Corsair H50 or Thermalright Venomous X

matthewprince · 1 Mar 2010 at 17:00

Hi,

Looks good! How did you get the i5 to 210 bus speed without it overclocking the memory too much? If i put the bus at 200 and multiplier at 20 my 1600 memory is at 1600hz , but if i put the bus to 210 it makes it more and wont boot?

Sorry to hijack the thread

Matt

fizzle-187 · 1 Mar 2010 at 17:40

Can someone spec me the items of what I need? (VX)

CPU cooler
Fans

I am clueless at this.

Cheers

Helios1234 · 1 Mar 2010 at 18:28

fizzle-187 said:
Can someone spec me the items of what I need? (VX)

CPU cooler
Fans

I am clueless at this.

Cheers

khemist said:
Using Venomous X with 2x apache black fans.

fizzle-187 · 1 Mar 2010 at 18:32

So :

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-076-TR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

+

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-057-AK

?

Which is £84!!!! just for a cooler!!

Helios1234 · 1 Mar 2010 at 19:47

Thermalright do some 1300rpm fans for about half the price but OCUK don't stock them.

mattjd · 1 Mar 2010 at 19:51

fizzle-187 said:
So :

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-076-TR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

+

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-057-AK

?

Which is £84!!!! just for a cooler!!

I personally think its worth it... Its goof enough to keep your i7/i5 overclcoked @ 4.00GHz - 4.20GHz to stay below 70 degress which is really impressive for an air cooler and it is a much better alternative for the more expensive water cooling setu(not H50)

fizzle-187 · 1 Mar 2010 at 19:51

Helios1234 said:
Thermalright do some 1300rpm fans for about half the price but OCUK don't stock them.

Are they good as the Apache fans?

RBL · 1 Mar 2010 at 20:37

khemist said:
Using Venomous X with 2x apache black fans.

How did you connect fans to mobo? I got the same set of fans and same cooler and I connected one fant to CPU_FAN header and second to CHA_FAN. Which means front one is working as PWM should (depends on temp), but back one (connected to chasis fan header) is on 100% rpm all the time.

Helios1234 · 1 Mar 2010 at 20:56

fizzle-187 said:
Are they good as the Apache fans?

I'm not really sure but the heatsink itself will work well no matter what fan is used. For instance, when I changed from 2 Noctua NF-P12s (1300rpm) to some Coolink SWiF2-120P (1700rpm), there was only a 2.5 degree difference on average. It depends whether you think spending double the price on fans for a few degrees gain will be worth it.

reflux · 2 Mar 2010 at 14:34

khemist said:
Using Venomous X with 2x apache black fans.
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/999/capturerxo.jpg[IMG][/URL][/QUOTE]

Me too - just got mine installed! Temps max out at 80c during IBT on maximum, i7 920 @ 4ghz.

[quote="RBL, post: 16066876"]How did you connect fans to mobo? I got the same set of fans and same cooler and I connected one fant to CPU_FAN header and second to CHA_FAN. Which means front one is working as PWM should (depends on temp), but back one (connected to chasis fan header) is on 100% rpm all the time.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I did the same.

khemist · 2 Mar 2010 at 14:36

RBL said:
How did you connect fans to mobo? I got the same set of fans and same cooler and I connected one fant to CPU_FAN header and second to CHA_FAN. Which means front one is working as PWM should (depends on temp), but back one (connected to chasis fan header) is on 100% rpm all the time.

I have them on a fan controller.

the-tazs · 2 Mar 2010 at 14:58

HI i went for the h50-1 and moded it,got good temps, screenshot below.

Lt Goody · 6 Mar 2010 at 17:07

If i put just one fan on my venomous when it arrives do i put it on a pull or push?

Helios1234 · 6 Mar 2010 at 18:27

Lt Goody said:
If i put just one fan on my venomous when it arrives do i put it on a pull or push?

I'd say push. If you have an exhaust case fan, that will act as your "pull" fan, although not as effectively as a proper pull fan.

Jotunkaiser · 6 Mar 2010 at 18:28

So the overall verdict is VX > h-50? can someone recommend 2 good fans then

120mm push/pull right even if you are using the VX?

Mr Paul · 6 Mar 2010 at 20:56

Akasa Apache

C64 · 9 Jun 2010 at 23:06

Has anyone found any reviews of the two new corsair coolers yet ? A50 and A70 i think

Jack Hammer · 9 Jun 2010 at 23:10

cupofchow said:
i had a H50 before the VX and the VX dropped loads temps by at least 10oC on my i7 overclocked to 4ghz

How was your H50 setup?

For good fans I would recommend for a balance of noise and CFM either: Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM or Sharkoon Silent Eagle (SE or 2000) 120mm. You can always run the fans through PWM cables or a fan controller to dictate the noise or cooling. More information:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cooling/2009/09/28/what-s-the-best-case-fan/1

I am more dibating whether to use Corsair H50 or Coolit ECO ALC: Though having bought the Coolit ALC ECO already kind of gives the game away. It turns out both can do very good cooling jobs with the right setup and high static pressure high CFM fans (Almost identical it seems). More information:

http://www.vortez.co.uk/contentteller/articles_pages/corsair_h50_cpu_cooler_review,10.html

C64 · 9 Jun 2010 at 23:13

I'll say this about a lot of air coolers, they need lapping to perform at their best always the chance you get a dodgy one not flat enough.
Wish they would make them flat is it too much to ask in this day and age ?

fans i would go for akasa vipers apparently very quiet even at top speed

cupofchow · 9 Jun 2010 at 23:16

C64 said:
I'll say this about a lot of air coolers, they need lapping to perform at their best always the chance you get a dodgy one not flat enough.
Wish they would make them flat is it too much to ask in this day and age ?

fans i would go for akasa vipers apparently very quiet even at top speed

The VX is designed to be concaved and not perfectly flat