Corsair H50 ....dust... its enemy!

Zenduri · 15 May 2010 at 15:05

WARNING NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED!
Sorry for bad photo's was taken on a old phone and excuse the old PS2 mouse my normal mouse is broke.

I wondered why my 920 had rose 9 degrees over 2 months whilst under my H50-1

jorzeh · 15 May 2010 at 15:11

Ye i had to blast mine cleanas well a lot of dust gather up the Rad rest of the case were spotless..

setter · 15 May 2010 at 15:16

Best too fit a filter, even a pair of old tights cut too size works wonders.

Zenduri · 15 May 2010 at 15:25

im considering a filter for it but i dont know where i could get a filter for the top of my 800D.

Just had to take the h20 off again as i had the fans on pull pull instead fo pushpull... i wondered why it was 5 degrees warmer than it normaly is.

Currently sat at 28/31/28/32 idle when it was 37/40/38/41 this morning

sorn21 · 15 May 2010 at 15:31

I've noticed my temps creeping up, think it's time I dissembled mine to have a peek!

Zenduri · 15 May 2010 at 16:09

The dust wasnt visable looking through the stationary fan into the rad but jesus i was suprised at the dust

setter · 15 May 2010 at 16:18

My load temps have also went up 4-5c, case was cleaned recently so the warmer weather is the cause, im now hitting 79c on my highest core, (i7 920 DO at 4ghz on an asus p6t dlx v2).

1uke · 15 May 2010 at 17:25

Just checked my H50 radiator and it was also full of dust just like your picture, So I fitted a dust filter. Getting amazing temps again full load 53c at 4ghz on q9550 after 1hr of prime

racerboy59 · 15 May 2010 at 17:50

How long have you had it to become that dusty? I just fitted mine yesterday for the first time. I'm guessing that you have a rear intake. Correct?

OLDPHART · 15 May 2010 at 21:13

Using a FTO1 case(positive air pressure) my fan filter's work very well. I clean them about every 3 month's, H5O push/pull config, rad gets very little dust on it.

Zenduri · 16 May 2010 at 03:17

Thats 2 months worth of crap in that radiator i have the h50 on the rear of the 800D on intake pushpull, bottom intake on case and top exhaust

Hotwired · 16 May 2010 at 03:35

I've had my H50 running for months now and it's pretty much dust free

I set my fans to run at low speed the vast majority of the time. Less airflow means less dusty air being drawn through my filter mesh. It's also quieter.

Much rather that than unscrew the massive stack of fans and shrouds I have clustered around my H50 rad. That would really be a chore.

hawker1986 · 16 May 2010 at 14:33

Have to say ive had mine running about 4 months or so in my FT02B and ive had no dust in the rad. But ive got filters on all the intakes so its not that surprising.

Hawker

St0tteh0 · 16 May 2010 at 15:40

i have mine as exhaust on the top of my 800D with two fans and my temps are ok

AtreuS · 16 May 2010 at 16:02

Must be a very dirty house

Gundog48 · 16 May 2010 at 18:34

Best trick is to put the H50 rad out of the main airflow area and use a lower speed on the fans. This way the dust will be going out the other fans, with less going thought the rad.

Ordokai · 17 May 2010 at 15:02

To not install a dust filter why ? :rolleyes:

- Ordokai

Yellowbeard · 17 May 2010 at 20:37

In all seriousness, if you have a central heating/cooling system in your home, you may want to clean or change the filters. You too are breathing that much stuff in to your lungs.

Good post and picture. Definitely got to keep rads n filters clean for optimum cooling performance.