Corsair H50 Water Cooling Kit

For me personally rotating the pump made no difference, i used MX-2 instead of the pre-applyed stuff. One thing to remember guys is that Gaidin109's chip is a cherry picked cpu so runs at very low voltage @ 4GHz so his temps will be at the bottom end of the scale when it comes to temps.
 
Last edited:
Nelly said:
Video review here:

Click to expand...

I don't believe this result of 4Ghz at 1.3vcore at full load temp of 59C from idle temp 36C at the room temp at 22C with H50. How on earth he can do 59C full load with just 1 fan of Corsair 1600RPM ?

The top temp I get is around 67C with room temp of 20C with 2 x fans with a low vcore at 1.26v at bios !
 
Last edited:
bulldog147 said:
I don't believe this result of 4Ghz at 1.3vcore at full load temp of 59C from idle temp 36C at the room temp at 22C with H50. How on earth he can do 59C full load with just 1 fan of Corsair 1600RPM ?

The top temp I get is around 67C with room temp of 20C with 2 x fans with a low vcore at 1.26v at bios !
Click to expand...

Rodney probably done it on a bench so no case temps to worry about and he also just gave normal load temps not stressed out prime ones like we are. My i7 temps are about the same when playing crysis or something like that. Prime and OCCT etc are always about 10c higher than normal load usage.
 
DIABLO said:
For me personally rotating the pump made no difference, i used MX-2 instead of the pre-applyed stuff. One thing to remember guys is that Gaidin109's chip is a cherry picked cpu so runs at very low voltage @ 4GHz so his temps will be at the bottom end of the scale when it comes to temps.
Click to expand...

I use MX-2 as well, gives a couple of degrees improvement. I dont know about cherry-picked, but I have a low vid. But I run my OC with load line calibration OFF, with a bios vcore of 1.287v, this gives a cpuz idle of 1.248v-1.264v and a load of 1.87v-1.232v under load. I found that my temps are lower with LLC off. with it on I can get a stable OC at 1.25v bios, but load is 1.232v constant with the added bonus of worrying about voltage spikes.
I have undervolted my memory with runs at 1524mhz 8,8,8,24,2t at 1.5v instead of 1.64v and QPI is 1.215v instead of what some people are using 1.335v and ioh is set at 1.1v in bios because it shoots up when left in auto.
 
Some strange statements in that 3DGameMan review. Rodney has always been a bit kind in his reviews (there is very little on his website that isn't "Kickass") but he talks about a coldplate and hybrid AC/DC power. Does it have a TEC in there too now?

Has anyone seen a review where it's disassembled?
 
Low vid chip doesn't necessarily mean it will be a decent clocker... Lots of people seem to think that this is the case, but it is far from it...

My current chip has a vid of 1.22500v and it does 4GHz with the same 1.238v under load, and 1.264v idle.. Haven't really pushed for more, although I have validated it at 4.5GHz..

And the whole LLC thing being bad is a myth.. only time it isn't really advised to have this enabled is when you are benching with extreme voltages...

I have been reading up quite a bit about this, and apart from that Anandtech article, there is nothing else to back up LLC damaging processors..

Everything else online that says it is bad always points towards the Anandtech article as their evidence.
 
Last edited:
I never said that you needed to enable LLC mate, I was just pointing out that it doesn't cause damage like some people on here have suggested, and it that it also helps with Vdroop as well.

For instance, if I have it disabled, when I put a load on my Vcore drops by 0.9v, whereas with it enabled it only drops by 0.3v..

I find it much easier to get my system stable with it enabled, so I will continue to use it, I was worried after stuff I read on here about people saying that it damaged 45nm chips, so I checked with guys on XS and they told me that there is absolutely nothing to worry about, and that having LLC enabled is perfectly safe, unless you are using extreme voltages, and even then it is highly unlikely that it will kill a processor.

It was the early 45nm chips that some people were blaming LLC for damaging them..

I need to set my Vcore to 1.321v in the BIOS for my system to be stable with LLC disabled, but with it enabled I only need to set the BIOS to 1.2815v (1.264v in CPUZ)..
 
I use MX-2 as well, gives a couple of degrees improvement. I dont know about cherry-picked, but I have a low vid. But I run my OC with load line calibration OFF, with a bios vcore of 1.287v, this gives a cpuz idle of 1.248v-1.264v and a load of 1.87v-1.232v under load. I found that my temps are lower with LLC off. with it on I can get a stable OC at 1.25v bios, but load is 1.232v constant with the added bonus of worrying about voltage spikes.
I have undervolted my memory with runs at 1524mhz 8,8,8,24,2t at 1.5v instead of 1.64v and QPI is 1.215v instead of what some people are using 1.335v and ioh is set at 1.1v in bios because it shoots up when left in auto.
Click to expand...

You seem to have some really nice temps,May i ask what case you using? how loud is the hydro with push /pull fans,what type fans and rpm are they set to?
also can you post screenie with prime for longer? i assume you've got ht and turbo on?

regards zia
 
zia said:
You seem to have some really nice temps,May i ask what case you using? how loud is the hydro with push /pull fans,what type fans and rpm are they set to?
also can you post screenie with prime for longer? i assume you've got ht and turbo on?

regards zia
Click to expand...

There are posts of longer prime temps earlier in the thread. I use a HAF932 case (see sig below for rig), 2 x akasa apache 1300rpm fans in push/pull. the pump is silent and you cannot hear the apaches over the normal case fans, so its pretty quiet.

And yes, turbo and HT are on. The temps max out at 75c no matter how long you run prime and that was with 27c-30c ambient temps.
 
Last edited:
Gaidin, I hope you don't think I was being funny when I made my first post about low VID chips not always being good clockers mate, and the stuff about LLC, I was just putting my point across that's all.

I was really worried about my chip after reading the a couple of threads on here where you and Jon were discussing LLC, as I feared that I was going to cause long term damage to my chip after reading that stuff, but I checked elsewhere, and it would appear that it is generally safe to use with the clocks and voltages I am using..

And that it is only really when you are using extreme voltages that are beyond Intel's specifications that LLC can start degrading 45nm chips..

And there is no way in hell I will be pushing more than 1.55v through my processor!

::edit::

I am actually considering buying one of these H50's to use in my Fiancees i7 system, this thread has made me really tempted to get her one, because the temps are amazing imo, way better than her current TRUE.
 
DavyBoy said:
Gaidin, I hope you don't think I was being funny when I made my first post about low VID chips not always being good clockers mate, and the stuff about LLC, I was just putting my point across that's all.

I was really worried about my chip after reading the a couple of threads on here where you and Jon were discussing LLC, as I feared that I was going to cause long term damage to my chip after reading that stuff, but I checked elsewhere, and it would appear that it is generally safe to use with the clocks and voltages I am using..

And that it is only really when you are using extreme voltages that are beyond Intel's specifications that LLC can start degrading 45nm chips..

And there is no way in hell I will be pushing more than 1.55v through my processor!
Click to expand...

no offence taken mate. If you remember from the thread Jon and I discussed LLC, that was my point of view exactly, Jon is an exponent of LLC being bad and thats it, whereas I agree with you, as long as the voltages are low to begin with there isnt any danger.
Having said that, because I have a stable OC with 1.287v (1.248 cpuz)with it disabled, there was no point enabling it for a 1.25v vcore. Also I found that my temps were a couple of degrees lower, due mainly to the higher vdroop which can take the load voltage as low as 1.87v, but is generally around 1.2v
 
Glad you didn't think I was being a dick!!

Tbh, if I could get my O/C stable with the same voltages as you with LLC disabled I would, but I need to set Vcore to 1.321v in the BIOS to have my 4GHz O/C stable with LLC disabled, as it drops .9v under load, but with it enabled I only need 1.2815v in the BIOS, and it drops .3v under load with it enabled..

I will continue to use it, as I personally don't think mobo manufacturers would add a feature like this if it was going to kill processors!!!
 
Gaidin109 said:
isnt the copper coldplate the base.? isnt that what he means.?

these call it a cold plate too.

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1025/1/
http://www.techpowerup.com/95780/Corsair_Hydro_H50_Unveiled.html

Have you bought one yet to try..?
Click to expand...

Yes, it should be here tomorrow I hope, along with a NorthQ Siberian Tiger. If it can cool any of my C0's then I'll be very pleasantly surprised.

The reviews are pretty 50:50 with a variety of results with it being anything from 4C better than a TRUE to 4C worse than a TRUE. FrostyTech haven't tested it yet. As far as I know, they're the only ones with a dedicated rig that puts out a consistent heat source rather than running on a CPU.

I've been pretty dubious from the beginning about this but the place I got them from is very good about taking stuff back that doesn't work to my satisfaction, so it'll be fine one way or the other.
 
these took it apart as well.

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1025/3/

I got one basically to free up space and I couldnt be bothered with a custom loop cos I'm basically lazy. Its perfect for my 24/7 4ghz OC, its cool enough and quiet enough and I can use all my dimms if I choose. That it performs as well as the TRUE was a bonus.

North Q do a 240 rad as well I think.
 
Last edited:
With my system being built up inside the case again, @ 4GHz my idle temps with my TRUE are 39c, and at full load they hit 82c on the hottest core, so this thing is performing quite a bit better than a TRUE..
 
There is a review in this months Custom PC mag, they give it 98% for cooling a LGA1366, 93% for LGA775 but only 58% for an AM2+ socket cpu.

It seems its better with the i7 than anything else.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom