Corsair H50 Water Cooling Kit

I've got my E8400 currently at 3.8ghz with the single stock H50 fan at 600rpm, cpu temp 19oC, cores 32 and 35.. is that normal or am I getting a misreading? I feel I can go 4.0ghz and higher, but I keep fearing I'm getting a wrong reading :o plus my SSD doesn't seem to boot at that CPU rate ;/

I only today looked around my BIOS and found the Abit Fan EQ control. SO much better not having the stupid H50 fan running at 1600rpm all the time ¬_¬
 
I've probably missed it in the 50 pages of posts but what is the noise like on the Corsair fan? Reading the above it sounds like its locked at 1600rpm all the time!?

How would it compare to say a 120mm Akasa fan thats cooling my Q6600 running at 1110rpm? (pic in post #1474)
 
Guest2 said:
I've probably missed it in the 50 pages of posts but what is the noise like on the Corsair fan? Reading the above it sounds like its locked at 1600rpm all the time!?

How would it compare to say a 120mm Akasa fan thats cooling my Q6600 running at 1110rpm? (pic in post #1474)
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I have it attached to my CPU fan speed controller - so it certainly isnt locked to 1600rpm. Seems quiet to me, but then my case is huge and sound proofed.
 
A question, im exhausting out with this using push/pull but I have a top exhaust fan right above it. Will this interfere with airflow to the h50? should i have this fan slower so as not to interfere?

thanks
 
CaptainRAVE said:
I have it attached to my CPU fan speed controller - so it certainly isnt locked to 1600rpm. Seems quiet to me, but then my case is huge and sound proofed.
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I was going to have a noctura attached to the CPU fan speed controller and corsair to the pwrfan (full power fan?). Maybe ill just swap them around
 
Mine has just started it's trip back to the Netherlands as it had an intermittant pump and wouldn't on first boot, after a power down and back on again it would work fine, no matter how or where it was connected.

£13 to send it back well spent! :(
 
Guest2 said:
sysfan? So there is a 3pin for corsair fan, 3pin for pump and whatever else extra you have

Does the pump need anything special? ...

pump -pwrfan
noctura - cpufan
corsair fan - sysfan
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I think it would be better to have the two, similar, fans running off cpufan via a PWN or 3 pin splitter. That way they are in sync, otherwise you are going to have one pushing harder than the other can pull, vice versa, etc..
 
Has anyone noticed a great difference using Push/Pull over one single fan (to exhaust)? My temps don't seem to be affected much no matter how I change the fans. Waiting for an Apache to come in so we'll see if that makes any difference..
 
gee3000 said:
Has anyone noticed a great difference using Push/Pull over one single fan (to exhaust)? My temps don't seem to be affected much no matter how I change the fans.
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Same here, I've played with different combos, not a shred of diiference. I now have a single fan exhausting out. I tried reversing the top fan to pull cool air in, again no difference.
 
gee3000 said:
Has anyone noticed a great difference using Push/Pull over one single fan (to exhaust)? My temps don't seem to be affected much no matter how I change the fans. Waiting for an Apache to come in so we'll see if that makes any difference..
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Was able to overclock my cpu further while keeping the same temps once I put a push into the mix.
 
i am thinking of getting one of these h-50's but i am unsure of what size the whole thing is.
i am using the Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case, with an Asus P7P55D LE Intel P55 mobo, running stock cooler with Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz cpu.
just worried about the mounting space in my case.
 
I just read this -
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cooling/2009/07/29/corsair-hydro-h50-cpu-cooler-review/3

'One thing that users should be wary of is plugging in the 3-pin power connector for the pump into a motherboard header - you need to turn OFF fan control. It requires the full 12V for optimum performance and anything less will seriously hinder its effectiveness'

I have this motherboard

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=2841

# 1 x CPU fan header
# 3 x system fan headers
# 1 x power fan header
# 1 x North Bridge fan header

Do i plug the pump into power fan header or just a molex?

2 fans will be running on the cpu fan header
 
Guest2 said:
I just read this -
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cooling/2009/07/29/corsair-hydro-h50-cpu-cooler-review/3

'One thing that users should be wary of is plugging in the 3-pin power connector for the pump into a motherboard header - you need to turn OFF fan control. It requires the full 12V for optimum performance and anything less will seriously hinder its effectiveness'

I have this motherboard

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=2841

# 1 x CPU fan header
# 3 x system fan headers
# 1 x power fan header
# 1 x North Bridge fan header

Do i plug the pump into power fan header or just a molex?

2 fans will be running on the cpu fan header
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I think as long as the fan goes into CPU_FAN and the pump goes into any 3 pin header it should be fine.
 
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