Corsair H50 Water Cooling Kit

Kmodo · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:50

kmufc77 said:
hi im about to fit my H50 later on tonight, i currently have the fenrir which uses a backplate will i have to install the corsair backplate? or will i get away with using what i already have on the back of mobo?

I am using the same one from my TRUE 120

bulldog147 · 2 Sep 2009 at 20:57

kmufc77 said:
Thats a pain, oh well cant be helped

Agree with you there. Changed backplate is a pain.

kmufc77 · 2 Sep 2009 at 21:17

deadkomodo said:
I am using the same one from my TRUE 120

emm so you have kept your true backplate on and just installed the H50 bracket and it fits ok?

adriancal · 2 Sep 2009 at 21:25

Hey all my H50 arrived today along with 2 akasa apaches for a push/pull config
however the apaches don't seem to come with mounting screws only these
stupid plastic plugs, am I going to have to buy the 4 extra screws seperately?.

Kmodo · 2 Sep 2009 at 21:34

kmufc77 said:
emm so you have kept your true backplate on and just installed the H50 bracket and it fits ok?

Perfect. Screws go in the screw holes created by the back plate...

And I am now using the h50 backplate in the spare PC I just built up using the TRUE 120 as the cooler

If they were incompatible for some gay reason then I would have prob just left the TRUE where it was and used the h50 in the spare PC.

DIABLO · 2 Sep 2009 at 22:38

adriancal said:
Hey all my H50 arrived today along with 2 akasa apaches for a push/pull config
however the apaches don't seem to come with mounting screws only these
stupid plastic plugs, am I going to have to buy the 4 extra screws seperately?.

That or only use 2 of the supplied screws in each fan.

DavyBoy · 2 Sep 2009 at 22:49

@Gaidin or bulldog, or any other i7 user that owns one of these units, have any of you guys left Prime95 running overnight to see what the temps are like then??

bulldog147 · 2 Sep 2009 at 23:22

DavyBoy said:
@Gaidin or bulldog, or any other i7 user that owns one of these units, have any of you guys left Prime95 running overnight to see what the temps are like then??

I did left overnight using prime95 blend test but it pointless because of night time room temperature had dropped overnight. It better to do full load during the afternoon to the evening.

I did once overnight full load prime95 from 10:40pm all the way through to 11:50am next morning, no crash, and temp is max out at 73C (with vcore at 1.300v) on the corsair H50. That 13 hours of prime95.

DavyBoy · 2 Sep 2009 at 23:57

It wasn't crashing I was concerned about, it was just to see if it got hotter the longer it had been running, but if the max temps only got to 73c after 13 hours then it is doing a really good job.

Was the Vcore at 1.3v in the BIOS, or 1.3v in CPUZ?

bulldog147 · 3 Sep 2009 at 00:10

DavyBoy said:
It wasn't crashing I was concerned about, it was just to see if it got hotter the longer it had been running, but if the max temps only got to 73c after 13 hours then it is doing a really good job.

Was the Vcore at 1.3v in the BIOS, or 1.3v in CPUZ?

In the Bios because many overclockers co uk 4Ghz bundles had these default 1.3Vcore at the bios to stable the 4Ghz!

HornyRhino · 3 Sep 2009 at 00:53

found a good review from mad shrimp which shows h50 vs true vs stock on intel i7 o/c /amd am3 phenom /E7400 o/c ....some might find it good read

oh and shows results just using corsair fan plu push/pull @1600rpm & @2000rpm

http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=1&artpage=4174&articID=939

regards,

HRhino"

Arthalen · 3 Sep 2009 at 10:05

Has anyone tried one of these on an older Oc'ed Kentsfield (Q6600/X3210)??

Seems to be all i7 setups these days...

Edit: Has anyone tried some bog standard Yate Loons on these as well?

bifday2k · 3 Sep 2009 at 13:56

Basicly on the dual cores and older quads (non I7), they will work just fine, as its more or less like my cooling (swiftech H20-120) i only use 1 fan pulling on mine @1000rpm, max i set it when needed is 1500rpm, and it keeps my cpu nice and cool even under full load.

But yeh not many have tested it with older stuff so can't really say for sure but im more then sure if it can keep a I7 nice and cool it will for others.

DavyBoy · 3 Sep 2009 at 14:11

I would imagine it will do a great job with C2D/Q's, and AMD chips as well...

CK61938 · 3 Sep 2009 at 14:13

so my Corsair H50 has arrived today. I won't be able to play with it until Sat as I am still waiting on the arrival of my Core i7 920 CPU...I will post pics if anyone is interested

nikbear · 3 Sep 2009 at 16:24

Can anyone tell me please if these Corsair kits come with an AMD connector or do you have to purchase it separately?
Thinking of getting one of these for my AMD Phenom X4 9550,and you all seem to be getting great results

cliffy · 3 Sep 2009 at 16:39

Mine only came with Intel brackets, although another retailer sells an Intel or a AMD H50, both are the same price

bifday2k · 3 Sep 2009 at 16:50

nikbear said:
Can anyone tell me please if these Corsair kits come with an AMD connector or do you have to purchase it separately?
Thinking of getting one of these for my AMD Phenom X4 9550,and you all seem to be getting great results

You can contact corsair and they will send you one out, aslong as you cover the postage cost.

It is abit daft they don't come supplied with both fittings but hey ho.

bulldog147 · 3 Sep 2009 at 18:23

I agree as it so stupid not to including AMD bracket in the package. Why had to ring up corsair and request it to be send out. What a waste of time and postage cost.

nikbear · 3 Sep 2009 at 20:14

Thanks for the quick reply's chaps,seems like I'll have to get intouch with Corsair and order the appropriate socket connector before ordering,although why they can't supply for both is a stupid idea :confused: