Corsair H50 Water Cooling Kit

Depends who you talk to...the purists will say no, reapply the paste as you have allowed air bubbles to form in it so it won't transfer the heat as effectively.

The bodgers (errr...non purists) will say 'nah it's fine'.

*edit* Do you know that the paste isn't an adhesive? It's there to form a bond between two pieces of metal to allows the most efficient flow of heat away from the chip into the cooler, the paste doesn't hold the cooler on, the metal clips do that.

*double edit* Have you installed the backplate on your motherboard first? If not you'll have to take the board out of the case to affix it.
 
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Yep all sorted now - I think. Hope this thing works when I boot it up!

On another note there is a header called PCH_FAN - is there meant to be a chipset fan or what goes in here? I have used up CPU_FAN and two other SYS_FAN sockets for case/h50 fans and one of the SYS_FANS i used to H50 pump. Does this sound ok?
 
TheBigCheese said:
*Mrs Cheese Posting*

How did you get it running at 1200 RPM?

When we installed our H5O we disabled Q-fan (well the Gigabite equivalent anyway) as per either the instructions or a "how to" guide that we read before. Now... would "Q-Fan" also slow the pump if enabled, and couldn't that cause an issue?
We'd both love to get the fan running slower as the noise (while I know there will be worse out there) really grates after a while having been used to the near silent volume of antec 900 cases with "Q-Fan" enabled for such a long time.
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I left Q-Fan enabled. AFAIK it only controls whatever is attached to the CPU fan header. If it's also controlling the pump speed, so be it! If I ever have temperature issues I'll look into it further. I'm fairly sure it's not controlling the pump though, as the CPU fan spins at full speed when I power on, then drops to 1200rpm after a few seconds. The pump volume/pitch stays exactly the same. I suppose I could try disabling Q-Fan and seeing if the pump sounds different...

Of course, you could just use one of the case fans instead? They run at 1200rpm on the lowest setting anyway and don't go via the motherboard at all, as you undoubtedly already know!
 
knightpt said:
Hey guys, need a little bit of advice here on the H50.


I've tested it for around 2 weeks now and i simply cannot understand how so many people are happy with its performance, i'm geting 80º full load on my system no matter how i put the fans.

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are you 100% sure the pump is locked properly into the "teeth" on the base ? Post a picture perhaps ?

I was in the 80's at first until I reliased the mistake, now mine gets to about 65c on full load.
 
varkanoid said:
are you 100% sure the pump is locked properly into the "teeth" on the base ? Post a picture perhaps ?

I was in the 80's at first until I reliased the mistake, now mine gets to about 65c on full load.
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He is using an i7 though compared to your dual, which means a lot more heat due to the extra cores and HT. 80c on load in quite a warm environment is probably about right. I was getting this untill i put a couple of scythes in push/pull and reseated with some mx3. With the fans at just over 2000rpm i get max temps of around 71c. However due to how loud they are i usually leave them at around 1600rpm, which gives me max temps of about 75c-76c with a room temp of 22c-23c. Not a huge amount a difference as i say, but i wanted to avoid the dreaded 80c i was getting previously.
 
Nocky24 said:
He is using an i7 though compared to your dual, which means a lot more heat due to the extra cores and HT. 80c on load in quite a warm environment is probably about right. I was getting this untill i put a couple of scythes in push/pull and reseated with some mx3. With the fans at just over 2000rpm i get max temps of around 71c. However due to how loud they are i usually leave them at around 1600rpm, which gives me max temps of about 75c-76c with a room temp of 22c-23c. Not a huge amount a difference as i say, but i wanted to avoid the dreaded 80c i was getting previously.
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One added problem is that i have 2 5870 in crossfire making the inside of my case a little hotter than most people, even though i have 4 (120mm) case fans besides the 2 on the H50 radiator.

If i put the H50 in an intake position (to draw fresh air inside the radiator), my case will be even more heated up. If i put the fans in an exhaust position the CPU temps are actualy 1-2º lower, and my case is a little cooler.


But, as i said, no matter how i put the fans in the H50 radiator, Qfan disabled/enabled, AS5 thermal paste included, 100% sure the pump is properly fixed in the socket (yes i'm sure :D ), my load temps are always around 80º.


Yes i have an overclocked I7 with HT, but i've seen a lot of reviews around with the H50 reaching 65-70 on a similar system, wich i find realy odd.
 
had a H50 delivered from a well known company named after a large rain forest arrive yesterday but the pump was noisy with a loud buzz and swooshing with slight movement.

got it from there as was £10 less

so am returning it to them and ordered one from OCUK hoping it will be a quieter unit

replacing the huge air cooler as listed in my sig (why is my sig cut off on posts but all is shown in the sig preview??)
 
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knightpt said:
One added problem is that i have 2 5870 in crossfire making the inside of my case a little hotter than most people, even though i have 4 (120mm) case fans besides the 2 on the H50 radiator.

If i put the H50 in an intake position (to draw fresh air inside the radiator), my case will be even more heated up. If i put the fans in an exhaust position the CPU temps are actualy 1-2º lower, and my case is a little cooler.


But, as i said, no matter how i put the fans in the H50 radiator, Qfan disabled/enabled, AS5 thermal paste included, 100% sure the pump is properly fixed in the socket (yes i'm sure :D ), my load temps are always around 80º.


Yes i have an overclocked I7 with HT, but i've seen a lot of reviews around with the H50 reaching 65-70 on a similar system, wich i find realy odd.
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is it not possible to mount the radiator in your 5.25 drive bays so you get cool air coming in from the front ?

You can do it with one of these mounted vertically
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-025-SY&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=399

depending on which case you have. I was toying with the idea as I already have the cooler bay
 
I got one of these to replace the big external zalman system. It's very good, the temps are slightly lower and I'm running a Q6600 at 3.20ghz without problems.

I cannot hear the fan at all on mine, even the pump is louder O_o

Now I need to make something similar for my graphics card :)
 
Will need some more time to tweak etc but with my E6600@2701 (9x300) i got the following temps:

stock cooling: 47c idle, 61-3 Load (in games)

with H50-1 i'm getting 33c idle, have yet to do any serious load testing.



Probably premature posting right now, but wanted to comment on my first impressions. I'm using a single apache 120mm as an intake fan and can confirm that both this fan and the h50 pump are inaudible. The loudest part of my system is now the Northbridge fan, with the graphics card next!

Anyway, first impressions are good, looking forward to tweaking and posting my results.
 
Refitted my H50 with the replacement screws and backplate, sitting much tighter now on my E8400 @ 3.8ghz. I'm getting 29° & 35° idle, peaking at 36° & 40° at normal use. Haven't checked temps while gaming yet, but don't expect anything over 45-49°.
 
I'd have to agree. I ordered some mx-3 when i ordered my h50 but decided to try it with the supplied stuff first. The temps have been fine and at least its a nice even layer of TIM.

One thing i should mention is that when you place the cpu cooling block on the cpu you will invariably displace any TIM you have placed. I found the heatsink would move around a fair bit when i attempted to fix the locking ring in place. Not sure if theres a better way to do this.
 
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