h50 mod

TigerUK

TigerUK

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Posting here rather than the watercooling topic because I know which way the discussion is going to sway.

I'v e seen a couple of people rip open their h50 and modify it, One guy fitted a reservoir into it, which apparantly gave a 10 degrees reduction in core temps (im guessing farenheit)

Another fitted a 240mm radiator onto his.

My h50 isn't doing so well right now, idles at 42. Which is pants because my q9400 (previous rig) used to idle at 35. Which is barely warm (body temp).

Is it worth modding the h50, either added a reservoir or a 240mm radiator, or perhaps even both?

Or should I just upgrade to proper watercooling kit?

I don't really overclock, just want to get my 2500k down to 35 degree idle, because the PWM fan on my h50 currently goes bezerk when there are lots of processes running and temp rises.
 
Probably easier to adjust the PWM duty cycle reference temperatures than modify the cooler itself. Surely there's a setting in BIOS or software.
 
well the fan is spinning up because cpu is hot. It's on the silent setting so it's as low as it can be.

Doesn't really answer my question.
 
Do you have the capability to do this sort of mod then? It'll be fun to do but might just not give you as good a result as doing a proper loop anyway.

Seems pointless to buy an AIO unit and then turn it into a semi-custom and put up with it's inherent inneficiencies when you could go proper custom loop and have efficient cooling.
 
That's really what I'm trying to get my head round. Selling me h50 will get me £30 tops, typical would be £25.

I think this could be a fun project, even with 2x120mm rads.

Getting a cheap 120mm rad could allow me to upgrade my setup for really cheap.

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=85534&mpage=1

I'll bee keeping my eye on the MM, if I can get a 120mm rad for £10 it could be a fun project to do compared to buying a whole loop for £100 minimum.
 
i'd say do it, looks simple enough might even have a go at putting a 240 rad on my antec 920 :eek:(i wish i had the time the missus would kill me thinks i bugger around with my rig to much as it is hehe) seriously tho have a go looks like good fun, and let us know your results.
 
Tealc said:
Seems pointless to buy an AIO unit and then turn it into a semi-custom and put up with it's inherent inneficiencies when you could go proper custom loop and have efficient cooling.
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Agree with Tealc on this. (Will the pump on the H50 cope with extra wok load)

Have you tried adding another fan in push/pull?

Is the cooler seated correctly?
 
I have an H60 with an overclocked i7 920 @4ghz.

Previously with the stock pwn fan i used to idle at 46. I bought two bit fenix fans and run them on a fan controller. The fans in push pull are as good as silent in push/pull and have the 920 at 36 degrees idle and 70 load.

Dont bother modding the H50 just get a couple of decent fans
 
freddie64 said:
Oops! Yeah that should be work load. :D
"Was on about the bigger reservoir and radiator.
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thought so i was just being silly:D

Yes, but would a recirculating pump not just carry on as normal even if it was pumping from a 50 gallon drum?
 
What case do you have and what is the rest of the cooling like? A mod won't do much if it's cooling with hot air.
 
You might want to look at your voltage setting for the CPU. If it's set to Auto or something you may find that it automatically provides much more voltage than the chip actually needs at a given clock speed. I found my Auto setting ramped up the voltage by 0.2v more than it needed to be. More voltage equals more heat to dump into your radiator.

The H50 pump is designed to push water through just that radiator. It may be over engineered for lifespan but shoving a dual radiator of a different design may cause the pump to over work and expire sooner.
 
Tealc said:
The H50 pump is designed to push water through just that radiator. It may be over engineered for lifespan but shoving a dual radiator of a different design may cause the pump to over work and expire sooner.
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Water weight, yes makes sense, the answer I was looking for, but would the extra Head of water not cancel out the extra push? Assuming the op has his radiator/s above the pump.
 
I dunno much about physics but I think the h50 pump will get knackered, a few people in the h50 mod threads posted earlier have even said that the h50 pump dies soon after a radiator upgrade.

I'm going for a watercooling rig just for the challenge of it, also I know that modding the h50 will be bad news as I will be tempted to fit the modief h50 back in ASAP. I need to be patient with my first watercooling job, and I don't want to rush it. Doing a whole new watercooling loop will be best as I can test it and tweak it to perfection before I swap out the h50 for the loop.

Talking of which, anyone have recommendations for a good silent pump for 2500k and gpu? on a thick 240mm rad? I'm thinking of these drive bay pump and reservoir combos. Failing that a good pump + res that can work from the floor of the case.
 
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