Corsair H50 Water Cooling Kit

FaceplantSi · 1 Sep 2009 at 13:17

I'm very interested in one of these to replace my Noctua on my i7 - what's the current thinking on the fans? I read that Corsair say the fan should draw air from outside the case hence making that rear fan an inlet... is this what people here would recommend or use a push/pull as an exhaust?

Gaidin109 · 1 Sep 2009 at 13:31

Push/Pull as an exhaust, in a well ventilated case.

FaceplantSi · 1 Sep 2009 at 13:42

Gaidin109 said:
Push/Pull as an exhaust, in a well ventilated case.

Thankyou very much - I really didn't want to have to go through the whole thread!

Think I'll have one ordered pretty soon!

Shiroi · 1 Sep 2009 at 14:42

Just received email to say mine has shipped out, good news to hear!

Sadly I can't test until I get my new case and D0 920 as this case has a 120mm rear fan and i have no adapter for it.

CK61938 · 1 Sep 2009 at 17:11

Gaidin109 said:
Push/Pull as an exhaust, in a well ventilated case.

I've just this second purchased the cooler. Should arrive on Thurs. I will be using it in a 902 case as push/pull with the air going out. Looking at the posts on here I have noticed there is a certain way the cooler should be positioned to allow for better cooling and lower temps...

I will give this a try and will report back.

kola · 1 Sep 2009 at 17:47

Superewza said:
Why are all these tests done on i7s? I want to see how it does with other processors.

ditto whats it like with say the E8400 :confused:

DIABLO · 1 Sep 2009 at 18:38

Shiroi said:
Just received email to say mine has shipped out, good news to hear!

Sadly I can't test until I get my new case and D0 920 as this case has a 120mm rear fan and i have no adapter for it.

A 120mm rear fan is what the H50 uses :confused:

Rab · 1 Sep 2009 at 20:50

kola said:
ditto whats it like with say the E8400

check page 5 & 6, ran a few test's on the q9550

Shiroi · 1 Sep 2009 at 20:53

DIABLO said:
A 120mm rear fan is what the H50 uses

D'oh, i meant this case has a 140mm rear fan (Ignore sig, thats the case i'm waiting on, atm i'm in a Lian Li PC X-2000 (ugh)

HornyRhino · 2 Sep 2009 at 03:06

has anyone experimented yet with fans in push/pull?

i know gaiden is using apaches @ 1300rpm and some others are using simular but was wondering if higher rpm fans would be better like 1900 or 2000rpm?

apparently the default corsair is being reported as not very good even tho its 1700rpm so wont be using that

i have spare fans lying around from previous builds...

2x 120mm xigmatek 1600rpm
2x 140mm 1200rpm with 120 convertors
a few(6) 120mm Nanoxia FX12 2000rpm fans all these are silent to me so which would be best? or is there another fan thats the king of the hill on air flow with rads?

in case you ask why i havent tried myself

mines in the post still

regards

HRhino"

bulldog147 · 2 Sep 2009 at 03:16

HornyRhino said:
has anyone experimented yet with fans in push/pull?

i know gaiden is using apaches @ 1300rpm and some others are using simular but was wondering if higher rpm fans would be better like 1900 or 2000rpm?

apparently the default corsair is being reported as not very good even tho its 1700rpm so wont be using that

i have spare fans lying around from previous builds...

2x 120mm xigmatek 1600rpm
2x 140mm 1200rpm with 120 convertors
a few(6) 120mm Nanoxia FX12 2000rpm fans all these are silent to me so which would be best? or is there another fan thats the king of the hill on air flow with rads?

in case you ask why i havent tried myself mines in the post still

regards

HRhino"

You don't need a powerful fans such as 1900/2000RPM. I am using apaches 2 x 1300RPM same as gaiden as well. Temperature is well below 67C full load but during heatwave (probably around up to 74C max) for the 4Ghz overclock.

2 x 1300RPM is very quiet indeed but apaches does a great job of CFM.

SwedishChef · 2 Sep 2009 at 07:46

Gaidin109 said:
Push/Pull as an exhaust, in a well ventilated case.

Could you tell me what a push/pull config means exactly?

Is it: two fans mounted either side of the rad, both inside the case, each one pointing so that airflow is directed out the rear of the case?

Thanks!

FaceplantSi · 2 Sep 2009 at 08:01

SwedishChef said:
Could you tell me what a push/pull config means exactly?

Is it: two fans mounted either side of the rad, both inside the case, each one pointing so that airflow is directed out the rear of the case?

Thanks!

That is exactly what it is. You'll see that some i7 air coolers (like the Noctua) come with a pair of fans for just that reason although the benefit of a second fan on air coolers is qustionable, most reviews tend to suggest maybe a degree or two of temp drop with a second fan, so hardly worth the cost/effort - but to cool a rad... well that's still open to debate I guess, but several here are saying it seems best, especially if you are using them as an exhaust rather than Corsair's recommended which is to use as an inlet so you are pulling cool outside air over the rad and exhausting hot air inside the case - which seems totally bananas to me!

CK61938 · 2 Sep 2009 at 08:07

FaceplantSi said:
especially if you are using them as an exhaust rather than Corsair's recommended which is to use as an inlet so you are pulling cool outside air over the rad and exhausting hot air inside the case - which seems totally bananas to me!

Well maybe they hired a monkey to tell them the best way the rad should be cooled during their office meeting

Gaidin109 · 2 Sep 2009 at 09:08

HornyRhino said:
has anyone experimented yet with fans in push/pull?

i know gaiden is using apaches @ 1300rpm and some others are using simular but was wondering if higher rpm fans would be better like 1900 or 2000rpm?

apparently the default corsair is being reported as not very good even tho its 1700rpm so wont be using that

i have spare fans lying around from previous builds...

2x 120mm xigmatek 1600rpm
2x 140mm 1200rpm with 120 convertors
a few(6) 120mm Nanoxia FX12 2000rpm fans all these are silent to me so which would be best? or is there another fan thats the king of the hill on air flow with rads?

in case you ask why i havent tried myself mines in the post still

regards

HRhino"

I used 2x scythe kaze juni 1900rpm fans before I got the Apaches, and the temps were about the same, but the noise was pretty loud. Because of the Rad you need fans with high static pressure, and the best ones around at the moment are the Apaches. High CFM fans with low static pressure will see the CFM drop dramatically when attached to a Rad.

Other fans to consider for a Rad are the Scythe Gentle Typhoon or S-Flex, Noiseblocker NB-Multiframe, Noctua NHU12P, Sharkoon Silent Eagle1000rpm, Fesier Treibwerk TFK-121. I expect some other people with have a few more suggestions.

Reggi3 · 2 Sep 2009 at 11:05

Hi All, I just got one of the H50s, I'm using the stock fan, I haven't started on overclocking it yet, I've got the core i7 920 d0, Asus P6T, 6GB ddr3 ram, gtx 260 from OCUK, would it be worth me investing in a pair of better 120mm fans?

I'm also considering taking a hacksaw to the back of the case for the fan inlet, I never understood why case manufacturers thought it would be a good idea to put airflow restricting grills in, they should be made punch out style like drive bay slots are. I had to hacksaw the harddrive bay to get my gtx 260 in the box.

My case is a crappy Tigermax gamer case, bought from my dad for £20.

FaceplantSi · 2 Sep 2009 at 11:16

Reggi3 said:
Hi All, I just got one of the H50s, I'm using the stock fan, I haven't started on overclocking it yet, I've got the core i7 920 d0, Asus P6T, 6GB ddr3 ram, gtx 260 from OCUK, would it be worth me investing in a pair of better 120mm fans?

I'm also considering taking a hacksaw to the back of the case for the fan inlet, I never understood why case manufacturers thought it would be a good idea to put airflow restricting grills in, they should be made punch out style like drive bay slots are. I had to hacksaw the harddrive bay to get my gtx 260 in the box.

My case is a crappy Tigermax gamer case, bought from my dad for £20.

If you are not OC'ing yet then you may as well start with the stock fan and see how temps look with that. As and when you decide to OC you might then want to beef up your fans to give better cooling - it will depend on a lot of things though, such as what the airflow inside your case is like and what the ambient temp is, so it's really a case of give it a try and see - but keep an eye on those temps!

Oh, and welcome to the forums!

kmufc77 · 2 Sep 2009 at 17:49

hi im about to fit my H50 later on tonight, i currently have the fenrir which uses a backplate will i have to install the corsair backplate? or will i get away with using what i already have on the back of mobo?

Gaidin109 · 2 Sep 2009 at 17:52

kmufc77 said:
hi im about to fit my H50 later on tonight, i currently have the fenrir which uses a backplate will i have to install the corsair backplate? or will i get away with using what i already have on the back of mobo?

You will have to fit the corsair backplate as its totally different.

kmufc77 · 2 Sep 2009 at 17:58

Gaidin109 said:
You will have to fit the corsair backplate as its totally different.

Thats a pain, oh well cant be helped