Something wrong with this H70?!

Justintime · 16 Jan 2011 at 01:03

Doing a little repair on a clients rig, he wanted a H70 installed and the stock cooler on his daughters pc replaced with the TRUE his original pc had so i did it for him.

QX9650 @ 3.8Ghz 1.34v (crappy C0 chip)

Idle @ 34C avg, loading ibt at 86C with the H70!

Original TRUE i built it with loaded at 76C with a years worth of dust and fairly quiet yate loon. :rolleyes:

H50 and Coolit ECO ALC load about 74C each. Also noting the H70 is a bit on the noisy side. Any ideas? First H70 i'm using and not amused.

Dr_Watson · 16 Jan 2011 at 04:12

Same as mine with my 2600K. I have checked everything 10 times, new paste on, connectors into PSU, backplate, temps with 1.3v can hit 86 Deg. Not impressed at all. Will get a good aircooler in a few weeks. When gamming, temps can get to the low 70's so it will do for now. If you find a magic solution, let me know!

Justintime · 19 Jan 2011 at 19:09

Sent it back and used a H50 instead, not a very good product imo even if something was wrong though it sure felt like it was working ok.

Jacko197 · 19 Jan 2011 at 19:11

Mine never goes over 63c under prime load, very strange

Justintime · 21 Jan 2011 at 23:35

I'm guessing something was defective, could be the base or pump etc.. Sticking with H50s and ALC ecos for the time being when water is requested.

Brizzles · 21 Jan 2011 at 23:45

I'm looking at the Coolit eco for simplicity, would you recommend it ?

Spent many years with watercooling, but tired of draining loops.

Will be for an i2500k.

alex24 · 21 Jan 2011 at 23:47

Get an air cooler instead, or a H50 second hand. They're not worth the premium new.

Brizzles · 22 Jan 2011 at 00:03

alexhull24 said:
They're not worth the premium new.

Coolit eco is about £53 , The Noctua which i've just had to rma is the same price - as are a lot of the high end air coolers.

chippy08 · 22 Jan 2011 at 00:14

mrdbristol said:
Coolit eco is about £53 , The Noctua which i've just had to rma is the same price - as are a lot of the high end air coolers.

If you dont mind me asking why did you have to rma the Noctua ?

Brizzles · 22 Jan 2011 at 00:41

chippy08 said:
If you dont mind me asking why did you have to rma the Noctua ?

Mounting pin/bolt sheared on only the 2nd install

rchads89 · 22 Jan 2011 at 01:00

I got my H70 today and fitted it im on 4.8GHz with a 2600k and my load is 60-68oc and my idle is 17-24oc there is deffo something wrong there as this cooler beats the mega i had in push/pull hands down

Gerard · 22 Jan 2011 at 01:36

rchads89 said:
I got my H70 today and fitted it im on 4.8GHz with a 2600k and my load is 60-68oc and my idle is 17-24oc there is deffo something wrong there as this cooler beats the mega i had in push/pull hands down

What voltage is that with? My 2600k at 4.5 on just under 1.3 vcore seems to be hitting around 72c load on a push\pull h50.

rchads89 · 22 Jan 2011 at 02:00

Gerard said:
What voltage is that with? My 2600k at 4.5 on just under 1.3 vcore seems to be hitting around 72c load on a push\pull h50.

On load just over 1.4volts.

H70 performs better than a H50 though.

Im also on stock fans aswell and stock tin so could actually do better...

Gerard · 22 Jan 2011 at 02:25

rchads89 said:
H70 performs better than a H50 though.

Seen a few reviews where the difference is only a couple of degrees. Do you have it setup the reccomended way (intaking air into the case from the back) or a push pull front to back?

rchads89 · 22 Jan 2011 at 02:43

Gerard said:
Seen a few reviews where the difference is only a couple of degrees. Do you have it setup the reccomended way (intaking air into the case from the back) or a push pull front to back?

Show me that review please as this H70 works a lot better than my H50 did....I have a CM690II so the top right fan slot i have a 140mm fan as an intake and the standard push/pull as out take works well

Gerard · 22 Jan 2011 at 02:49

rchads89 said:
Show me that review please as this H70 works a lot better than my H50 did....I have a CM690II so the top right fan slot i have a 140mm fan as an intake and the standard push/pull as out take works well

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cases_cooling/corsair_h70_review/1

rchads89 · 22 Jan 2011 at 02:56

Gerard said:
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cases_cooling/corsair_h70_review/1

Well to be honest if he had it setup how he did on his video no wonder it was only 4oc cooler than the H50

That said though, 4oc is still a lot if you think about it. Hitting 80oc at load to say 76oc at load.

Mine works really well with the configuration i said above.

Gerard · 22 Jan 2011 at 03:02

Might snag a h70 sometime soon, want to try and get as much out of this 2600k as possible.

psychas · 22 Jan 2011 at 09:32

maybe ur pump is not pluged it properly or running lower speed ? have h70 here with apache fans , never go above 55 c on 1090t 4 ghz

C64 · 22 Jan 2011 at 10:47

get a thermalright archon ( IF it fits in your case) they currently going for £46 i'd get in sharpish