CORSAIR LIQUID COOLING SOLUTIONS - CRAZIEST DEAL OF 2013

Mr.Cookie · 12 Oct 2013 at 19:38

Mines been really good, temps 20-22oC at idle 60-65 under load and at the moment i've just got two fans resting on the outside grill as can't find any screw to hold 12mm fans in place

gijohn2 · 12 Oct 2013 at 21:52

Greybeard said:
Did you just recently purchase the cooler? Or something you have been using for quite some time now?

Brought it on the 19th July and it arrived about 1-2weeks later, something like that ( order number OC1643034)

Darujhistan · 13 Oct 2013 at 14:17

Hi, I'm buying a H100 this week, I keep reading about 'push/pull' fan configurations, can someone tell me what this means please?

I will be using the supplied fans to begin with.

Kelt · 13 Oct 2013 at 14:24

Darujhistan said:
Hi, I'm buying a H100 this week, I keep reading about 'push/pull' fan configurations, can someone tell me what this means please?

I will be using the supplied fans to begin with.

It just means you add another pair of fans to the radiator, one set pushing air through the rad, the other pair pulling air.

Sin_Chase · 13 Oct 2013 at 14:38

Darujhistan said:
Hi, I'm buying a H100 this week, I keep reading about 'push/pull' fan configurations, can someone tell me what this means please?

I will be using the supplied fans to begin with.

Looks like this:

H100 with 4 x Corsair SP120s in Push/Pull - Sucking in air from outside into case.

Darujhistan · 13 Oct 2013 at 14:38

Kelt said:
It just means you add another pair of fans to the radiator, one set pushing air through the rad, the other pair pulling air.

Right, so the rad is sandwiched in between.

Have you done this? If you have what fans did you use? I can't imagine the stock ones will be up to much, i'm thinking about noise too obviously.

Sin_Chase · 13 Oct 2013 at 14:40

Darujhistan said:
Right, so the rad is sandwiched in between.

Have you done this? If you have what fans did you use? I can't imagine the stock ones will be up to much, i'm thinking about noise too obviously.

For rads you want to use fans with good static pressure.

SP120s being the Corsairs own brand Static Pressure Fans and thier AF120 series being Airflow (For intake into case etc)

Darujhistan · 13 Oct 2013 at 14:52

Sin_Chase said:
Looks like this:

H100 with 4 x Corsair SP120s in Push/Pull - Sucking in air from outside into case.

Hi, is that a Corsair 650D? Looks remarkably like my case...

So the air is sucked in from outside by the four rad fans and expelled out the back of the case?

Not to be pedantic but shouldn't that be pull/push?

Sin_Chase · 13 Oct 2013 at 14:56

That's a 900D. The H100 is a temp stop-gap until I do a next big upgrade where I will go full custom loop.

Rear 140MM exhausting air from inside the case out the back

2 x 120 Upper Rad Fans pulling air in from the top of the case and pushing through the rad

2 x 120 Lower Rad Fans pulling air through the rad into the case

3 x 120 Case Front Fans pulling air in from the front of the case.

I want positive pressure inside the case to try keep dust out....mammoth task in a 900D though

Darujhistan · 13 Oct 2013 at 15:03

Sin_Chase said:
That's a 900D. The H100 is a temp stop-gap until I do a next big upgrade where I will go full custom loop.

Rear 140MM exhausting air from inside the case out the back

2 x 120 Upper Rad Fans pulling air in from the top of the case and pushing through the rad

2 x 120 Lower Rad Fans pulling air through the rad into the case

3 x 120 Case Front Fans pulling air in from the front of the case.

I want positive pressure inside the case to try keep dust out....mammoth task in a 900D though

Right, I take it I could do what you have done in my case? I'm sure there's room.

I get your airflow model now.

I don't find my case gets too dusty, far better than any others I have used.

What CPU temps do you get when you run PRIME?

Or during a very intensive CPU bound game?

PS - There are a number of different SP 120's which ones do you use?

Sin_Chase · 13 Oct 2013 at 18:11

I use performance ones but I have a fan controller. Would be FAR too loud without a controller. So either PWM or Quiet Edition models might suit you better.

CPU temps for me under heavy load is 65-70 (IE synthetic stressing). About 57 for heavy games (BF4)

Darujhistan · 13 Oct 2013 at 19:39

Sin_Chase said:
I use performance ones but I have a fan controller. Would be FAR too loud without a controller. So either PWM or Quiet Edition models might suit you better.

CPU temps for me under heavy load is 65-70 (IE synthetic stressing). About 57 for heavy games (BF4)

Thanks, and sorry for all the questions but I'm a total noob with water style cooling.

Ok, which controller do you use? does it just fit to a MOBO header?

I might do this in two phases.

1. Get the cooler and try it out with supplied fans, it's a recon one so I want to see if it leaks etc.

2. If all is good, then get the fans and the controller later.

Those temps are more than acceptable, my issue right now is my stock cooler (I know I know) cannot stop temps rising at all with PRIME or BF4, literally in 2 minutes flat it's over 80 degrees and rising. It's fine in normal gaming, but anything CPU intensive kills it.

Sin_Chase · 13 Oct 2013 at 21:04

You can either run fans from your motherboard and cotnrol them that way (usually from PWM 4-Pin headers). Or you can run 3 Pin (Non PWM) fans from a fan controllers which regulates voltage to adjust rotation speed.

OcUK range of controllers is here:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=2331&subid=189

All it requires is power, usually form a molex plug, and the fans run directly off it - Control either via digital or analogue interfacing depending on which one you buy.

Darujhistan · 13 Oct 2013 at 21:15

Thanks for your help. I have a nice little project on my hands now!

Greybeard · 15 Oct 2013 at 16:23

gijohn2 said:
Brought it on the 19th July and it arrived about 1-2weeks later, something like that ( order number OC1643034)

It's been a while then. I think it'd be best to get it replaced via Corsair RMA. Go ahead and submit a ticket here
and we can take care of it from that point on.

Bradmax57 · 16 Oct 2013 at 01:16

Greybeard said:
It's been a while then. I think it'd be best to get it replaced via Corsair RMA. Go ahead and submit a ticket here
and we can take care of it from that point on.

The problem is corsair don't have a UK based rma centre so the the cost of sending these to the Netherlands? almost outways the purchase price which has put me off from day one from buying one anyway, my old AK 620 is still going strong after 2+ years

Darujhistan · 17 Oct 2013 at 20:34

What a piece of kit, 20 degrees off temps, and this is on the lowest setting. Very quiet too.

@ 4GHZ Idle - 36 30 34 29

@ 4GHZ PRIME after 30 minutes -52 54 50 47

Greybeard · 22 Oct 2013 at 21:30

Bradmax57 said:
The problem is corsair don't have a UK based rma centre so the the cost of sending these to the Netherlands? almost outways the purchase price which has put me off from day one from buying one anyway, my old AK 620 is still going strong after 2+ years

This is under discussion at the moment. We are working on a system where it'd be convenient to process an RMA based in UK. I'm pretty confident that we will come up with something. In the meantime, the usual process is still in play.

Bradmax57 · 22 Oct 2013 at 21:31

That would be great and I'm sure would make a huge difference

Tripnologist · 23 Oct 2013 at 19:32

Sin_Chase said:
OcUK range of controllers is here:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=2331&subid=189

Beware the Bitfenix Recon if you're using Corsair AF or SP 120's (performance editions) as it just can't handle them.

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