Corsair H50 Water Cooling Kit

WJA i get a 6C spread on my temps at load so it does happen.
have tried reseating a couple of times but as the hottest core is still well under spec and i don't want to lap the CPU im just ignoring it at the moment :)
 
Just do it yourself. Turn on all the speedstep features on the mobo and turn llc off. Under cpuz you will see that the multiplier changes incrementally. Not just between 20/21 and 12. The voltages will change too, but not so much.

The original post may have been after I cancelled the test, I dont remember. But I wasn't illustrating anything but the idle and highest load temps.

Your former business partners worked for Intel. So did I at their Swindon HQ, if he worked there maybe I know him.

The last test shown is an illustration of temps after 10mins at 4Ghz under prime95 using my corsair. The test was still running when the shot was taken and load temp fluctuates. That's it. Believe it or not. I couldn't care less.
 
Last edited:
Gaidin109 said:
Just do it yourself. Turn on all the speedstep features on the mobo and turn llc off. Under cpuz you will see that the multiplier changes incrementally. Not just between 20/21 and 12. The voltages will change too, but not so much.
Click to expand...

Nope. I'm on a UD5 at the moment with the BIOS reset back to default and it flips up and down between 12 and 21. I'm not seeing anything in between. Sorry.
 
Well good for you. Mine does so that's that. Of course mine isn't set to default. We will have to agree to disagree cos this is getting silly

I use 191x20. LLC off. 1.287v vcore. Qpi 1.215. Ioh 1.1v. Dram1.5v.

C1e on. C3 off. Thermal monitor on. Eist on. Virtualisation on. Prochot on.
Qpi link x36. Uncore x16. CPU clock drive 900.

Perfomance enhance standard. XMP disabled.

Memory timings manually set to
8,8,8,24,2T. 1528mhz.

And that's it. I can assure you that cpuz shows freq changes and multiplier changes not just 12 and 20/21 but 14,16,18.
 
Last edited:
Gaidin109 said:
Well good for you. Mine does so that's that. Of course mine isn't set to default. We will have to agree to disagree cos this is getting silly.
Click to expand...

Not really silly. Anyone else have an i7 system that does this?

I have an XFX X58, a UD5 and a P6T and I can't make any of them vary the multiplier with load. The CPUs either seem to be loaded or speedstepped.

I have the latest BIOS revision on all boards.
 
WJA96 said:
Not really silly. Anyone else have an i7 system that does this?

I have an XFX X58, a UD5 and a P6T and I can't make any of them vary the multiplier with load. The CPUs either seem to be loaded or speedstepped.

I have the latest BIOS revision on all boards.
Click to expand...

I'm not sure how to illustrate this, I have done a prime95 cooldown test and taken screenshot at different times including the idle tests at the end to try. you will see the voltage changes at load and multiplier changes at idle.
I dont know how else to show you.

I though all i7's would do the same without LLC, maybe I am mistaken and if so I apologise to you. I finally understand what you were saying about the original post, cpuz showing idle freq and realtemp showing load, I probably shut down prime to take the screenshot thus the reduction in multiplier. I can see now why that is misleading and I do apologise. I have deleted the post.

I am also interested in whether anyone else's i7 does the same thing when Overclocked with LLC off and c1e on.

heres the link to the screenshots, I didnt post them all cos there are too many.

http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss22/gaidin109/cooldown test/
 
Last edited:
MikeTimbers said:
A German site has just tested the H50 and it barely beat a TRUE.

Which is hardly surprising given the actual size of the cooling area.
Click to expand...

got a link I would like to read that?. That it beat the True (albeit barely) is good, thats what it was designed to do. no-one is saying its a replacement for watercooling, just an alternative to high end aircooling.

Trust me If the aircoolers I have had were better by any significant margin, I would have one.
 
Last edited:
If barely, beating the true is right, then that is good enough for me.

I have been a rigid supporter of the true ever since they came out, which is when i got mine.
It is IMO the best air cooler ever.

Idle temps are average, but load temps can't be beaten.

If the H50 is the same performance then i would choose this for a few reasons.
1, nice step into water cooling.
2. quieter pc.
3. space inside my pc.
4. price.
And whatever else i ain't thought of.
 
In my honest word ... the corsair H50 is no way the better than the Prolimatech Megahalems CPU Cooler. Because H50 cannot cope with 4.2Ghz full load but Prolimatech Megahalems can cope.

H50 :

4.0Ghz full load at 79C at 1.30vcore otherwise 73C at 1.20vcore
4.2Ghz full load at 88C at 1.31vcore otherwise 84C at 1.29vcore

Prolimatech Megahalems :

4.0Ghz full load at 74C at 1.30vcore otherwise 67C at 1.20vcore
4.2Ghz full load at 81C at 1.31vcore otherwise 76C at 1.29vcore

Both been tested myself after 8 hours full load using prime 95 blend test.
 
bulldog147 said:
In my honest word ... the corsair H50 is no way the better than the Prolimatech Megahalems CPU Cooler. Because H50 cannot cope with 4.2Ghz full load but Prolimatech Megahalems can cope.

H50 :

4.0Ghz full load at 79C at 1.30vcore otherwise 73C at 1.20vcore
4.2Ghz full load at 88C at 1.31vcore otherwise 84C at 1.29vcore

Prolimatech Megahalems :

4.0Ghz full load at 74C at 1.30vcore otherwise 67C at 1.20vcore
4.2Ghz full load at 81C at 1.31vcore otherwise 76C at 1.29vcore

Both been tested myself after 8 hours full load using prime 95 blend test.
Click to expand...


thats not what I found I'm afraid. My 4.2OC was also at 1.31v (BIOS) and after a 10pass IBT test on very high temps maxed out at 80c for the H50. dont know for the megahalems as I didnt try it when I had them.

42IBT10pass.jpg


that was with akasa apache fans in push/pull exhausting out of the case. (opposite from corsair recommendation, I find it better. I think when it pulls air from outside it scoops up the hot air from the GPU).
 
Last edited:
I'm not looking for, nor expecting some mythical holy grail of cooling with this item. What I am looking for is something that will keep my 920 cool at a moderate overclock - i.e. around 3.5 whilst not disturbing overall airflow around the case and more importantly, not blocking a slot of RAM. Seems to me, if that's what you want then this delivers.
 
That's why I bought one originally, thinking the same as many that it wasn't going to perform as well as it did. Some, especially in the custom WC fraternity will denigrate the corsair no matter what. But as a simple solution to having a large high end aircooler taking up huge amounts of space it's perfect. I run a 4ghz OC 24/7 and have no problems whatsoever. It's quieter due to one less fan, takes less space, frees up all the dimms and performs just as well as the best aircoolers on the market.
Exactly what it's designed to do.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom