Corsair Hydro H50, 60 or 70...

Plec · 7 Jul 2011 at 17:30

Moothead2 said:
How loud is the SA at 100% on one fan and say 50% on the other? I only have 1 4 pin header on my board I think .

I'm using one of the sys headers at 50% for fan two but have got one of these on order - Akasa AK-CB002 PWM Fan Splitter Cable so that they can both run of the CPU header.

Moothead2 · 7 Jul 2011 at 17:37

Plec said:
I'm using one of the sys headers at 50% for fan two but have got one of these on order - Akasa AK-CB002 PWM Fan Splitter Cable so that they can both run of the CPU header.

AiiR said:
You could get a splitter so both fans would run off the same connector I think.

Cheers, I'll look into those if I feel the SA is too loud at 100%-50%. I have 1 CPU header and 4 Sys_fan headers but I can only control two of the Sys_Fan headers

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BillTheButcher · 7 Jul 2011 at 17:50

Plec said:
If you ordered form OcUK with the additional fan you could run it quieter still - by reducuing the max fans speed (certainly at idle).

I did order it from OCUK but didn't see any mention of an additional fan. :confused:

The H70/80 are dual-fan but I thought the 50/60 only had one.

Plec · 7 Jul 2011 at 18:30

BillTheButcher said:
I did order it from OCUK but didn't see any mention of an additional fan.

They were running a promotion - if you entered a code during tcheckout you could get an additional apache fan free...

Try the after sales forum - if you're prepared to pay the postage for the fan (and the promotion is still running) they 'may' send you out the additional fan, if you explain that you overlooked the promotion but would have used it had you seen it etc...

No guarantees of course, and OcUK are under no obligation, but it's probably worth a polite enquiry...

BillTheButcher · 7 Jul 2011 at 18:34

I can't see any mention of that promotion but I've asked about it anyway. Thanks.

Plec · 7 Jul 2011 at 18:34

Moothead2 said:
Cheers, I'll look into those if I feel the SA is too loud at 100%-50%. I have 1 CPU header and 4 Sys_fan headers but I can only control two of the Sys_Fan headers .

The splitter is the best option and if you have a neat, braided cables and an organised case there are splitters out there that will compliment that look - google (i may mention these in the 'OcUK suggestion forum' as they are far neater).''

The fans at 50%, for me, are silent plus they keep my system under 60 (when hot) even under heavy load.

Plec · 7 Jul 2011 at 18:48

BillTheButcher said:
I can't see any mention of that promotion but I've asked about it anyway. Thanks.

It may have ended as they change their promotions every Wednesday (late morning) - but it's certainly worth asking.

best of luck.

Moothead2 · 7 Jul 2011 at 18:49

Plec said:
The splitter is the best option and if you have a neat, braided cables and an organised case there are splitters out there that will compliment that look - google (i may mention these in the 'OcUK suggestion forum' as they are far neater).''

The fans at 50%, for me, are silent plus they keep my system under 60 (when hot) even under heavy load.

Not too bothered about braided cables, there's no side window on my case. Well of course it's going to cool your CPU that well, you couldn't power a fan LED on the voltages you're getting

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As for the apache fan, I'm sure that deal was on for a few weeks and wasn't just a weekly deal unless they kept putting it in there every week.

Plec · 7 Jul 2011 at 18:53

Moothead2 said:
Well of course it's going to cool your CPU that well, you couldn't power a fan LED on the voltages you're getting .

Admittedly, i have a gem of chip - but even if i didn't i would have upped my threshold to 70 degrees

Moothead2 said:
As for the apache fan, I'm sure that deal was on for a few weeks and wasn't just a weekly deal unless they kept putting it in there every week.

Yes it was, but if it has been removed (i have no idea) it would probably coincide with a Wednesday cleansing - which unfortunatley for Butcher was yesterday.

Moothead2 · 7 Jul 2011 at 19:03

Plec said:
Admittedly, i have a gem of chip - but even if i didn't i would have upped my threshold to 70 degrees

In contrast mine requires around 1.33/1.34v for 4.5 GHz. I don't mind too much though since the benifits from the extra 300-500MHz are minimal and the SA will still adequately cool my CPU.

Plec · 7 Jul 2011 at 19:12

Moothead2 said:
In contrast mine requires around 1.33/1.34v for 4.5 GHz. I don't mind too much though since the benifits from the extra 300-500MHz are minimal and the SA will still adequately cool my CPU.

I challenge you to drop your clock 0.1GHz and test the minimal voltage required.

You would miss 100Mhz even less

My voltages soared, in relative comparison to 1.19V, when i try 4.5GHz...

Moothead2 · 7 Jul 2011 at 19:16

Plec said:
I challenge you to drop your clock 0.1GHz and test the minimal voltage required.

You would miss 100Mhz even less

My voltages soared, in relative comparison to 1.19V, when i try 4.5GHz...

Might just try that when I get my SA (Hopefully tomorrow). Running at stock at the moment on the stock cooler

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BillTheButcher · 11 Jul 2011 at 12:50

James J said:
Its a nice piece of kit and you can make it silent and still perform extremely well by adding a akasa apache black fan to it (which is what I did)

I realised when I was fitting my new PSU and graphics card that I've already got a 120mm Akasa AK-183-L2B Amber Ultra Quiet sitting just below the PSU where the H60's radiator and fan will go so if the H60's fan is too noisy I can just swap it with that.

r0cky · 12 Jul 2011 at 13:26

I've just returned an H60, terrible noise from the water pump. It was louder than all my fans, all my hard-drives, and I could hear it downstairs through the floor.

Corsair said to RMA it. I've got the H80 instead now.

BillTheButcher · 12 Jul 2011 at 19:57

H60 now fitted.

Been running Prime95 for about 15 minutes and the highest core temperature is 48C. :cool:

It's no quieter than the stock Intel cooler at full speed but it's a less annoying noise.

Plec · 12 Jul 2011 at 20:09

Great temps - i forget is it clocked?

If not you have no excuses with stock temps like that

BillTheButcher · 12 Jul 2011 at 20:46

I'm running a mild clock of 4GHz until I'm happy that I've found a stable VCore.

It's been at 1.185 for a while now without a single BSOD but I want to make sure.

Plec · 12 Jul 2011 at 20:50

Looking good - and nice temps - sensible approach.

BillTheButcher · 12 Jul 2011 at 23:46

Been playing Torchlight for the past few hours and the system seems nice and stable at 4GHz/1.185 Vcore.

A few pics...

Stock i7-2600K cooler.

Pathetic amount of paste that it comes with.

H60 contents.

Backplate in place.

H60 fitted...

...and running. :cool:

Plec · 13 Jul 2011 at 00:04

You do get a lot of space with the H series - you still get to see your memory and MOFSETs.

My pics before i had got my hands on the compressed air and tidied up cables...