Corsair H100 with AM4 socket

qbazdz · 4 Oct 2020 at 12:48

Hi,
has anyone tried mounting the older (v1 I guess) version of Hydro H100 with AM4 CPUs?
Like this:

There is a bracket available for them, but it only lists H100i v2.
https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categ...et-Kit-for-Hydro-Series™-Coolers/p/CW-8960046

Would performance be better than regular air cooler with something like Ryzen 5 3600?

mickyflinn · 4 Oct 2020 at 13:08

For the sake of £5 it's worth a try or contact there customer support first.

A decent air cooler can do the job, arctic e34 sport is one of the best value coolers.

qbazdz · 4 Oct 2020 at 13:10

Yeah, was thinking of exactly that, but got that Hydro sitting idle in the box and it was used for like a month before I went proper WC on my oldish rig.

mickyflinn · 4 Oct 2020 at 13:42

qbazdz said:
Yeah, was thinking of exactly that, but got that Hydro sitting idle in the box and it was used for like a month before I went proper WC on my oldish rig.

From the corsair forum 5th post down.

I can confirm that the original H100 will mount to AM4 socket without any modifications. I just installed this AIO onto a Ryzen system. Using the same brackets that look like "square hooks", they will clip onto the motherboard's original mount effortlessly. Unfortunately, Corsair staff is trained to say you need to buy a new AIO cooler as per the email they sent me:

https://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=165972

qbazdz · 4 Oct 2020 at 13:47

Thanks, I did send Corsair a ticket but you were quicker lol

Now need to find the bracket pieces, as all Ive got in the box is for intel as it was on trusty 2500K..