Corsair H50 Water Cooling Kit

carmatic · 18 May 2010 at 10:53

if it werent for that radeon 5870 in my case, i would have noticed the humming too

the pump seems to have a max of 1600rpm, and it also seems to give off quite abit of heat at those speeds, running it at max raises my cpu temperature by a degree or two

yesterday i had reconnected my fans, got a 3 pin extension cable... now the cpu fan is the radiator fan
ambient temperature (front of case) = 18 degrees, temperature at back of radiator = 23 degrees, bios cpu temperature = 33 degrees ...

opinions?

i should be getting the akasa citrus cleaner and my tube of AS5 today... but getting to the cpu cooler in my mATX case is quite a lot of trouble...

Abitar · 20 May 2010 at 10:14

Does anyone know were I can get an extra set of fan screws for the radiator ?

Bradmax57 · 20 May 2010 at 10:57

B&Q? I just used 2 on each fan

Abitar · 20 May 2010 at 11:03

Ive tried B & Q, homebase and a few other local hardware shops but they didnt have those specific screws. Suppose I could use 2 on each fan if I cant get hold if them anywhere

Bradmax57 · 20 May 2010 at 11:14

Check post #1712, theres a link by yellowbeard to the size required and a place to buy

page 58

Guest2 · 20 May 2010 at 11:17

Abitar said:
Ive tried B & Q, homebase and a few other local hardware shops but they didnt have those specific screws. Suppose I could use 2 on each fan if I cant get hold if them anywhere

I just use 2 on each

Fan hooked onto case with rubber things, 2 screws with rad onto fan, 2 screws with fan onto rad

diverse180 · 20 May 2010 at 11:18

Yellowbeard said:
Try attaching the pump to the 4 pin so you are sure it's getting a full 12v. If it still buzzes, please RMA it.

RMA in progress

Abitar said:
Does anyone know were I can get an extra set of fan screws for the radiator ?

Abitar, send me your address and I'll send you some screws

Abitar · 20 May 2010 at 11:37

Cheers diverse ill pm you my address.

Abitar · 20 May 2010 at 11:44

Bradmax57 said:
Check post #1712, theres a link by yellowbeard to the size required and a place to buy page 58

Thanks for that didnt see it and I went through this tread before I bought my H50.

diverse180 · 20 May 2010 at 11:47

Abitar said:
Cheers diverse ill pm you my address.

Screws will be in the post later today

edit: posted

Abitar · 20 May 2010 at 11:52

diverse180 said:
Screws will be in the post later today

Thanks very much for that mate

nayenshah · 20 May 2010 at 15:23

seems the corsair H50 depends on the requirement of the user. a friend of mine used it to cool a core i7 980 and didnt find the same thing. i guess its coz his voltage was higher!

Yellowbeard · 20 May 2010 at 18:49

The screws are a common size carried by hobby stores.

http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85432

Abitar · 20 May 2010 at 22:15

Yellowbeard said:
The screws are a common size carried by hobby stores.

http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85432

Most DIY & hardware shops dont stock them beacuse its an imperial thread I was told. I didnt try any hobby stores.

Would it not be sensible for Corsair to maybe put 8 screws in the box ? Would have saved me a few hours and a few quid in petrol trying different shops locally.

I did see your earlier post thanks to another forum member pointing out.

Thanks for posting that infomation btw

esoteric · 21 May 2010 at 17:05

I have ordered this H50 and it is arriving Monday with a new tube of AC5. I am curious though if anyone used the stock paste before using AC5 and might know if there a good enough improvement, because I really CBA cleaning the paste off the pump. I feel like I'm doing such a hatchet job with TIM cleaner and paper kitchen roll.

So if the stock paste is good I won't bother with AC5. I'm also not sure how much TIM cleaner I have left..

Abitar · 21 May 2010 at 17:13

diverse180 said:
RMA in progress

Abitar, send me your address and I'll send you some screws

Thanks very much diverse got the screws today your a star

diverse180 · 22 May 2010 at 11:56

Abitar said:
Thanks very much diverse got the screws today...

You're welcome

Yellowbeard said:
If it still buzzes, please RMA it.

Had an update on my RMA yesterday and was told that the pump was indeed faulty and that I'll receive a replacement within the next few days.

...I've got one last set of screws available (for push/pull) if anyone else needs them btw.

chief barker · 22 May 2010 at 15:38

diverse180 said:
You're welcome

Had an update on my RMA yesterday and was told that the pump was indeed faulty and that I'll receive a replacement within the next few days.

...I've got one last set of screws available (for push/pull) if anyone else needs them btw.

Can I have them please mate (you are a gentleman to say the least)

diverse180 · 22 May 2010 at 16:00

Sure chief, just send me your address via trust and I'll have them posted a.s.a.p.

edit: Screws were posted today

carmatic · 25 May 2010 at 00:26

i am using 'no more screws' tape to hold the second fan to the radiator...
a question for you guys regarding temps, what is your cpu temp relative to your northbridge/southbridge/other temps on the mobo?

its abit tricky with my mobo regarding the temperatures... speedfan and the LCD poster give 2 entirely different sets of temps... speedfan reports 9 independent temperatures for the cpu , one for every virtual core Windows sees plus one which is simply called 'cpu'

and the LCD poster cpu temp reading seems to be coming off an off-cpu temperature sensor, it lags behind cpu activity... i trust the speedfan readings more because they go up instantly the moment i launch something cpu-intensive

but anyway, with speedfan and with the lcd poster, i find that the load temps of the cpu is roughly equivalent to the northbridge and southbridge temps on my mobo... the low 60's ...