Im currently running a q9550 at 3.8ghz under a lapped TRUE black, 2 sharkoon silent eagle 400-1200 rpm pwm fans in push/pull, load voltage in p95 is 1.216, my load temps at this clockspeed are 54-50-46-46, the uneveness could be a bad mount or an uneven ihs on the cpu. Most of the reviews ive seen for the H50 have been on i7 rigs, havent seen much in the way of testing with s775 setups.
Corsair H50 Water Cooling Kit
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I'm following it.. Just been reading on Xtreme Systems and some people have said its only a tiny bit (if any) better than top air coolers. I've seen some reviews putting it a couple of C better than a TRUE. But not 5-10c better
OK - So Rab is claiming MASSIVE improvements;
max temps 67c, nice drop of 16c, we all know this bring's the max heat from cpu
prime 95, ran for 1 hour on scythe cooler max on all cores was 74c
running prime as type, been running 45 mins not one core has went over 49c.
Stef, who I think must be quoting socket temperatures, is making huge claims;
and Gaidin is claiming 12C over air.
Now, even if you halve these claims, you're still looking at beating water cooling kits 3x the price. It really doesn't stack up.
Well for me the improvements are massive, my cooler before this was 30+ months old scythe that had saw it's best days & i aint on i920's so for me going to this has been great, it's letting me push to limits that just could not do without real high temps.
even if test's 100% proved that a true/Megahalems was 1c-2c better, this still a good cooler, (no huge brick inside case) quiet & does what i want it do do
also £59 +del aint bad when you consider £46 true + 2x Apache Super Silent 120mm (a lot using) = £68 +del for same kinda temps
found it hard myself that was seeing so big of drops in temps, but have now had since friday & have tryed many diff fan combo's, test's @ stock, 3.7, 3.8 & 4ghz & all have impressed, think have used every temp app can find just to double check.
would recomend this to any 1, but then again i have never tryed full water set up ( yet)
any 1 with same cpu wanna compare on certain test's ? that way would we would all have a better idea, (closest clocks volts ect
even if test's 100% proved that a true/Megahalems was 1c-2c better, this still a good cooler, (no huge brick inside case) quiet & does what i want it do do
also £59 +del aint bad when you consider £46 true + 2x Apache Super Silent 120mm (a lot using) = £68 +del for same kinda temps
found it hard myself that was seeing so big of drops in temps, but have now had since friday & have tryed many diff fan combo's, test's @ stock, 3.7, 3.8 & 4ghz & all have impressed, think have used every temp app can find just to double check.
would recomend this to any 1, but then again i have never tryed full water set up ( yet
)any 1 with same cpu wanna compare on certain test's ? that way would we would all have a better idea, (closest clocks volts ect
Ill maybe run p95 small fft for a bit Rab on my main q9550 rig, got it at 3.8ghz at the minute, havent clocked it any higher as i ran into a few issues when upping the fsb to 471, current voltage is 1.216 at load, 1.200 idle, 1.21875 bios. Though tbh there are so many other factors that can come into play, such as ambient temp, case airflow etc.
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It because I didn't purchase it from ocuk, I purchase it from other company because at that time, ocuk haven't got any H50 in stock.
This just about sums it up.
I would never go for a watercooling product as I don't have a clue what to do, this thing is easier to fit than an air cooling system. I just want the quietest, cheapest, easiest and coolest CPU coller I can get.
If you're a hardcore OC then the H50 probably isn't the best.
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some really nice temps on the i7 @ 4ghz
My temps were compared to the titan Fenrir with topped out at 86c under load with 25c ambient temps in a coolermaster cosmos case with crap airflow, now I'm topping out at 73-75c with 25c ambient in the same case. this is probably partly down to the fact that the corsair pulls air in from outside the case whereas the fenrir used hotter air in the case, but its still very impressive. Yes I could spend £300 on a custom watercooler which would outperform the corsair but the corsair is designed to compete with high end air coolers which it does admirably. Screen shots below.....
4Ghz OC.....
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss22/gaidin109/7hrs.jpg
4.2Ghz OC....
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss22/gaidin109/421600intelburntest.jpg
http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss22/gaidin109/42OC.jpg
I'm NOT disbelieving anyone. However I'm sat in an air conditioned office (18C) with 10 water-cooled PCs, 3 of which are i920 C0s and they are all 100% maxed out as regards CPU utilization.
The 920's are all clocked to 4GHz, all pretty much the same way (approx. 1.4V CPU, 20x200BCLK) with hyperthreading on.
I have one machine that is cooled with a PA120.2 radiator, Laing DDC 10W pump and EK Supreme block and it's running at 77C. The other two are on PA120.3's with similar pump and block combinations and they're running at 74-75C. If you allow for the difference in ambient between my system and the Corsair results posted by the various users above I'm effectively running hotter than them. OK, so I have a C0 rather than a D0 and I'm running 1.4V rather than 1.275V, but even so, I would have expected substantially better results from my equipment than I'm getting in comparison.
I'm going to have to buy one and try it, that's the only answer.
@self.
The 920's are all clocked to 4GHz, all pretty much the same way (approx. 1.4V CPU, 20x200BCLK) with hyperthreading on.
I have one machine that is cooled with a PA120.2 radiator, Laing DDC 10W pump and EK Supreme block and it's running at 77C. The other two are on PA120.3's with similar pump and block combinations and they're running at 74-75C. If you allow for the difference in ambient between my system and the Corsair results posted by the various users above I'm effectively running hotter than them. OK, so I have a C0 rather than a D0 and I'm running 1.4V rather than 1.275V, but even so, I would have expected substantially better results from my equipment than I'm getting in comparison.
I'm going to have to buy one and try it, that's the only answer.
@self.May go that route myself, wouldnt mind doing a direct comparison with my current air cooling setup.I'm going to have to buy one and try it, that's the only answer.
This is from a quick small fft test i done earlier rab, just ran it for over half an hour, as i find that my temps start to settle after this time, cooling is 2 pwm fans on the cooler and 1 exhaust all running at 1200 rpm, intake fans are 2 sharkoon silent eagle 2000 rpm's, though i ran those a fair bit lower than full speed.any 1 with same cpu wanna compare on certain test's ? that way would we would all have a better idea, (closest clocks volts ect
Id be interested in seeing what sort of results you get at the same clockspeed, i know that no two systems will be exactly identical regarding settings etc, but it would be interesting to see a rough comparison
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i had just ordered 3 x H50 fro ocuk today. 1 for my daughter pc, 1 for my mother pc and 1 for my pc to replaced faulty H50 pump (posted back to RMA in other company today.
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because i am going to overclock her pc to 3.8ghz on her pc as her intel stock cooler fail on 3.8ghz.
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it cant be better than a custom loop if reviews are comparing it to air coolers surely..
it would be beating heatsinks by a large margin if that were the case.
Yet WJA96 you are getting higher temps than the H50 on a custom loop with a bigger radiator..
it would be beating heatsinks by a large margin if that were the case.
Yet WJA96 you are getting higher temps than the H50 on a custom loop with a bigger radiator..
Thanks setter, gives rest an idea
After ran same test, nothing really in it, 1c warmer room, cooler room, test wil never be the same, but gives other's rough idea what to expect thou.
Would say if you have a True, keep it.
If Buying New H50 seems just as good the true H50 =£70 del
if buying for the new 1366 mobo, True cooler, 2x fans & backplate. Then Del =£86
£16 can buy 2 case fans
Your Choice
room temp 23-24c, 2x120mm fans, 2x200mm fans & 120mm fan on rad.
After ran same test, nothing really in it, 1c
warmer room, cooler room, test wil never be the same, but gives other's rough idea what to expect thou.Would say if you have a True, keep it.
If Buying New H50 seems just as good the true H50 =£70 del
if buying for the new 1366 mobo, True cooler, 2x fans & backplate. Then Del =£86
£16 can buy 2 case fans
Your Choice
room temp 23-24c, 2x120mm fans, 2x200mm fans & 120mm fan on rad.
Thanks for that Rab, not much in it at the same clockspeed, though i have a fair bit of difference between cores (possibe stuck sensors on 2 and 3), nice to see yours running undervolted below the vid of 1.2500v at 3.8ghz. I do have a TRUE but i wont be switching to i7 for a while yet, lack of finances
, though saying that this current rig handles anything i can throw at it with ease.
not much in it at the same clockspeed, though i have a fair bit of difference between cores (possibe stuck sensors on 2 and 3), nice to see yours running undervolted below the vid of 1.2500v at 3.8ghz. I do have a TRUE but i wont be switching to i7 for a while yet, lack of finances, though saying that this current rig handles anything i can throw at it with ease.