H80i - Toying with the idea of one

RetrogamerX · 25 Mar 2013 at 14:52

Doomedspeed said:
Like I say I only had the H50 which is far off the performance of the h80, as the h80 has a thicker radiator.

The D14 is so awesome though.

Agree the D14 is awesome!, but I can't stand these big ass air coolers. Yeah their amazing at cooling, but damn are they BIG. That's what puts my off air coolers.

Wucked · 25 Mar 2013 at 15:10

Same for me, I think the NH-D14 is a great cooler, but like most air coolers its far to bulky for my taste. I have a H100i now which I'm happy with, great performance and no issues with it so far.

Darujhistan · 25 Mar 2013 at 18:03

Don't touch the Corsair coolers with a barge pole.

anthony566 · 25 Mar 2013 at 19:13

H80i gets a big thumbs up from me ..

zepzeppelin · 26 Mar 2013 at 04:26

Darujhistan said:
Don't touch the Corsair coolers with a barge pole.

That's rather hypocritical considering the amount of other Corsair products you have :rolleyes:

doyll · 26 Mar 2013 at 11:04

zepzeppelin said:
Originally Posted by Darujhistan View Post
Don't touch the Corsair coolers with a barge pole.

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That's rather hypocritical considering the amount of other Corsair products you have

Makes perfect sense to me. I have a Corsair PSU, some Corsair USB sticks and a Corsair case but I wouldn't touch a Corsair cooler with a barge pole, not even your barge pole. Way too many problems with them in the last couple of years... and these problems are still happening. There are plenty of other coolers out there that are better so why take the chance?

Paladine · 26 Mar 2013 at 11:37

Doyll you seem rather anti Corsair Hydro and I can't imagine why. The problems you have posted are all legacy issues that no longer exist. The pump issue was fixed a long time ago and seemed to effect the H60s more the H80s and never effected any of the "i" generation to my knowledge - I researched the Hydro series a lot before I bought mine so I was more than aware of the past problems.

The fact remains, Corsair will replace -any- damaged components if your closed loop fails or leaks, show me an air cooler company that will do the same?

I currently own an H100i and an H60 neither of them have any problems and both of them are exceptional coolers for the price and come with rock solid warranties for peace of mind.

Paladine

doyll · 26 Mar 2013 at 12:28

Paladine said:
The problems you have posted are all legacy issues that no longer exist. The pump issue was fixed a long time ago and seemed to effect the H60s more the H80s and never effected any of the "i" generation to my knowledge

The problems have not been resolved.
RetrogamerX had 3 H80i failures, the last being 2 March
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18493118&highlight=corsair+pump

zell4687 had his H80i fail on 10, March; post #52

Liamz51 had his H80i fail on 11, March; post #55

geeman1979 had his H100i fail on 14, March; post #61

That's 4 failures in one thread this month alone.

Paladine · 26 Mar 2013 at 12:42

doyll said:
The problems have not been resolved.
RetrogamerX had 3 H80i failures, the last being 2 March
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18493118&highlight=corsair+pump

zell4687 had his H80i fail on 10, March; post #52

Liamz51 had his H80i fail on 11, March; post #55

geeman1979 had his H100i fail on 14, March; post #61

That's 4 failures in one thread this month alone.

And now you are cross posting too? Seriously, give up already, it is clear you have a grudge.

Paladine

doyll · 26 Mar 2013 at 13:14

Paladine said:
And now you are cross posting too? Seriously, give up already, it is clear you have a grudge.

Paladine

I am replying to your posts on two different threads. If I am cross posting you must be doing it too as we are both posting on both threads.

Why don't we just agree to disagree and get on with life.

Resident · 26 Mar 2013 at 13:16

doyll said:
The problems have not been resolved.
RetrogamerX had 3 H80i failures, the last being 2 March
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18493118&highlight=corsair+pump

zell4687 had his H80i fail on 10, March; post #52

Liamz51 had his H80i fail on 11, March; post #55

geeman1979 had his H100i fail on 14, March; post #61

That's 4 failures in one thread this month alone.

4 out of how many sold by OcUK? If you're going to cite examples then list them as a statistic for a balanced view.

If it's 4 out of 100 then 4% although not ideal, isn't a big issue and tbh Corsair are sorting issues without quibble AND paying ALL the costs associated with returns and sending out replacements.

Darujhistan · 26 Mar 2013 at 13:21

zepzeppelin said:
That's rather hypocritical considering the amount of other Corsair products you have

How it is hypocrisy to give an honest opinion of one product line from one company because I own other lines?

:rolleyes:

Jesus...

You need to go and look up what hypocrisy means.

Here's another, their PSU I currently own is not good, fan on 100% all the time, loudest thing in my case. I would buy an AXi line though and intend to do so.

On the other hand the RAM has been troubled free and my case and keyboard are fantastic.

I think the word you're trying to mis-use is disingenuous not hyprocrisy, when actually I'm being genuine and objective.

Now run along.

doyll · 26 Mar 2013 at 13:21

Resident said:
4 out of how many sold by OcUK? If you're going to cite examples then list them as a statistic for a balanced view.

If it's 4 out of 100 then 4% although not ideal, isn't a big issue and tbh Corsair are sorting issues without quibble AND paying ALL the costs associated with returns and sending out replacements.

My point is that I will not buy a product with as many problems as these coolers have. There is no reason to when they are many other coolers.. both CLC and air.. that cool just as well and have less problems than these have.

Corsair has no choice but to pay ALL the costs associated with returns and replacements. After all that is what the law says they are required to do.

adriancal · 26 Mar 2013 at 15:56

The H80i and H100i are great coolers provided you don't install
the corsair software, unable to safely remove from usb ports
and constant hdd polling are just a few of the problems with
that software. Run the fans off your mb.

Resident · 26 Mar 2013 at 15:57

doyll said:
My point is that I will not buy a product with as many problems as these coolers have. There is no reason to when they are many other coolers.. both CLC and air.. that cool just as well and have less problems than these have.

Corsair has no choice but to pay ALL the costs associated with returns and replacements. After all that is what the law says they are required to do.

Corsair aren't liable for returns costs at all UNLESS the item was bought direct. As 99% of people will buy from a 3rd party vendor, such as OcUK, then it's the 3rd party vendor that is liable not Corsair.

So Corsair picking up the tab is outside of their legal responsibility, as is being willing to deal with the customer direct to sort this issues quicker rather than via the 3rd party vendor is above what is required/expected.

nalla · 26 Mar 2013 at 16:03

i currently have the phanteks in my system on a 3930, and i get idle temps as low as 22, so a very good cooler,

but and its quite a big but, is the size of this cooler, i originally had it in an antec 1200 case, and when i had the cooler installed i could not fit the side of the case on, so i had to buy a bigger case ( corsair 900d ), also i cannot have my gtx480 in the top pcie x16 slot as the cpu cooler takes up too much space and slightly goes over the top pci slot, not sure if this is a motherboard specific problem or not, so now i have my first gtx 480 in pcie x8 slot, and my second in the bottom pcie x 16 slot, these slots are very close, so only a few mm space between them which now causes the top card to overheat, so i have to turn settings down, not ideal,

800d not a 900d doh

doyll · 26 Mar 2013 at 17:00

Resident said:
Corsair aren't liable for returns costs at all UNLESS the item was bought direct. As 99% of people will buy from a 3rd party vendor, such as OcUK, then it's the 3rd party vendor that is liable not Corsair.

So Corsair picking up the tab is outside of their legal responsibility, as is being willing to deal with the customer direct to sort this issues quicker rather than via the 3rd party vendor is above what is required/expected.

If OcUK pays for return to their place of business, Corsair needs to somehow reimburse OcUK. After all OcUK is Corsair's valued customer and if they don't keep OcUK happy they take the chance of loosing OcUK as a customer.

Corsair, by dealing direct with customer is only saving time and expense that OcUK would pass on up the line to them if they didn't deal direct with customer.

OcUK is a business and as such if they can't make a profit selling Corsair products they won't sell them.

Also don't forget that Corsair is not telling customers they will pay the cost of post unless the customer asked for them to. Noctua and Phanteks both volunteer that service... as in BETTER CUSTOMER RELATIONS. After all they don't have to do it either... but they do!

Paladine · 26 Mar 2013 at 19:46

adriancal said:
The H80i and H100i are great coolers provided you don't install
the corsair software, unable to safely remove from usb ports
and constant hdd polling are just a few of the problems with
that software. Run the fans off your mb.

I have no issues removing USB devices neither am I seeing constant hard drive polling. In fact I am sat here watching my SSD LED right now and there is very little activity at all.

Also I have no issues with the Corsair software but I understand there is a new release and a new firmware for people who were having issues.

Paladine

Paladine · 26 Mar 2013 at 19:51

doyll said:
If OcUK pays for return to their place of business, Corsair needs to somehow reimburse OcUK. After all OcUK is Corsair's valued customer and if they don't keep OcUK happy they take the chance of loosing OcUK as a customer.

Corsair, by dealing direct with customer is only saving time and expense that OcUK would pass on up the line to them if they didn't deal direct with customer.

OcUK is a business and as such if they can't make a profit selling Corsair products they won't sell them.

Also don't forget that Corsair is not telling customers they will pay the cost of post unless the customer asked for them to. Noctua and Phanteks both volunteer that service... as in BETTER CUSTOMER RELATIONS. After all they don't have to do it either... but they do!

The problem is you are wrong - Corsair are NOT responsible for paying OCUK's costs, distance selling regulations only cover B2C not B2B. They may lose OCUK as a customer if they end up with a lot of problems but a: that is very unlikely and b: in the big world OCUK are a drop in the ocean for Corsair, most of their business comes from BIG tech stores such as Best Buy, ****** etc. etc. etc.

Paladine

doyll · 26 Mar 2013 at 20:00

Paladine said:
The problem is you are wrong - Corsair are NOT responsible for paying OCUK's costs, distance selling regulations only cover B2C not B2B. They may lose OCUK as a customer if they end up with a lot of problems but ****** etc. etc. etc.

And away you go again. I never said Corsair are responsible or are paying OcUK

Just go away now.