Corsair H50

hitman

hitman

hitman

Associate
Joined
7 Oct 2009
Posts
500
Built my first system quite recently and had loads of help here :) Originally the system was for surfing the net, some photography work and general office stuff which I do, using voice recognition. I've since bought a couple of games and enjoyed them, and then really took the plunge the other day by purchasing a 5850 graphics card. I'm slightly worried that i'm getting sucked in to the OC world as currently considering an SSD which I think would help with the slight lad I sometimes get on the voice recognitiojn. I should state that I don't have loads of money buyt could'nt help but notice the H50 and wondered whether given my system (with no overclocking, yet!) it would be a wise choice as I'm currently running the stock cooler??

Any advice/thoughts would be great to hear them :)
 
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18036199

have a read of that and you will find a lot of peole have this cooler and for the money it is superb.

temp.jpg


this a screen shot of my q6600 overclocked with my h50 installed.
 
Cheers, will have a look at that thread now. On thing I did wonder, is how easy is it to fit and how much of a tight squeeze would it be with my motherboard/case??
 
the unit itself is very small and is very very easy to install.

have you got a picture of your case and set up ?
 
Ha, a picture! You guys would probably laugh if you saw my set-up. Still new to all this, so my cable management is alll over the place, especially given that when my new 5850 arrived a couple of days a go and I just wanted to get in and running :) Will post a pic and then maybe I can also get some tips on sorting out the cables - those graphics cards are HUGE!!
 
they sure are.

as for cable management goes it's not about tips but common sense and time.

spend a fair bit of time routing your cables out of the way from air flow and it will look better and cooler in side your case.
 
II do think that given my case, Ill have to take the motherboard out to fit the bracket for the H50, which is slightly annoying :(
 
I'm very tempted I must admit but what takes everyone else 30mins will take me about 3 hours!

BTW, any good threads on cable management??
 
To be fair, the installation was a doddle, even with taking the mobo out, you will do it in 30mins easy, but don't rush! if you mess anything up and have to take it out again you'll regret it even more :p

I'm having a cooling issue with mine atm though so i'm not 100% on reccomending it..
 
samurl said:
To be fair, the installation was a doddle, even with taking the mobo out, you will do it in 30mins easy, but don't rush! if you mess anything up and have to take it out again you'll regret it even more :p

I'm having a cooling issue with mine atm though so i'm not 100% on recommending it..
Click to expand...

perhaps your h50 isnt seated propaly ?

try a different paste and reseat it.

a lot of people on here have had no problems and im one of them.

i used to have this watercooling set up before i went to the h50 and i have never looked back since.
DSCF0710.jpg
 
schizo220168 said:
perhaps your h50 isnt seated propaly ?

try a different paste and reseat it.

a lot of people on here have had no problems and im one of them.

i used to have this watercooling set up before i went to the h50 and i have never looked back since.
QUOTE]

Thats going to be the first thing I do when I get back, although in the back of my head for some reason I don't think the pump is actually doing anything full stop, because I can't hear/feel anything coming from it.
Click to expand...
 
schizo220168 said:
the pump is very quiet anyway.

where have you got the pump plugged into ?
Click to expand...

I've got the pump plugged in to the three pin connector on the mobo named pwr_fan, as all I've ever read is this can be plugged in to any mobo header, it's the rad fan that needs to have constant full power, right?

I've tried every 3pin header on the board, and also a 3pin to molex adaptor, and none of these make a difference..

if you hold your finger on the top of the pump where the corsair logo is displayed can you feel anything?? I physically cannot hear or feel anything whilst it's in the case, I have the fan inside the case, sucking through the rad in to the case and then the top fan taking out any hot air, but this shouldn't make any difference to the fact that it will rise 1c a second until it reaches 90 where I feel the need to turn it off..

:)
 
your pump is plugged into the wrong pwr connector.

your pump should have a constant power source and not a fan connector.
 
The pump only has a 3pin black connector on it? the rad fan has a 4pin white connector, plugged in to the CPU header on the mobo??
 
just found this for the power leads for the h50.

With the H50's two main components in place, all one needs to do is connect the power. Instead using a control module, Corsair feeds power to the H50's pump and fan separately. The four-pin fan lead is designed to plug into a motherboard header, and it will play nicely with temperature-based automatic fan speed controls. However, the pump's three-pin connector must be connected to a power source that provides a constant 12 volts. The pump's power cord is only 7" long, so you might run into trouble reaching an appropriate header on your motherboard.

source...http://techreport.com/articles.x/17481

what motherboard do you have ?
 
Asus P7P55D Intel P55 (Socket 1156)

So effectivly I have connected it right, the FOUR pin is connected to the CPU fan header, and the 3pin is connected to the pwr_fan header on the mobo that I think i'm right in saying is a full speed header??
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom