Corsair H50 Water Cooling Kit

Perfect_Chaos · 27 Jul 2009 at 06:20

it seems at least as good as a TRUE from what ive been reading, so its a good cooler.

Cant understand why they dont make something like this but with better cooling though, plug in and forget about it basically..

HighlandeR · 27 Jul 2009 at 07:42

bulldog147 said:
I went back to Prolimatech Megahalems Performance CPU Cooler because the H50 couldn't do 4.2Ghz as temperature went over 90C.

As it good H50 for up to 3.80Ghz but not suitable for high overclock.

Thats still a good result was the 83c temp @ 4ghz though or 4.2ghz ?

WJA96 · 27 Jul 2009 at 09:07

Perfect_Chaos said:
Cant understand why they dont make something like this but with better cooling though, plug in and forget about it basically..

I'm not sure what product you want, but the Swiftech kit is a Swiftech GTX block (a very good block) with a Laing DDC fitted on top (a very good pump) and you can get it in 120mm and 240mm flavours.

Then Alphacool do their CoolAnswer III Laing Special Edition which is a similar product and is effectively good components working together.

Perfect_Chaos · 27 Jul 2009 at 10:09

WJA96 said:
I'm not sure what product you want, but the Swiftech kit is a Swiftech GTX block (a very good block) with a Laing DDC fitted on top (a very good pump) and you can get it in 120mm and 240mm flavours.

Then Alphacool do their CoolAnswer III Laing Special Edition which is a similar product and is effectively good components working together.

Completely forgot about the Swiftech kit i assume you mean the H20-220 compact kit?, how good is it exactly though?.

Basically looking for something thats quiet(ish) but cools enough to overclock and still keep temps lower than any heatsink would and simple to install.. like these kits, sometime i could get a full custom watercooling kit but to be honest id rather something like this which you dont have to mess with.

The coolanswer III has a review from 2006 so i suppose the swiftech is the better kit being newer.

sorry for going off original topic

WJA96 · 27 Jul 2009 at 10:36

I made my own CoolAnswer III from quality parts;

Alphacool mountiung plate - £10 from a competitor
Laing DDC 10W pump - £30 used off MM
XSPC Pump top - £18 new.
XSPC 120mm radiator - £8 used off MM
D-Tek V1 CPU block - £15 used off MM
Some barbs and tubing - £10 new.
120mm Artic Cooling PWM fan - £4 new and it's just plugged into the CPU fan header.

And it mounts the same way as the Corsair kit, and the performance is rather better too.

shadowscotland · 27 Jul 2009 at 11:10

For under £100 that a really nice micro loop WJA.
Ever thought for redrilling the mounting plate so the pump/res is rotated 45 degress to improve air flow around the fan...

Still costs a lot more that a TRUE+fans or the Corsair. But wins hands down on for plug & play and upgradability.

bulldog147 · 27 Jul 2009 at 12:35

HighlandeR said:
Thats still a good result was the 83c temp @ 4ghz though or 4.2ghz ?

Yep, it a good result for H50 on the 4Ghz at 83C but I only did 3 hours prime95 full load. Then I try 4.2Ghz at 1.31vcore but temperature went too high over 90 after 25 minutes. Then, I try lower the vcore down to 1.30v but temperature still around 88C and crash with a blue screen.

H50 is ok and suitable for medium overclock up to 3.8 or 4.0 overclock. I did 21x, 191mhz, 4011mhz (4Ghz) with vcore of 1.31v and that where I getting 83C. If I did 21x, 200mhz, 4000mhz (4Ghz) with vcore of 1.31v and temperature went too high at 88C. Strange thing ?

bulldog147 · 27 Jul 2009 at 12:38

WJA96 said:
I made my own CoolAnswer III from quality parts;

Alphacool mountiung plate - £10 from a competitor
Laing DDC 10W pump - £30 used off MM
XSPC Pump top - £18 new.
XSPC 120mm radiator - £8 used off MM
D-Tek V1 CPU block - £15 used off MM
Some barbs and tubing - £10 new.
120mm Artic Cooling PWM fan - £4 new and it's just plugged into the CPU fan header.

And it mounts the same way as the Corsair kit, and the performance is rather better too.

Can the two tubes from the cpu block enter the back of my rear case with two holes (antec 1200) can go through to the back ? That's pretty good, a very good homemade with a great skill of homework. Wish I could ask you to built that for me and pay you £150 ! I couldn't do that myself. (worry I might do wrong)

shadowscotland · 27 Jul 2009 at 13:11

If you can wire a plug you can build a watercooling loop
WJA has even provided a shopping list and image to help

Tube size/make is the only thing you could get wrong - looks like 1/2 ID XSPC stuff to me

The beauty of a setup like this is leak testing can be done outside the case, so even if you don't get the tube clamps right first time - no damage done.

The Corsair H50 is showing it's self to be a good bit of kit (especially at it's price point) but I've always thought one of the strengths of watercooling was various interchangeable/optional parts that can be 'tuned' to silence or performance.

MikeTimbers · 27 Jul 2009 at 13:17

Agreed. The first setup of water-cooling is always scary so the H50 solves that little problem but the second step in water-cooling is to extend it, improve it, silence it. You can't do any of that with the H50 without voiding any warranty. It's sealed.

And suppose the seals aren't airtight? We've all seen water mysteriously vanishing from our sealed rigs and we can add more easily enough but with the H50, there's nowhere to add water/coolant.

And anyway, given the surface area of this thin 120mm radiator can it really be that much better than a Megahelam thingy? After all, at the end of the day, the surface area of the bit where the fan goes is the key. Any system with a single 120mm radiator will struggle to outperform a really good 120mm heatpipe solution.

rjk · 27 Jul 2009 at 13:54

bulldog147 said:
I do apology for my mistake on these temperature because I forget to set TJMAX at 100 on coretemp as it was set at 85 before. The correct temperature is at idle are: 44, 45, 44, 45 and full load at 83, 81, 79, 79 on vcore 1.31v

thats more realistic

bulldog147 · 27 Jul 2009 at 14:18

rjkoneill said:
thats more realistic

Yep I do agree with you, it my fault for my mistake of set the tjmax at 85 and this is why it wrong reading of those temperature.

Would we dream of having i7 920 d0 @ 4.5GHz water cooling of idle temp on 20,20,20,20 and full load for 24 hours at 50,50,50,50 ( we wish !!!! )

Maybe in future of new technology such as very low vcore, much lower temperature and a better high performance overclock with superb watercooling pc and most important of them all is a true SILENT !!!!

Gills · 29 Jul 2009 at 23:05

Thats the thing with the H50 though, new sockets that come out will no longer mean a change of cooler, all H50 owners would need is a new plate. So if you buy socket 1366 now then no need to worry if you ever change to the LGA1166 socket as a plate for it will be made.

Gaidin109 · 29 Jul 2009 at 23:19

heres my temps for corsair H50 installed in the rig in my sig

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss22/gaidin109/Capture1.jpg

this is under prime 95 for 20 minutes or so, continue for 2 hours with no change in temps. My case is crap for air circulation so gonna upgrade to atcs 840 so hopefully they will get better.

bulldog147 · 29 Jul 2009 at 23:59

Gaidin109 said:
heres my temps for corsair H50 installed in the rig in my sig

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss22/gaidin109/Capture1.jpg

this is under prime 95 for 20 minutes or so, continue for 2 hours with no change in temps. My case is crap for air circulation so gonna upgrade to atcs 840 so hopefully they will get better.

How on earth these temperature is so low for 4Ghz on corsair H50 water kit ? Did you re-apply thermal paste ? As I did try my h50 but after 15 mins, i get temp of 83c, 82, 80c, 80c ?

Can you take a photo of your set up h50 inside in your case ? I think my H50 is faulty (too hot) as it couldn't cool down. Did you use corsair fan ? the one with 1600rpm ?

rjk · 30 Jul 2009 at 00:00

i have been given a sample model of this cooler by Corsair today

it is very similar in theory to the CoolIT Domino

I will do some testing tomorrow and a review if i get time

noticed a review on bit tech today also

bulldog147 · 30 Jul 2009 at 00:13

rjkoneill said:
i have been given a sample model of this cooler by Corsair today

it is very similar in theory to the CoolIT Domino

I will do some testing tomorrow and a review if i get time

noticed a review on bit tech today also

Oh brill, good luck rjkoneill of trying out on corsair H50 to test it out, if successful on 4.0GHz with low temperature, is it possible to have those build pc system to buy it, without have to do it myself.

I been try to get my hear round it of how can I get lower under 80C with H50 at 4GHz but no sucess yet ! Went over 83C !

jlss · 30 Jul 2009 at 00:49

Looking forward to a review on it.

Gaidin109 · 30 Jul 2009 at 06:28

bulldog147 said:
How on earth these temperature is so low for 4Ghz on corsair H50 water kit ? Did you re-apply thermal paste ? As I did try my h50 but after 15 mins, i get temp of 83c, 82, 80c, 80c ?

Can you take a photo of your set up h50 inside in your case ? I think my H50 is faulty (too hot) as it couldn't cool down. Did you use corsair fan ? the one with 1600rpm ?

The thermal paste needs some time to settle and the temps will go down over time, make sure you have the fans pulling air from outside the case, I have the corsair fan set to 1600rpm and a scythe1600rpm fan in push pull attached to the other side of the rad. this I attached to the top 120mm fitting of my cosmos case. I'll post some photos when I get time......

Perfect_Chaos · 30 Jul 2009 at 09:52

Thought it might be worth mentioning that apparently there are some dud units of the H50 floating around, when i say dud i mean some have not got perfectly flat contact surface to the cpu.. if you get the problem Corsair will replace it for you.

How to know if you have the problem in the first place im unsure of as i dont think you would notice it just looking to see if its flat?