Corsair H50 Water Cooling Kit

Those temps are amazing Jon!

I can't wait to get my chip under water, I should be getting my Aqua Computer triple rad this week hopefully, then I will be getting my HK3 block the following week, then I will be ready to start building my loop.

I have been getting a little worried though, after seeing the results some of these guys have been getting with this H50, as I would hate to have spent all of this money on my WC bits to find out that I have worse temps than these guys get with a £60 cooler, but after seeing your post here it has made me feel better about it all.

If I can have temps below 70c with my chip at 4GHz I will be a happy man.

I might try and see if I can get the double and triple rads into my loop, but I think this will prove to be difficult inside my case.

I've been playing around with my chip trying to get it stable @ 4GHz using 200x20 with LLC disabled, and I have finally managed it, I had to set Vcore to 1.315v in the BIOS, but in CPUZ it sits at 1.248v under load, I have Vtt set to 1.335v as well, I am going to continue tinkering with voltages to see if I can get them any lower though.

I don't know if I am going to bother getting one of these units now for the missus, because a TRUE with 2 fans fitted is almost as good as one of these anyway, so I would just be wasting my money if I did buy her one..

They are definitely nice little coolers, and they do a good job also, but as I said, they only seem to be a few c cooler than a TRUE, and both Gaidin and bulldog are running much lower Vcore and Vtt than I do, so I recon if my chips could do 4GHz with the voltages they are using, the temps would be pretty close anyway.
 
Me neither Gaidin, I am a little scared as well, but I have wanted to try it for years, so I have finally decided to take the plunge and go for it.

I have saved a good bit of cash from picking up most of my components from the MM here, just need my HK3 and some fittings and I will be ready to rock!!

I did think about setting it up on my old AMD dual core rig, but I decided to just go ahead and do it on my i7 system instead, I am still reading about it everyday, so that I can try and learn as much as possible before I start building it.

I'll make sure I leak test it thoroughly before I put power through my system though, as I would be devastated if I fried my mobo or GPU because of a leak!!!

I think 24 hours leak testing should be long enough, if no leaks happen within that time I will feel confident enough to power up my system.

I'm going to take pics all the way through of each step, and once I have it finished I will put them up on here for you guys to see, I just hope it goes smoothly!!

Going to be getting my old man to cut some holes in my mobo tray for routing all of my SATA data cables and PSU cables as well, because my case has nowhere to route cables atm.

It should look so much better once he does that work for me I should think.
 
DavyBoy said:
Those temps are amazing Jon!

I can't wait to get my chip under water, I should be getting my Aqua Computer triple rad this week hopefully, then I will be getting my HK3 block the following week, then I will be ready to start building my loop.

I have been getting a little worried though, after seeing the results some of these guys have been getting with this H50, as I would hate to have spent all of this money on my WC bits to find out that I have worse temps than these guys get with a £60 cooler, but after seeing your post here it has made me feel better about it all.

If I can have temps below 70c with my chip at 4GHz I will be a happy man.

I might try and see if I can get the double and triple rads into my loop, but I think this will prove to be difficult inside my case.

I've been playing around with my chip trying to get it stable @ 4GHz using 200x20 with LLC disabled, and I have finally managed it, I had to set Vcore to 1.315v in the BIOS, but in CPUZ it sits at 1.248v under load, I have Vtt set to 1.335v as well, I am going to continue tinkering with voltages to see if I can get them any lower though.

I don't know if I am going to bother getting one of these units now for the missus, because a TRUE with 2 fans fitted is almost as good as one of these anyway, so I would just be wasting my money if I did buy her one..

They are definitely nice little coolers, and they do a good job also, but as I said, they only seem to be a few c cooler than a TRUE, and both Gaidin and bulldog are running much lower Vcore and Vtt than I do, so I recon if my chips could do 4GHz with the voltages they are using, the temps would be pretty close anyway.
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Why not get a true?
I have posted pics somwhere on the net of my [email protected].
35%c & 38%c stuck sensor.

High was in the 70s, but never pushed it that hard because i was waiting for H50) test results.


Sorry meant to add the TRUE is the dogs *******.
 
There is a name for what is going on here , the trouble is i can't quite pick it out of my brain.

Oh i remember Mass Hypnosis, etc, etc.


Edit, i meant to say Hysteria, not hypnosis.
 
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Posted by JonJ678
Air cooling will be better for quiet, simply because it doesn't have to dissipate heat dumped by the pump. A TRUE without any fans is pretty quiet, the H50 will not work so well without fans.
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H50 was not designed to work with out a fan, l have a Apache on my H50 pushing air out, l,m less than a foot away from my case, only thing l hear is the DVD-RW spin up when in use and that's it.
 
what's the typical set-up on one of these?
2x fans on the rad running at what rpm?

Can you not run it with just one fan or is that a no no for temps?

I want to get this because it looks silent but then i don't want to slap 2 fans on it as that would just add noise.

What if you just has an exhaust fan on this running at 1000rpm?
 
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I want to get this because it looks silent but then i don't want to slap 2 fans on it as that would just add noise.What if you just has an exhaust fan on this running at 1000rpm?
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At present using one fan Akasa Apache PWN Fan NO PROB'S at max speed its noise level is 16dba, and that's quiet. Will add a 2nd one for PUSH PULL CONFIG, when my screw's arrive what i ordered over the net.
 
moremoney said:
Why not get a true?
I have posted pics somwhere on the net of my [email protected].
35%c & 38%c stuck sensor.

High was in the 70s, but never pushed it that hard because i was waiting for H50) test results.


Sorry meant to add the TRUE is the dogs *******.
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Ummm, I already have 2 TRUE's here mate, one in my rig and another in my missus'.

I know they are good coolers, but I want to get my chip under water as I have never tried it.

I am bored of air cooling tbh.

You clearly haven't bothered reading this thread, if you had, you would realise I have a TRUE cooling my chip!

moremoney said:
There is a name for what is going on here , the trouble is i can't quite pick it out of my brain.

Oh i remember Mass Hypnosis, etc, etc.
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What do you mean by this exactly?
 
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My results with E8600 @ 4.4Ghz with 1.312v loaded, with stock hsf, 2 hours prime:

Max temp 55C

This was achieved at between 9pm-11pm. Case is Cosmos S. Room was cool as window open, cannot be precise with temps, but at a guess around 15C taking into account local weather report temps.

Since then i have recently added 2 better performing fans (A.C Ryan 77cfm each).when it was a cool night again and room was back down to around 15c, temps were pretty much solid 52/53C (Occasionally 1 core flicked to 54 before immediatly going back to 52/53c).

However, when room has been a fair bit hotter, around 20c, temps were maxing at 57C. So the thing loves cool air, and no surprise as the radiator relies on this cool air to cool the liquid.

I am looking forward to cooler winter temps and trying out the I7. From reviews of sites and other people (when trying C2D & I7 in same test) i would like to believe its possible that i will be able to keep my I7 @4Ghz at sub 70C primed.
 
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Does anybody know where i can find black stock screws ? (Push/Pull needed) :D
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The nearest l got when l seached the web was 6/32"x1-1/4" socket head screws + No6 washers, from a model shop in Slough google it, so should arrive tomorrow and will mount 2nd Apache fan.

UPDATE - 4x Socket Head Screws 6/32"x1-1/4" chrome have arrived fit like a glove. :D

Posted by photoshop
What CPU and what temps you getting mate?
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i7920 2.66>4.00GHz the only temp at present l know as i have a sidebar coretemp addon - at idle temp's across core's AV 40c, gaming for 5hrs nonstop load a AV 52c across core's, GFX CARD idle AV 41c, load AV62c. Have not ran Prime95 yet as i have been to busy enjoying my new PC Have done abit of every thing, ENCODING , ETC, GAMING, no probs. Will run Prime95 when l have 2nd fan mounted to compare with each other. As l have mentioned before PC is in living room which gets the sun all day and as l type this sweat is running down my forehead show's you how hot it gets in my living room lol and it's nearly 10.00 at night. Bring on the winter lol.
 
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Just got my H50 today. ive used high end water cooling for a while now and im really happy with this unit. ive tried the corsair, CoolIT Domino and FeezoneElite and this wins when it comes to value for money.

getting 75 load with my (hot) chip, was getting 73 with my quad radiator with the same settings.

very quiet which is a big plus for me. anyone thinking about getting one should definately go for it.

StevenG
 
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