Corsair H50 Water Cooling Kit

I, personally, would choose the apaches - great value for the dB/performance.

If you just painted the outer casing i don't see a problem - unless you had big runs.

I suspect painting the actual fans would have a ‘slight’ performance trade off - it would largely depend on your skill. My main concern would be noise - as an uneven finish would probably negate its quietness.

Someone’s bound to have tried this – it may be worth a separate thread to get some opinions.
 
photoshop said:
Is push/pull necessary on this cooler to maintain low temps?
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It's not necessary - but ppl have found the addition of an extra fan using the push/pull method helps lower temps even more.

photoshop said:
Couldnt it just run off one fan (running at 1000rpm) acting as an exhaust (like on a typical case setup) or would that mean high temps?
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Yes, you could - but you would have higher temps as mentioned above.
 
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photoshop said:
Is push/pull necessary on this cooler to maintain low temps?
Couldnt it just run off one fan (running at 1000rpm) acting as an exhaust (like on a typical case setup) or would that mean high temps?
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No , Corsair state the one fan provided is sufficient. I have used only the Corsair fan since i have had it. My idle and web surfing temps was 45-43-42-41 with one fan speedtep enabled 4.2ghz clock. I installed another fan yesterday , and a basic one too im now getting lower 43 - 39 -40 -39 with the push pull strategy. It does work and gives the air a decent path.:p
 
I've posted this in another thread but I might as well put it in this one as well as its more relevant.

I received my replacement H50 from Corsair today (was surprised as I had no email telling me it was on its way). Only problem is that it sounds exactly the same as the one I RMA'd. It has that annoying buzzing sound which you can hear from across the room. I thought the pump on these was supposed to be silent? Its anything but.
 
OLDPHART said:
Send it back the pump is not supposed to buzz, mine is deadly quiet m8, RMA it. Why did you return it to Corsair, instead of the shop you bought it from?
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I sent it back to Corsair as the shop I bought it from never got back in touch with me (wasn't OcUK). Only problem is if I RMA it again, I then need to fork out another £8 (not a lot I know) and then wait a couple of weeks to get another one back that might still make this buzzing noise. I'm not sure its worth it as I probably won't use it due to it not being any better than the Prolimatech when I did the testing on the first one. Anyway, I've bumped my thread on the Corsair forums and I'm waiting to see what they say.
 
Finally installed mine this morning, didn't have a chance to do anything much overclocking wise - just upped the multi to 150 i.e. 3.0GHz but still all on autovolts and such. Used the bundled fan, and the spare 120mm fan from my Fortress with a PWM splitter and it's working fine.

Quick Prime test took it to a steady 60C with barely any noise and it cooled down fast after that, all in all i'm happy with it & it does exactly what I wanted it to.

When I get a chance i'll switch the fans out and set about o/cing it properly.
 
Plec said:
If you can keep the system stable at 1.5v, yes - but it's fine at 1.64 as it's within spec (but lower voltages are always a bonus).

If you want to try it - drop it to 1.5v then run memtest, prime95 and then use and abuse in everyday usage - if it gets through that little lot and you're not experiencing any problems then keep it at 1.5v.

If it fails any of the above, up it incrementaly until it becomes stable - hopefully you'll not end up back where you started at 1.64v ;)
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Ok dropped my DRAM to 1.6 and ran memtest (default settings) no errors on 1 pass which took 1hr 20 mins, ill not drop it to 1.5volts and see if i have any joy with that
 
Ordered mine today which is replacing a TRU IIRC (might be wrong!) which currently has a single fan in push config.

I'm going for the H50 with 2x apache in push pull so hoping to get my load temps on a Q9650 @ 4Ghz down from a peak of ~75 towards the mid 60s!
 
Does anyone know if it would be possible, or indeed viable to mount the rad to the big side fan on the P193?

Or does it need the more focussed CFM of a smaller fan?

Would work better with a side intake imo, leaving the rear fan as an exhaust, and not drawing in warm PSU and GFX air that has been chucked out.
 
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