Corsair H50 Water Cooling Kit

Hi everyone, I wonder if I could ask your installation advice with the H50.

I've had mine for a couple of months and I commented in another thread that it's great, apart from the fan is very loud and can't be turned down due to having to have the fan controllers switched off and leaving it running full pelt.

It seems that's not definitely the case so I'm looking for a bit of clarity please. :)

Currently the pump is plugged into the 'system fan 3' and the fan is connected to the CPU fan.

The motherboard is a Gigabyte EX-UD5.
The case is an Antec 1200.

Fan speed control has been switched off in the BIOS so it's running at full speed and making rather a noise at the moment.

The CPU is ann I7 920 at stock, core temp shows the temperatures between 25-29c when not under load, then stressed they are around 40c.

Thank you in advance for any thoughts!

I'd like to check that it's been installed and setup correctly. Could any settings be changed to make it quieter?

I would be quite happy to replace the fan with another model if anyone could suggest one that would do the business as silently as possible.

How easy is it to install another fan? The screws go through the radiator and fan into the case to attach it, will 'normal' fans allow you to put the screws through them? We were going to put the Antec case fan on instead as it is near silent but the holes weren't in the right places. :(

Many thanks :)
 
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I'm also after a bit of clarity regarding the installation of the H50.

I've gone for the Push/Pull setup with Akasa Apache's, which have a 4 pin connector. The pump is a 3 pin connector. I've read the instructions which says the pump connects to any available 3 pin header, whilst the fan on the rad connects to CPU_Fan header.

Will I be ok in connecting a 4 pin fan to a 3 pin header? Am I right in thinking that due to the pump needing full power - to connect that straight to my PSU? (Enermax Infiniti 650) using a molex > 3 pin adapter? I made the mistake of taking my old PC apart and not writing down what cable connects to where :(

My PSU has a brown 3 pin fan cable coming from it, which I think connects to PWR_Fan header on my motherboard?
 
I have been running a H50 for about a month now and have been very pleased with the results. I ditched the oe fan and replaced it with two Noctua NF-P12's working in a push/pull arrangement exhausting out of the case. I was running the pump via a molex converter at full power, then i had a thought at full power the coolant is being pushed too fast and wasnt being given time in the radiator to cool or remove heat from the processor. So today i dived back into the case and swopped a couple of cables over and now run the pump of the cpu fan connection, this has slowed my pump down by about 30% (checked afterwards by swapping a fan with a know max rpm of 1500 on to the cpu fan connection which then ran at 1100rpm) low and behold my temperatures have dropped as well :) As i was running at idle at 42deg now down to 37 the interseting thing is when I ran prime later my temperatures went from 37 to 45where before when I had run prime they went from 42 to 55. I have also noticed my NB and SB temperatures have also dropped a deg or two.

My question is why do they recommend running the pump at full voltage :confused:
 
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cuda-uk said:
I have been running a H50 for about a month now and have been very pleased with the results. I ditched the oe fan and replaced it with two Noctua NF-P12's working in a push/pull arrangement exhausting out of the case. I was running the pump via a molex converter at full power, then i had a thought at full power the coolant is beening pushed the cooling too fast and wasnt being given time to cool in the radiator or remove heat from the processor. So today i dived back into the case and swopped a couple of cables over and now run the pump of the cpu fan connection, this has slowed my pump down by about 30% (checked afterwards by swapping a fan with a know max rpm of 1500 on to the cpu fan connection which then ran at 1100rpm) low and behold my temperatures have dropped as well :) As i was running at idle at 42deg now down to 37 the interseting thing is when I ran prime later my temperatures went from 37 to 45where before when I had run prime they went from 42 to 55. I have also noticed my NB and SB temperatures have also dropped a deg or two.

My question is why do they recommend running the pump at full voltage :confused:
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That is very interesting. So you get lower temps when inserting the pump in the cpu fan header? Does anyone else recommend doing this? It does sort of make sense now that you mention it, that the water doesn't have time to extract the heat. I always thought running it at full blast all the time was the best thing to do :p
 
cuda-uk said:
run the pump of the cpu fan connection, this has slowed my pump down by about 30% (checked afterwards by swapping a fan with a know max rpm of 1500 on to the cpu fan connection which then ran at 1100rpm) low and behold my temperatures have dropped as well :) As i was running at idle at 42deg now down to 37 the interseting thing is when I ran prime later my temperatures went from 37 to 45where before when I had run prime they went from 42 to 55. I have also noticed my NB and SB temperatures have also dropped a deg or two.

My question is why do they recommend running the pump at full voltage :confused:
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I just tried this set-up and it indeed reduced my temp roughly 5 - 6 degrees. And that's only using 1 fan in exhaust mode rather then intake on an Antec P183 case.
 
can you explain the push/pull thing? is it the fan on the inside blowing ambient air out and fan on outside sucking out so that the air is flowing in 1 direction?
Like this

Outside case<---||<----Inside Case

or both fans drawing air onto fridge?

Outside Case---->||<-----Inside case

or
Outside Case---->||-----> Inside case

If you know what i mean LOL
thanks
 
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push pull is the last one you mentioned

the fan attached to the case pushes air onto the rad from outside and the fan attached on the other side pulls air away from the rad

so

outside fan pushes air ---->|rad|---> inside fan pulls air away
 
THE Nemesis said:
can you explain the push/pull thing? is it the fan on the inside blowing ambient air out and fan on outside sucking out so that the air is flowing in 1 direction?
Like this

Outside case<---||<----Inside Case

or both fans drawing air onto fridge?

Outside Case---->||<-----Inside case

or
Outside Case---->||-----> Inside case

If you know what i mean LOL
thanks
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This one works better for me with the pump connected to CPU and the fans connected to Fan/System headers using this adapter http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-013-AK&groupid=701&catid=48&subcat=153 to run them in unison. If you're using 4 pin fan, you can use this instead, http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-031-AK&groupid=701&catid=48&subcat=153.
 
yea i have the 3 pin connected to a 4 pin..
idle 1 & 4 cores are showing at 37&42 under prime95 they shoot up to 55 & 61 using H50!
cores 2&3 show as -128 LOL i aint using nitrogen!
trying to figure our which way the fans should face is a a joke too, holding a rizla paper in front of it to check!
 
I have mine set as this:

SG201184-1.jpg
 
you mention to slow the fan down by connecting it to the cpu fan pin connector?
Mine is currently like this but i have attached the H50's fan to my side door which has caused a lot of problems just opening it up. I will change it to the back one.
airflowpc.jpg
 
MOved fans around and now have the push/pull both fans either side of the fridge are drawing air into the case from outside.
Temps have dropped a lot! prime95 didnt go over 39&44 degrees, idle they sit at 26 & 28!
Thanks GUys!
just dont understand why in speedfan, cores 2&3 show as -128??
newfan.jpg
 
Thanks for showing us those images of your install.

I am getting the H50 for my Q9300 so i can OC it a little. My case has a very large fan at the side and that help a lot with good circulation but a twin fan set up on the H50 like you have is a very good idea.
 
Just ordered a H50 for my 'puter.

I have a P5K Black Pearl and will be rehousing it in a Fractal R2 case. Will have a Fractal fan 140mm on top as exhaust.

I guess I'll be using a Push/pull with the orginal corsair fan and a 120mm Fractal fan too.

Is there much difference between pulling into the case or pulling out of the case, ie:

Outside // Inside
<===== RAD <======

=====> RAD ======>
 
I think it depends whether the ambient temp of the air in your case will be lower than of outside?
Want the coolest air to be passing through the fridge to make it as cold as possible
 
After fitting an H50 to my main rig and being pleased with the performance, I've now fitted one inside my HTPC, an Antec Fusion Remote Max case, cooling my Q9550 which is currently oc to 3.4Ghz.
Very pleased again with the performance, I have it drawing cool air in through the rear with an PWM Apache Black fan replacing the Corsair supplied one. Air is drawn out of the case by a Noctua 14cm fan at the side.
As a result noise levels in the PC have dropped dramatically.
The H50 replaced a Noctua cooler with twin fans + exhaust.
 
Carter said:
Just rejigged my setup, now operating a push/pull, air being expelled from case. Absolutely no difference in temps from standard recommended draw air in setup.
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Same here. I've got it set to exhaust now- saves on the dust. I've also got the pump in the cpu fan header with smart fan set to voltage so i'm now i'm getting slightly lower temps, which is nice (thanks for the pointer!). I've tested this a bit as well to make sure its not doing anything stupid.
 
I've got a push/pull setup on mine, running through the case and out the back, one intake from the front, and one intake from the top blowing over the ram then straight over the unit and out the back
 
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