Corsair Hydro H80i GT or H80 V2

tinrib · 20 Feb 2016 at 16:13

Hi, does anyone know the difference between these 2 coolers? Not sure which one to get?? Im guessing v2 is latest model as cant find any reviews for it but is it supposed to be better than the GT?

Thanks,

vsg28 · 20 Feb 2016 at 17:47

Naming change and new boxes, that's pretty much it. No more GT and GTX.

Simon Belmont · 20 Feb 2016 at 18:05

vsg28 said:
Naming change and new boxes, that's pretty much it. No more GT and GTX.

Wrong

Cold plate redesign , pump fix, better compatibility for 1151 Skylake.

vsg28 · 20 Feb 2016 at 19:20

Simon Belmont said:
Wrong

Cold plate redesign , pump fix, better compatibility for 1151 Skylake.

Mind sourcing where you got this from? What pump fix? What better compatibility? Liquid coolers had no issues with Skylake anytime. The only change in this renaming that I know of is that the older H110i GT now has standard 15mm fan hole spacing, as opposed to the 20mm earlier.

vsg28 · 20 Feb 2016 at 20:15

Double posting but felt it's worth it. I spoke to a few Corsair guys to get more info on this. The mounting was reworked to include some countersunk screws and removal of some bits in the exterior so as to not hit capacitors that some motherboards have close to the socket. That's part of the increased compatibility but nothing Skylake specific, more to counter against motherboard makers that like to test ITX and ATX layout specs.

As far as the pump goes, no change in the components or control mechanism so it is not changing in performance or noise. The firmware was updated so pump settings (especially set from Corsair Link) was stored for faster access.

No change in the cold plates.

tinrib · 20 Feb 2016 at 22:15

So... in performance terms they are both the same as each other?? Looking to overclock my i5 3570k which up until now has had an easy life!

vsg28 · 20 Feb 2016 at 22:24

Yeah it's the same performance.

P4Clock · 20 Feb 2016 at 23:40

tinrib said:
So... in performance terms they are both the same as each other?? Looking to overclock my i5 3570k which up until now has had an easy life!

then get an AIR cooler to the same cost it will do a better job.

tinrib · 22 Feb 2016 at 14:16

P4Clock said:
then get an AIR cooler to the same cost it will do a better job.

Any suggestions on an a good air cooler then for the same price?? Cheers.