Corsair Customer Water parts ( Hydro X)

orbitalwalsh · 28 May 2019 at 10:44

https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/hydro-x-series-custom-cooling

finally launched !

guessing watercooling fans have seen corsair has been looking at Water gear parts for a while with Alphacool Having produced tease parts for last 2 years ....

seems now its all complete and few OEMs now produce different parts for Corsair to get the Best performance and quality !

you'll see some Alphacool, Bitspower and Hardwarelabs stuff here !

thats right, Hardware Labs make the rads for Corsair!

@Plec

one snag... stock is late coming in...

Plec · 28 May 2019 at 11:24

orbitalwalsh said:
@Plec

Thanks, Orbi.

You must be in RGB heaven!

That's a stylish concept - should certainly make watercooling more enticing to the masses (my son is looking over my shoulder with interest - he's just had a be Quiet Rock stuck on his recently, so dream on, little bud.

)

orbitalwalsh · 28 May 2019 at 12:46

@Plec haha. can tell by the fittings cost Bitspower make them ! CPU block isnt that bad in price and GPU is on the high end, but its a love child between alphacool and heatkiller

ninezerofive · 28 May 2019 at 13:52

Do you guys know, will I be able to control CPU block with aura sync or is it locked under iCue. I definitely don't need another piece of software.

LePhuronn · 28 May 2019 at 14:01

ninezerofive said:
Do you guys know, will I be able to control CPU block with aura sync or is it locked under iCue. I definitely don't need another piece of software.

RGB leds are just RGB leds, it's just the wires and pin outs that each company generally switches around to lock them within their ecosystem. So, in theory at least, if the Corsair pin outs don't match the Asus ones then you can buy/make an adapter to switch everything over. Applies to both 12V RGB and 5V addressable (but obviously you can't interchange).

So for example, if Corsair have wired their 12V LEDS to be G-R-B-Gnd and Asus have their plugs R-G-B-Gnd, you can make an adapter to switch the wiring order.

In theory

LePhuronn · 28 May 2019 at 14:05

Apparently Mayhems are making Corsair's coolant.

LuckyBenski · 28 May 2019 at 17:42

LePhuronn said:
So for example, if Corsair have wired their 12V LEDS to be G-R-B-Gnd and Asus have their plugs R-G-B-Gnd, you can make an adapter to switch the wiring order.

In theory

Usually 12V supply is common and the GRB are used for ground. But absolutely correct.

(You probably already know this)

/Pedant

LePhuronn · 28 May 2019 at 20:00

They're common anode then? Didn't know that, I'm rubbish with electronics. My brain can't work out how you'd control common anode, but then putting resistors after the LED is black magic to me as well

dannywaugh1 · 28 May 2019 at 22:16

Looks very interesting. Iv never water cooled but I sure people like myself will be more inclined to have ago. Wounder if they will be selling bend kits for the hardline stuff?

Skynet5 · 1 Jun 2019 at 10:35

dannywaugh1 said:
Looks very interesting. Iv never water cooled but I sure people like myself will be more inclined to have ago. Wounder if they will be selling bend kits for the hardline stuff?

So hard line means rigid? Stupid question maybe.

How do you bend them? You need special kit?

Do they do a flex tube?

dannywaugh1 · 1 Jun 2019 at 23:06

lnoton said:
So hard line means rigid? Stupid question maybe.

How do you bend them? You need special kit?

Do they do a flex tube?

Yep, Rigid tubing. I believe its done by some heat. And yes they are going to be doing flex tube

brightside229 · 4 Jun 2019 at 10:03

I considered this for my new build. What puts me off is the fact corsair seem to use their own plugs for the RGB stuff. So on top of the cooling i need to then buy their controller and commander.

Also i find it a bit strange their are no reviews or benchmarks out yet even though the full kit is out and available to buy to the public!

Surely if the block and pump combo was good corsair would want as many positive reviews out their as possible to drive sales of the new product?

LePhuronn · 4 Jun 2019 at 10:34

brightside229 said:
I considered this for my new build. What puts me off is the fact corsair seem to use their own plugs for the RGB stuff. So on top of the cooling i need to then buy their controller and commander.

Also i find it a bit strange their are no reviews or benchmarks out yet even though the full kit is out and available to buy to the public!

Surely if the block and pump combo was good corsair would want as many positive reviews out their as possible to drive sales of the new product?

Considering Corsair haven't actually made anything I'd say their kit was as good as their OEMs; if you think Hardware Labs radiators are good then Corsair radiators are good. If you think Bitspower fittings are good then Corsair fittings are good. Everything has been designed by Corsair (they picked up a lot of former EK staff for this), but they're not actually making it.

And good news! Corsair aren't bothering with PETG

As for the RGB plugs, just rewire them.

brightside229 · 4 Jun 2019 at 11:38

LePhuronn said:
Considering Corsair haven't actually made anything I'd say their kit was as good as their OEMs; if you think Hardware Labs radiators are good then Corsair radiators are good. If you think Bitspower fittings are good then Corsair fittings are good. Everything has been designed by Corsair (they picked up a lot of former EK staff for this), but they're not actually making it.

And good news! Corsair aren't bothering with PETG

As for the RGB plugs, just rewire them.

Even so, not all perform exactly the same? and the blocks and res/pump are not the same as others so they are going to perform differently? flow rate is not as high 800 vs ek's 1500 etc... so not sure what you mean by that? I basically want the best block so if corsair performs better than the others then i will get that, but theirs no information to say.

or if i can get lucky with a cheap second hand velocity rgb block then i will get that even if corsair is slightly ahead.

roysters · 4 Jun 2019 at 12:02

i find it strange how there is a embargo on the performance.. jaystwocent has them in and was unboxing but wasnt allowed to discuss performance..

brightside229 · 4 Jun 2019 at 12:08

roysters said:
i find it strange how there is a embargo on the performance.. jaystwocent has them in and was unboxing but wasnt allowed to discuss performance..

Exactly!

I have never known a NDA on a product that was already released and purchasable? to me it screams "Please dont say anything about our stuff, it will hurt the sales if information gets out"

Hopefully not and theirs another reason for it? but cant think of anything?

LuckyBenski · 4 Jun 2019 at 13:05

Surely they're up for pre-order not sale?

orbitalwalsh · 4 Jun 2019 at 13:34

Stock in UK was a bit funny.
Was delayed getting to UK by a while it seems as one large reseller had them in before others

brightside229 · 4 Jun 2019 at 13:50

orbitalwalsh said:
Stock in UK was a bit funny.
Was delayed getting to UK by a while it seems as one large reseller had them in before others

as far as i can see other retailers are saying they are in stock, and even listing them on ebay!