Corsair H50 Water Cooling Kit

Zitron said:
Picked up a H50 the other day to cool an i5 750. Not overly impressed so far, it's ok i guess. It's pretty noisy though especially with the fan going at full speed.

Anyone running push/pull Apache Blacks? If so how does it compare with the standard fan for temps + noise? Thinking of picking a couple of them up at some point.
(edit: Searching the thread gave me some answers for this, should have searched first:o)
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not that i have apache blacks, but i have not noticed a whisper from my h50/corsair fan.. im using 2 different fans now but still using the corsair as a fan elsewhere.

edit: good point below me, though I do believe q-fan settings for that fan are disabled too
 
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The Corsair fan is definitely loud. If you haven't heard it it means you're not running it at full speed. Probably your settings for PWM fans in the BIOS, perhaps the profile isn't very aggressive.

I have Yate Loons on my H50 and getting good temps, but I think some fans with better static pressure would be more suited and give better performance.
 
iCe-BLaZeD said:
after a little bit of usage since reseating (and turning fans around to intake) my i7 930 seems to be idling at 41-43c,

prime is as follows,

immediately after starting prime test = 58-59c
2minutes into testing = 62c
5minutes into testing 62-64c

not running a long test but ill assume that it wont rise much more than this, perhaps a few more c, happier with the temps now especially considering how warm/humid its been
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update: more of a "normal" day today, not quite as hot or humid. i am getting these temps out of my 3.5ghz i7 930

38-41c idle across cores

56-57c prime start
60c-63c after 5minutes prime
 
idling at 38 41 38 41 degrees

2 minutes priming 67 66 66 61 degrees

the 4th core i have seems to always give the lowest temps ...
how are you supposed to make sure that the whole cpu is covered with paste if you just put the block straight down?
 
carmatic >** but all you need is a firm grip to cause the slight twist**
IMAO > wow the majority of CPU Cooler's would move would move if you did the above!!!

At the end of the day it was your thermal paste application that let you down(high temp's) + if you are using the stck H50 fan its not the best of fan's. So you cold replace the stock fan with a Akasa Viper>push or with a Apache>pull config and check your case cooling can you improve it? Does your GPU-Card give off a lot of heat inside the case, see if you can mount a fan on the side panel blowig cold air onto it, doing any one of these suggestion's will improve yout temp's.

MY PC running p95
Core Temp's at idle after 15 min's, room temp(ambient) 19'c -
3.8GHz - H50x1 Viper fan Max RPM + 1x Apache fan: Max RPM > Viper:2014RPM + Apache:1400RPM > cores: 28'c:31'c:30'c:32'c > cores vary +/- 1'c > Noise level = near silent, l can just hear it.
4.0GHz - H50x1 Viper fan Max RPM + 1x Apache fan: Max RPM > Viper:2014RPM + Apache:1400RPM > cores: 28'c:31'c:29'c:33'c > cores vary +/- 1'c > As Above.
4.2GHz - H50x1 Viper fan Max RPM + 1x Apache fan: Max RPM > Viper:2014RPM + Apache:1400RPM > cores: 29'c:31'c:29'c:33'c > cores vary +/- 1'c > As Above.

Core temp's running Prime95(Small FFTs) for 20min's room temp(ambient) 19'c both fans at Max RPM -Viper push / Apache pull config -
3.8GHz - H50x1 Viper fan Max RPM + 1x Apache fan: Max RPM > Viper:2002RPM + Apache:1400RPM > cores: 61'c:62'c:63'c:65'c > cores vary +/- 1'c > Noise level = near silent, l can just hear it.
4.0GHz - H50x1 Viper fan Max RPM + 1x Apache fan: Max RPM > Viper:2002RPM + Apache:1400RPM > cores: 62'c:65'c:64'c:67'c > cores vary +/- 1'c > As Above.
4.2GHz due to the higher CPU Vcore, cores: 70'c:73'c:73'c:75'c, but those temp's arn't bad at all.

Running Prime95(Small FFTs) for 2hrs, room temp(ambient) has increased to 20'c from about 70min's into the run, both fans at Max RPM -
4.2GHz after 2hrs (P95 12.05 > 14.07) - H50x1 Viper fan Max RPM + 1x Apache fan: Max RPM > Viper:2002RPM + Apache:1400RPM > cores: 72'c:74'c:74'c:76'c > cores vary +/- 1'c.

Hope this help's.:)
 
Installed this yesterday, waiting for the Arctic Silver 5 to finish it's 200 hour period, temps are 32-33c idling, haven't tried load yet because i'll start doing that when the 200 hour period is over as Arctic Silver say's it should drop several degrees when the thermal paste start's functioning properly.

I do have some hates with this product, that the fan mounts and the backplate feels and looks cheap, and that it can be a pain to get the fan on and the heatsink.

PS: Whoever commented on this product on the website stating they're getting 20c idle temps and 40c load temps with a 965 at 4.1GHz, dream on.
 
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alexhull24 said:
The Corsair fan is definitely loud. If you haven't heard it it means you're not running it at full speed. Probably your settings for PWM fans in the BIOS, perhaps the profile isn't very aggressive.

I have Yate Loons on my H50 and getting good temps, but I think some fans with better static pressure would be more suited and give better performance.
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I wonder how the tuniq fan would perform on the h50 isn't that tuniq fan one of the best if not the best out there for static pressure?
 
iCe-BLaZeD said:
not that i have apache blacks, but i have not noticed a whisper from my h50/corsair fan.. im using 2 different fans now but still using the corsair as a fan elsewhere.

edit: good point below me, though I do believe q-fan settings for that fan are disabled too
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Hmm yeah i dunno really, at lower RPMs it's pretty quiet but definitely easy to hear at full wack imo.

Ptikobj said:
Whats better? H50 or CoolIT Eco A.L.C.?
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There's not really a great deal of difference, check here: http://www.vortez.co.uk/contentteller/articles_pages/corsair_h50_cpu_cooler_review,10.html


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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Cheers. Bought these today and they do indeed fit.
 
C64 said:
I wonder how the tuniq fan would perform on the h50 isn't that tuniq fan one of the best if not the best out there for static pressure?
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When you say "tuniq fan" do you mean the one that comes with the tuniq tower cooler?

If so Im not sure its that good, even using a tuniq tower I replaced the stock fan it came with something else that had more oomph.
 
xiphrex said:
When you say "tuniq fan" do you mean the one that comes with the tuniq tower cooler?

If so Im not sure its that good, even using a tuniq tower I replaced the stock fan it came with something else that had more oomph.
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Yes the stock fan has been proven to be better than most I thought because it's designed for high static pressure.
 
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Well I have that fan so I guess I'll give it a try, I might just wack it on as a "pull" fan and use it with the apache "push" fan thats already on.

The apache is excellent though with the mobo header controlled speed, very very quiet
 
Any fan that's good on a rad will be good with the H50, and there should be a large amount of information already on that thanks to custom watercooling setups. There's quite a lot of folks here who've got custom loops, so you could see what they're using.
 
reseated my waterblock for hopefully the last time... in the bios, the cpu is now as cool as the motherboard, rather than 2 or 3 degrees higher
load temps seem to be 3-4 degrees lower, and the difference between the hottest core and the coolest has decreased by 1 degree

slightly off topic, but i think that the trick (at least with AS5) is to keep the spreading and the pressure as seperate as possible... the thermal paste is pressure sensitive, you could spread it around as much as you like but once you push down on it past a certain amount, it will 'set'
think of it as tiny little capsules filled with the thermal conductor, you could roll them around but once you push down on the waterblock you will break the capsules and any more movement will ruin the coating

anyway, back on topic...
i am using a Scythe Ultra Kaze as the puller, and a Akasa Viper as the pusher... would rather have them the other way round, but the screws are for 25mm thick fans (hence the Akasa Viper has to be on the 'outside') and the radiator is the only real air intake in my case (so the Akasa Viper must pull air in) ... i had to stick the Scythe Ultra Kaze onto the back with 'no more nails' tape...
the RPM's of both the fans are pretty much synchronized, not because they are running off the same header but because of the airflow ... the Scythe Ultra Kaze is being fed a constant voltage, and the increase in airflow from the Akasa Viper is actually spinning it up
pretty audible when its going at 70+ degrees celcius and 2000rpm on both fans when priming, but quite pleasant when its idling at around 1300rpm
 
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Zitron said:
Anyone running push/pull Apache Blacks? If so how does it compare with the standard fan for temps + noise? Thinking of picking a couple of them up at some point.
(edit: Searching the thread gave me some answers for this, should have searched first:o)
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I have Apache's push/pull out of case. Much quieter than the corsair plus I have them RPM balanced in the BIOS so each fan noise is not competing with each other as they are connected to motherboard headers. Pump is on CPU header and I have lowered this slightly so I can't even hear the hum it gives off. Might try running it at full again. I noticed with Apache's didnt make any difference which way I had them, either drawing air in or sucking air out but thats prob because I have 3 x 120mm inputs. Only thing not checked is dust build up on the rad and whether I need to fit a fan filter to the front apache. Need to do this sometime.

I would always have the pump connected to the CPU header because if it to ever fail or drop below my minimum RPM my mobo would alarm, If it was connected to a PSU molex then I wouldnt know if the pump failed and CPU would get fried ! Worth a thought peeps.
 
i thought that the over-temperature detection would have kicked in and shut the computer down or something a long time before any chip damage could occur?
that is, if you havent shut it down yourself after the computer has become unstable from the heat if you are overclocking...
 
Mikey said:
Anyone got one of these in a Antec 300? I'm planning on getting an 800D, but I'll prob get this first etc.
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The H50 fits fine in an Antec 300 (even with push-pull) :)

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