Corsair H50 Water Cooling Kit

1uke · 9 May 2010 at 20:17

Just rebuilt/upgraded my pc and took apart my push pull H50 setup and the radiator was full of dust really badly!! Has only been running less than 2 months I guess.... So ordered a dust filter for the pushing fan.

Might want to check your H50s radiator every so often ppl!!

Helios1234 · 9 May 2010 at 22:48

1uke said:
Just rebuilt/upgraded my pc and took apart my push pull H50 setup and the radiator was full of dust really badly!! Has only been running less than 2 months I guess.... So ordered a dust filter for the pushing fan.

Might want to check your H50s radiator every so often ppl!!

I noticed mine was getting dusty very quickly. The CoolIT Eco didn't on the other hand.

hawker1986 · 10 May 2010 at 15:45

Just got my new i7 setup running, and thought id share some results, not fully optimised my vcore yet but in my ft02B using the H50 (apache push-pull) im getting 68-72oC after 20 runs of IBT, on a 920D0@4Ghz, 1.2875 vcore, QPI/VTT 1.275, LL1 (X58A-UD5), will post screens when my vcore is down as low as it will go. Really happy with the results

Also ive had no dust in the Rad at all with my case.

Hawker

1uke · 10 May 2010 at 17:27

Maybe my case has better airflow or you have dust filters on your fans??
What's with these i7's having such high temps compared to the Q series as my Q9550 overclocked just past 4ghz maxes at 61C.....

hawker1986 · 10 May 2010 at 18:24

Ive got dust filters to be fair, seems they do an excellent job, been impressed.

As for the temps I think the E0 stepping Q9550 were TDP of 95W and the i7s are 130W, explains the extra heat. Atleast I think thats what it is.

Hawker

Bradmax57 · 10 May 2010 at 18:57

This is what mine was like after 1 months usage and that was after i removed dust filters to improve airflow

Not too bad really

hawker1986 · 10 May 2010 at 22:43

Ignore

racerboy59 · 13 May 2010 at 19:02

hey guys i've ordered a new h50 and a lian li p50 case which should be with me tomorrow. Just wanted to ask a question about airflow. Im a little worried that there may not be enough fresh air coming into the case, as it will be kept under the desk and up against the wall. This means if I use corsairs recommendation of rear intake, it may be drawing in warm air from the graphics card exhaust. Is there anything I should do differently or does it look fine as is?

Yellowbeard · 13 May 2010 at 19:17

Looks good to me. If you have temp issues, try it with the H50 exhausting. Testing it yourself each way and comparing is the only real way to know for sure since your system and environmental conditions are unique.

1uke · 13 May 2010 at 19:31

With only 1x 120mm fan intake Its probably best to use the H50 as intake also. I do push and pull as exhaust on my system but I have 7x 120mm intake fans

racerboy59 · 13 May 2010 at 20:54

Thanks for the advice i'll play around with it and see which gets me the best temps. Can't wait!

jorzeh · 13 May 2010 at 21:43

I were hitting 88C under prime95 with my H50... now with custom water full load i'm on 42C .. either my H50 had a fault or its bad.. anyways i even had a go with mx3 on it with the line method.. never again will i bother if not custom..

1uke · 13 May 2010 at 22:13

I hit max 61C at 4ghz full load on my Q9550.

Ph4lanx · 13 May 2010 at 22:22

Hmmm, I was considering a H50 kit for my PC, but after seeing those radiator setups and how quick they fill with dust, I'm now considering just getting another air-based cooler.

Not sure what to do.

racerboy59 · 13 May 2010 at 22:24

jorzeh either your h50 had a problem or it wasn't installed correctly. People running overclocked i7's with the stock wc setup are getting 10-20 degrees lower on full load. But happy for you and your custom kit. I bet it kicks ass.

matkeys · 13 May 2010 at 22:32

can you modify a h50 to cool a gpu?
i mean by cutting the pipes right at the cpu block, use a large container of water and re-close the loop with another block? or is the pump part of the cpu block?

matkeys · 13 May 2010 at 22:34

Ph4lanx said:
Hmmm, I was considering a H50 kit for my PC, but after seeing those radiator setups and how quick they fill with dust, I'm now considering just getting another air-based cooler. Not sure what to do.

it just depends on the level of dust in your house,

seeing that picture is quite bad, my house is reasonably dusty, i mean my cpu block and fan create a thin layer of dust maybe every 3/4 months so i know thats what to expect if i had a water cooling rad. that guy either never cleaned it or his house is incredibly dusty, if the latter id be wearing dust masks

alex24 · 13 May 2010 at 22:38

matkeys said:
can you modify a h50 to cool a gpu?
i mean by cutting the pipes right at the cpu block, use a large container of water and re-close the loop with another block? or is the pump part of the cpu block?

Pump is part of CPU block. Perhaps you could come up with a way of mounting to a GPU without modding it at all....just need a new mount and some memory and VRM sinks for the card. I wonder what performance would be like.

matkeys · 14 May 2010 at 00:33

I may look in to this, i want to water cool. Two h50 rads would take up little space,

racerboy59 · 14 May 2010 at 20:55

I spend most of this afternoon getting my new kit installed. Have to say while it is pretty decent, it doesn't seem like much of an upgrade over my Noctua NH-U12P. Temperatures are very similar. However I did slightly mess up installation and the pre-applied thermal paste got spread around the CPU a little too much. Might this have caused higher than optimal temps? Still haven't played around with the fan orientation - right now i got 2noctua fans doing a push pull with rear intake. The water pump is super quiet, running at full speed through the molex. My E8500 is overclocked to 4.0ghz with 1.312V (cpu-z reading). Max temperature its reached with prime stress test is 70C.