H50 Question

[roman59]

Wondering if you guys can help me?

Been thinking about fitting a H50 & wonder how much of an improvement it will be.

I am running an Intel I7920 at present on stock speeds on a Asus P6TD Deluxe, a Coollermaster V8, a Gtx295 at stock all in a Corsair 800D.

I swapped out the stock 140 fans for a couple of Xigmatek 140,s which really did help my temps in the case.

All the cores on the I7 idle at around 36 degrees at present but I would really like to overclock the chip, my only concern is getting the heat out from the GTX295 which at present idles at around 54 degrees & gets up to around 68 degrees when gaming.

By the way I have 3 120 1600 rpm fans pulling air out from the top of the case, I would fit a couple of 120 fans in a push pull arrangement on the rad for the H50.

Your comments/thoughts would be appreciated

Cheers

 

[Parsley]

I imagine you will see a pretty decent improvement jumping to the H50 from that Coolermaster if you are pushing into higher overclocks.

Give this load of benchmarks a look, there is a lot but the H50 is in there somewhere alongside a load of other coolers for comparisons sake. You would have to browse through different comparisons to find it though.

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=5&Itemid=62

 

[alex24]

Have you tried OC/ing and seeing what the temps are on load? The V8 should be up to it for a decent overclock.

I think if you want water cooling though, you're much better off with a bespoke setup (if your budget permits).

I'd personally look at top-end air cooling within the budget. Sounds like you already have some fans, so just a heatsink would be needed. The TRUE is probably your best bet, which is actually cheaper than your current cooler. I'd be surprised if temps improve a LOT with an H50, especially load temps, which doesn't warrant its price at the moment, air is much better value and safer in the long run.

 

[Jabbs]

Fantastic cooler had my H50 today with new case the difference is staggering, before i was hitting only 3.2 on a q6600 and getting 70c, now at the same speeds i was barely touch 45c under prime95.