
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Plus and Bad points
+ Looks superb, corsair really done a great job with the bracket "personal choices here"
+ Much lower Noise over stock or aftermarket coolers "Depends on your choice of fans and speed"
+ Better temperatures and chance to push your GPUs harder without hitting the max core temps
+ Easy to install, I had little issue getting that Backplate of the GPU but that was because MSI choice if adhesive sticky pads.
+ Can be used with a wide range of AIO water coolers to get even better temps My reading are from a H75 and a Corsair 750D with the front cover on.

Leads me to my only complaint.
- Must use stock reference fan, Ok if you bought a Reference 290/x but because I was using Aftermarket I had to look around. Lucky enough a guy on here sold me two. Thanks spoffle
Corsair are ment t be soon shipping the bracket with there own blower fan and also bundled with one there coolers.

would be 10/10 but for now 9/10 it as to be...

Very happy!
 
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i've currently got 2 of the NZXT G10's in crossfire on R9 290X's and corsair are sending me 2 HG10's out to do a comparison of the two different units.

THe nzxt's get way way too hot VRM's even with the fans on 100% over them and heatsinks.

They go into the 90's when gaming. I have a nice feeling the corsairs will perform a lot better. Should hopefully find out next week and post my results
 
passey89 said:
i've currently got 2 of the NZXT G10's in crossfire on R9 290X's and corsair are sending me 2 HG10's out to do a comparison of the two different units.

THe nzxt's get way way too hot VRM's even with the fans on 100% over them and heatsinks.

They go into the 90's when gaming. I have a nice feeling the corsairs will perform a lot better. Should hopefully find out next week and post my results
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That be great, I was very close to buying the Nzxt one till I found the corsair one and started reading reviews on the two.. The Nzxt one gains poor reviews because of the VRMs cooling.

Here some more results this is from me playing snooker.. Reason for snooker is because normally both GPUs would still 75c - 70c Now am getting 71c and 55c :D

Next week i'll be sure to adding the 290x..
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passey89 said:
I tried msi afterburner kombuster the fury test and after 2 mins gpu 1's vrm1 hit 110c so had to stop the test
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TBH I find that test pushes things way beyond what a normal test would show..

I think for a more accurate result a couple passes Heaven or some game benchmarks would show better results.
 
passey89 said:
i've currently got 2 of the NZXT G10's in crossfire on R9 290X's and corsair are sending me 2 HG10's out to do a comparison of the two different units.

THe nzxt's get way way too hot VRM's even with the fans on 100% over them and heatsinks.

They go into the 90's when gaming. I have a nice feeling the corsairs will perform a lot better. Should hopefully find out next week and post my results
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Just a note, the VRM's are designed to be ran hotter than the core. IIRC they can be rated upto 120c. 90c is quite okay for them.

Only going on discussions in this very forum in the dim and distant past cause I cant be bothered to find the threads.
 
varkanoid said:
Just a note, the VRM's are designed to be ran hotter than the core. IIRC they can be rated upto 120c. 90c is quite okay for them.

Only going on discussions in this very forum in the dim and distant past cause I cant be bothered to find the threads.
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Yeh but it hit 110c after 2 mns and was still going up lol.

Even put the vrm fans on a manual fan controller and have them running at 100% all the time still went high.
 
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