Corsair H50 Water Cooling Kit

phatboy said:
I am hoping to get one of these when i get my new CPU (E8400)

mate has been running it at 4ghz on a WC full loop. will the H50 be ok to do this or would it be too much for it?

was going to take one of my rear fans on my Aurora 3D to use with the included fan to do the push pull tactic as i have the space..

Cheers

Ben
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H50 runs fine on my E8400
 
just installed my h50 and noticed on quite a few pics that people posted that the radiator pipes are at the bottom where in the manual it shows them at the top will this make any differnce ?
 
marv said:
just installed my h50 and noticed on quite a few pics that people posted that the radiator pipes are at the bottom where in the manual it shows them at the top will this make any differnce ?
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mine are at the bottom and im getting good temps. im fairly sure it makes no difference where the pipes meet the rad, its case dependant i coulnt get my side panel on the them at the top.
 
marv said:
just installed my h50 and noticed on quite a few pics that people posted that the radiator pipes are at the bottom where in the manual it shows them at the top will this make any differnce ?
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No difference what so ever. You could have them on either side if your case allowed for such a mounting.
 
today i have become very unhappy with the H5O

noticed that my temps have jumped 10 degrees overnight, wonder what happened, everything is brand new and there is barely a coat of dust on the radiator

turns out that the friction hold of the retention ring on the waterblock is not sufficient to compensate for the stiffness of the pipes...
think of an earthquake, you have tension which gets suddenly released, i think that's what happened overnight... i have the screws down as tight as they would go and still i could rotate the block by hand, and the pipes are causing much more tension than that... this wouldnt have happened if the retention ring had some form of positive hold on the block, or better yet if the pipes werent so stiff...


im hoping that AS5 can re-cure after such an event and bring my temps down again, if not i dont know whats the point of applying a fresh coat of AS5 if its just going to happen again
 
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Had my H50 installed for a few days now, temps are much lower than before. even with the extra 2 fans ive installed as outtakes the whole computer is much more silent than before. Loving it!
 
vectisitch said:
any one looking for screws to fix the fans to the rad ,have a look at map lins.part number n62hq.anti vib screw set 10mm long with the right coarse thread for the rad.£2.99 for 8
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the 'back' side of the radiator (the side of the pipes) is not as level as the 'front' side, if you were to install a fan to pull air through , there will be gaps around around the edges
i use the 'no more nails' tape to hold the puller fan... gives it a good seal too

if it werent for the waterblock hold problem im sure that i would be getting pretty good temps right now
 
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carmatic said:
today i have become very unhappy with the H5O

noticed that my temps have jumped 10 degrees overnight, wonder what happened, everything is brand new and there is barely a coat of dust on the radiator

turns out that the friction hold of the retention ring on the waterblock is not sufficient to compensate for the stiffness of the pipes...
think of an earthquake, you have tension which gets suddenly released, i think that's what happened overnight... i have the screws down as tight as they would go and still i could rotate the block by hand, and the pipes are causing much more tension than that... this wouldnt have happened if the retention ring had some form of positive hold on the block, or better yet if the pipes werent so stiff...


im hoping that AS5 can re-cure after such an event and bring my temps down again, if not i dont know whats the point of applying a fresh coat of AS5 if its just going to happen again
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the pipes are fairly stiff i agree but i cannot even move it 0.1mm if i tried to with it locked in place. there must be something wrong with your's?
 
carmatic said:
the 'back' side of the radiator (the side of the pipes) is not as level as the 'front' side, if you were to install a fan to pull air through , there will be gaps around around the edges
i use the 'no more nails' tape to hold the puller fan... gives it a good seal too

if it werent for the waterblock hold problem im sure that i would be getting pretty good temps right now
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if there is a fault with ur h50 im sure corsair would rma it btw they have very good rma service from what i hear
 
Hi carmatic, if you can rotate the pump , you have not locked it in position properly, undo the retaining screws and the pump . This time make sure you turn the pump till it stops, make sure you clean the paste off the pump and cpu, apply fresh paste before hand.

I'v installed 3 H50's no prob's at all.:)
 
the teeth are definitely engaged into their tabs on the retention ring, its just that there is some play between the teeth and the tabs... the teeth are abit too narrow to take up all the space in the tabs
 
i think i need to reseat and/or change the fans to intake (theyre exhaust atm) but running my i7 930 at 3.5ghz im getting 70ish load (prime on all 8 threads), and 45ish idle

approx 50-57c in games

hoping for a bit better with the above changes,
 
What about 10 runs of intel burn test setting high ? what sort of temps then yea intakes seems to yield the best results.

Was interested in one of these but if it's still hitting 75c + under IBT not sure it's worth it.
 
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tbh i havent tried IBT, not really happy with temps to try ibt and been pushing for lower volts (using 1.080vcore atm), wondering why its running so warm so gona reseat and turn fans around
 
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