Corsair H100 Review

NathWraith · 28 Jul 2011 at 15:54

1.41v is used to show the capable cooling capacity of the H100 proving that it can dispell more heat than would normally be required. or in other words "benchmarking" the cooler

Also the 1200 has x2 rear 120mm fans, you can fit most 240mm radiaotrs on these and the Corsair one went on like a treat

bulldog147 · 28 Jul 2011 at 15:57

J-FRO said:
Well that much is obvious, I wanted to know figures so I can see if it's worth the outlay. If I'm only going to see a 3 degree decrease in temps on my 2500k clocked at 4.2Ghz on 1.21V, then it's not worth spending £95 on a new cooler. If I'm going to see c.10 degree's difference, then I may be more tempted.

Yeah good point! I know what you mean!

rjkoneill said:
good point. the stress test has been running for around 2 hours now so i will take another screenshot of stability at 5ghz from this initial run.

ocuk gaming system H100 @ 5GHz please if your test had passed 24 hours!

Jordan97 · 28 Jul 2011 at 16:35

Even if you are getting good temperatures like this, would you still recommend not to go over 1.38v?

rjk · 28 Jul 2011 at 17:02

well yes. but as we have said already. this is designed to be a stress test for the cooler.
it can handle what we would consider to be an overkill clockspeed on overkill voltage.

i reckon that 2500k could probably drop a few notches and retain stability but its not exactly cherry picked. it was grabbed from stock for testing.

heres the same 5ghz overclock after a few hours testing to show the progress

and as requested, a screenshot of a more achievable overclock on conservative volts.

as you can see, even when pumped up to silly vcore the cooler handles it well with only a marginal increase in temperatures.

psychas · 28 Jul 2011 at 17:06

not so bad, pity antec 902 doesn't have space for it like 1200 .

also 28c ambient temp , thats pretty hot i guess someone was sweating

rjk · 28 Jul 2011 at 17:11

28'C is the result of a room full of computers at 100% CPU & GPU load

it is hot yes, but proves again that the cooler is up to task.

bulldog147 · 28 Jul 2011 at 17:14

rjkoneill said:
28'C is the result of a room full of computers at 100% CPU & GPU load

it is hot yes, but proves again that the cooler is up to task.

Your vcore for 4.6 and 5.0 is much the same as my new chip as I am now on 5.2 for 24/7 (1.435 in bios) for general use and had no problem so far. Temp is reasonable below 74C on my case. Happy with my silver arrow.

rjk · 28 Jul 2011 at 17:19

cool story.
but you have a 2600k, this is a 2500k. your above post has nothing to do with the h100?

the vcore is just estimates. would probably be capable of much lower.
as i say. this is just a random cpu. not cherry picked or anything.

Ace Modder · 28 Jul 2011 at 17:24

I think that the point is that the H100 is an extremely capable cooler.

We know the Silver Arrow is a good cooler also, is there any need to go on and go about your settings in every thread we post.

Lunawolfy · 28 Jul 2011 at 17:26

Sounds weird but I thrash those temps on an H60 push pull with Tyhpoons.

This need more reviewing...

I'd love to get it, but ~£100 for a cooler is a jump. Now if it kept my idles under 25 (28 atm) and load under 60 at IBT (about 62 atm) then hell yes, but for the price, despite the 240 ram the performance doesn't seem good enough

Reaga · 28 Jul 2011 at 17:28

Ace Modder said:
The biggest shock is that the fans are much better than the H80 fans meaning the results are better than expected.

Any idea what the performance of the H80 is with the fans from the H100? also any idea what the actual fans used in each of them are as id assumed they would be the same? The reason I ask is im not sure the H100 will fit in my Antec P193 due to the dual top fans being 140mm, but i could fit a H80 in fine.

J-FRO · 28 Jul 2011 at 17:33

big thanks to rjkoneill for the system info on the 4.6Ghz clock. 66 at that voltage on that clock looks pretty good!

GoogalyMoogaly · 28 Jul 2011 at 18:18

So a ~£90 cooler gets good temps?

Better than the cheaper all-in-one coolers? :eek:

For comparison, what sort of temps would you get in this setup if you went for a custom loop with a 240mm rad?

Say for example:
Black Ice SR-1 240
EK Supreme HF CPU Block
XSPC Dual 750 Bay Reservoir & Pump
(All available from OcUK)

EDIT: Reading this back it seems a little more sarcastic than I intended!

KiiYzOo · 28 Jul 2011 at 18:32

wtf either that cooler is awesome, and better than a custom loop with a 360mm slim rad or my i3 540 @ 3.9ghz & 1.32v is very hot, as my custom loop is getting max 63 degrees on both cores, which is 3 degrees off of the max your 2500k @ 4.6ghz

edit - I'm actually doing a run of prime and I just noticed that the max is now 1 degree under those 4.6ghz tests!!, also my case fans are on the lowest they can go though

Moothead2 · 28 Jul 2011 at 18:45

The price is that only downfall as far as I can see. If money's no object and you don't want a gigantic air cooler and have to go through the hassle of a full watercooling then this would be pretty ideal.

Locky · 28 Jul 2011 at 18:47

Nice cooler, the volts & settings are not really relevant here to be honest, this is to show what the cooler is capable of cooling, not how far the 2500k overclocks.

I think to gauge the coolers ability more, use a bloomfield in the test also, gives people a better gauge of the cooler.

Broken Hope · 28 Jul 2011 at 20:53

Lunawolfy said:
Sounds weird but I thrash those temps on an H60 push pull with Tyhpoons.

This need more reviewing...

I'd love to get it, but ~£100 for a cooler is a jump. Now if it kept my idles under 25 (28 atm) and load under 60 at IBT (about 62 atm) then hell yes, but for the price, despite the 240 ram the performance doesn't seem good enough

Do you also have a 28c ambient temperature? Otherwise you aren't really doing a fair comparison.

borandi · 28 Jul 2011 at 23:39

Hmm. My H50 hits 98C, using 1.54V to get 5.2G on a 2600K. It's not the best chip, but was hoping to get one of these with some deltas, see if I can push 1.6V for 5.4G. Serious competitive (air/water) overclocking required.

Can we put fans on the front and back of the radiator, for 4 fan goodness?

setter · 28 Jul 2011 at 23:41

Locky said:
Nice cooler, the volts & settings are not really relevant here to be honest, this is to show what the cooler is capable of cooling, not how far the 2500k overclocks.

I think to gauge the coolers ability more, use a bloomfield in the test also, gives people a better gauge of the cooler.

Yep, id like to see how it fares on a bloomfield, as theese are pretty hot runners compared to a more modern efficient setup like sb.

Rossdh · 29 Jul 2011 at 10:31

Right gonna get one today. But what's fans. I have got 2 spare cooler master sickle flows. But I was thinking maybe Akasa Apaches or Vipers. Another question, would you recommend push pull?