Corsair Hydro H50, 60 or 70...

BillTheButcher · 6 Jul 2011 at 14:38

Following on from this thread and the difficulties of getting the air cooling that I want to fit with my Vengeance RAM, I'm considering watercooling my i7-2600k instead.

I've read some reviews and comparisons and, given that I won't be going for an extreme overclock (around 4GHz), would the Corsair Hydro H50 be enough or should I get the newer H60? Or even the dual-fan H70?

The Corsair range seems very cheap in comparison to kits like the ones from EK and I don't want to have to buy twice.

Cheers. :cool:

BillTheButcher · 6 Jul 2011 at 15:05

This forum is the business.

I thought the stock cooler would probably be able to manage but the noise of the stupid thing is really irritating me. I can hear it over the 590 and the PSU...

H50 sounds like just what I need.

Thanks.

BillTheButcher · 7 Jul 2011 at 11:41

Thanks for all the replies.

I've had a look at the H80 and I think it would be OTT for my setup.

I think I'll order either the H50 or H60 this week.

I've just noticed that some of the watercooling kits (the H60 for example) appear in the CPU cooler section of OCUK but not in the watercooling section. :confused:

BillTheButcher · 7 Jul 2011 at 12:58

Just ordered the H60. Due for delivery tomorrow.

Read some more reviews and the H60 seems to be just as good at cooling as the H50 but a fair bit quieter.

BillTheButcher · 7 Jul 2011 at 17:50

Plec said:
If you ordered form OcUK with the additional fan you could run it quieter still - by reducuing the max fans speed (certainly at idle).

I did order it from OCUK but didn't see any mention of an additional fan. :confused:

The H70/80 are dual-fan but I thought the 50/60 only had one.

BillTheButcher · 7 Jul 2011 at 18:34

I can't see any mention of that promotion but I've asked about it anyway. Thanks.

BillTheButcher · 11 Jul 2011 at 12:50

James J said:
Its a nice piece of kit and you can make it silent and still perform extremely well by adding a akasa apache black fan to it (which is what I did)

I realised when I was fitting my new PSU and graphics card that I've already got a 120mm Akasa AK-183-L2B Amber Ultra Quiet sitting just below the PSU where the H60's radiator and fan will go so if the H60's fan is too noisy I can just swap it with that.

BillTheButcher · 12 Jul 2011 at 19:57

H60 now fitted.

Been running Prime95 for about 15 minutes and the highest core temperature is 48C. :cool:

It's no quieter than the stock Intel cooler at full speed but it's a less annoying noise.

BillTheButcher · 12 Jul 2011 at 20:46

I'm running a mild clock of 4GHz until I'm happy that I've found a stable VCore.

It's been at 1.185 for a while now without a single BSOD but I want to make sure.

BillTheButcher · 12 Jul 2011 at 23:46

Been playing Torchlight for the past few hours and the system seems nice and stable at 4GHz/1.185 Vcore.

A few pics...

Stock i7-2600K cooler.

Pathetic amount of paste that it comes with.

H60 contents.

Backplate in place.

H60 fitted...

...and running. :cool:

BillTheButcher · 13 Jul 2011 at 08:58

Bloody hell. There's not much room in there.

Which HSF is that?

BillTheButcher · 19 Jul 2011 at 09:27

H60 pump started making a rattling noise last night. I've checked everything else in there and the noise is definitely coming from the pump.

It sounds like there's something stuck in the block. :confused:

BillTheButcher · 19 Jul 2011 at 11:21

^ Could this have anything to do with the way I've fitted the pump block?

Every picture I've seen of the H60 has the block fitted so that the hoses come out of the right-hand side. I fitted mine with the hoses coming out of the top.

Although I'm not sure I had any choice as I think (and the picture above seems to confirm this) that, if I had the hoses coming out of the side, they'd hit a couple of transistors that are in between the CPU socket and the RAM sockets.

BillTheButcher · 19 Jul 2011 at 17:15

This is starting to get on my nerves now.

Here's a clip. Hopefully you'll be able to hear the noise I'm on about. Any idea what could be causing it? It was almost silent until last night.

RMA?

BillTheButcher · 19 Jul 2011 at 17:42

It was fine until I switched it on last night.

I found this thread on the Corsair support forums which describes the exact noise mine is making.

I've tried RAM Guy's suggestion of tapping the pump but it's made no difference. I'll leave it a few days in case it's just trapped air that needs to work itself loose.

BillTheButcher · 20 Jul 2011 at 17:58

Corsair recommend an RMA.

BillTheButcher · 21 Jul 2011 at 12:04

I thought I could send it back to OCUK but there's a big note in the H60 box that says "DO NOT RETURN TO RETAILER" and the email from Corsair seems to be saying that it will have to go back to the US.

Not sure I can be bothered sending it all the way back there and then waiting for them to test it and send out a replacement.

Chalk it up to experience and buy something that actually works I suppose...

BillTheButcher · 22 Jul 2011 at 11:26

The noise is too irritating and now that I've noticed it I can't ignore it so the H60's coming out to be replaced by a Noctua NH-D14, along with some Corsair Vengeance LP RAM so that it'll actually fit.

BillTheButcher · 22 Jul 2011 at 21:08

r0cky said:
RMA it back to OcUK. They have to refund/replace faulty items.

Corsair said to send it straight back to them. :confused:

I'll wait until the Noctua arrives and once I've fitted that I'll RMA the H60 back to Corsair. That way I won't be left without decent cooling while I wait for their response.

BillTheButcher · 25 Jul 2011 at 11:36

r0cky said:
Corsair said the same to me, doesn't mean you don't have the legal right to return it back to where you bought it from (it's faulty).

I didn't want to be without the computer, so I bought the H80 whilst returning the H60. Now have refund on the H60.

Thanks r0cky.

I contacted OCUK and they told me that I could RMA it to them instead. I've ordered another cooler so as soon as that arrives I'll return the H60.