H60/80/100 worth it?

I think I'll go with 2 Apache blacks, and a H80. First I need to measure my current case to check for rad clearance as I might need to swap out one of the 140 exhaust fans for a 120.

If this setup is good enough I'll put out for the H100 with a 650D/600T once my employers cough up the cash I'm owed :D
 
Ok I'll throw in a tube of MX-4 too just for good measure, if the supplied compound isn't upto much at least I know I'll have a tube kicking about to replace it with :)

£133 delivered, not too bad at all :D

Edit: sorry £122, still had a silent eagle in my basket :p I'll order in the morning so I can have a better idea of when the stuff will get delivered.
 
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pgi947 said:
The pre-supplied thermal compound on the H80 worth leaving on?
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I've read it's better than Shin-Etsu. Only problem is one of the Corsair people said they no longer use Shin-Etsu but for also some reason they aren't wanting to tell them yet what they are actually using.

Problem is too much is applied on the stock. Overclock.net forums recommended scraping it off carefully and apply a thinner amount back on.
 
Ahh I'll give that a blast sometime this week. Going to try at first with the stock corsair compound, then if needs be some MX-4 and/or some of that IC Diamond - it better be good at £13 a tube!

Edit after reading some reviews I might just skip straight to the IC Diamond.
 
Ive used quite a few different ones in the past mate, and its defo giving me better results than any other. The arctic diamond stuff was good too, but this is the best ive used by a fair few degrees. Im gonna give the ic perihelion a go when i build a pc for someone on tuesday, it will probably be really good too.

The amount of paste that comes on the h80 is probably about right , i wouldnt say its too much, but as i say i havent actually kept that paste on to try it. If you do keep it on, let me know what its like mate.
 
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Ok just called in a few favours and now have my hands on a H80, nothing else at the moment so everything will be going in as stock (Compound/fans) for now, will order some IC Diamond 24-carat along with the 120mm apache blacks, I'll shove up some pics later of the installation if I haven't died from man-flu :D
 
Its in, word to the wise, never ever ever ever ever try fit an H80 into an NZXT Gamma case, I'll explain with pictures later today, but its in after 2 hours, idle temps are currently sitting at 29c on all cores, though the heatings on full whack today so room temp is floating about 22-24c. At idle the fans (stock) are quiet, just going to put it on load and sit in another room as at full tilt those fans sound like a jet fighter taking off.

Edit: Somethings gone wrong, 7mins of prime and I'm hitting 80c, but the fan speed doesn't seem to be increasing?
 
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It comes with a 3pin for the CPU_FAN header and A molex connector for powering it, both are plugged in and the pump is reporting back at just over 2000rpm, which according to corsair is about right.

I Think/hope I just need to manually set the fan profile by pushing the button on the block to high and then let the pump regulate from there. I though the block may do this on its own (wouldn't that make sense?) but apparently no, you need to splash out on a corsair Link kit for it to do such a thing.

I'll report back soon!

Damn thing! Its set from stock in 'manual' mode for corsair Link (which isn't even available yet!) set the profile upto high performance mode now load temps are floating in the low 60s. Seemingly the fan speed increases due to water temp rather than CPU temp. It would have been nice for corsair to include a little manual explaining all of this instead of me spending an hour digging around forums to found out why!

Core2 seems to be taking the brunt of the higher temps so perhaps still need a reseat, but it can wait until the IC diamond and apaches get here.

Oh while I remember I need a single high flow 140mm fan, any recommendations? As you'll see from the pics I put up later I've dropped from 3 exhaust fans to just 1 now!
 
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Pictures incoming:

First here we see the start of the poor NZXT gamma design, next to no clearance between the rear 120mm and the first top 140mm:
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Fail number 2, the CPU backplate cut out on the back leaves 2 of the 4 pin holes covered, I had to remedy this by gently bending out the rear portion and slip the bracket in.
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Compound left over from the FP13 - not bad coverage.
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A nice clean 2600k
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H80 Rad and fans in, notice how close the rad sits to the edge of the case.
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The final fail, the side pannel guide rail was trying to crush the rad, had to do a quick dirty fix as I have little tools with me at home:
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All in all avoid this case, a 20min fit turned out to take nearly 2 hours. From other advise on this thread I will be shelling out for probably a 650d.

@Leeroy which cases did you use to fit those H80s?
 
Do you have both fans blowing the same way? you dont need to plug the 3 pin connector in. Do you have the h80 on full speed by pressing the button in the centre. How are you applying the paste? try doing a nice thin layer and spreading it out. 80 degrees on prime should only be getting hit on 5ghz or there abouts. I use the Antec 1200 case mate, i love it. But a lot of people hate it. The cooling is great in them and they are massive. The 650d ive heard are quality too, people say better. But i wont change my case. Also in bios you can change the fan speed on the h80 to turbo. Somethings not right.
 
Yeah I got the temp thing sorted out, the button on the cpu block was set to manual mode (for corsair link) rather than full whack. Bumped it up now my prime temps are floating around 59-63c @ 4.7ghz. The provided TIM is a quite thin layer, well in comparison to whats on the FP13 I removed.

Ahh I didn't know I didn't need the 3pin connecter in, though to avoid any system errors I'll leave it in until the 2 apaches get here (4pin pwm) and I'll put those straight into CPU_FAN and CPU_FAN1 headers rather than the CPU block. Give me a little more control over the fans.

When applying the IC Diamond do you recommend giving it a thin spread or pea size in the middle? its been years since I've manually applied any thermal compound!

Antec 1200 - Nice case, though at a push I only have space for a midi case hense why I'm looking at 650d/600t, I'd be happy to take onboard any other recommendations though :)
 
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