Would the H50 be sufficient ?

mikkyh · 24 Dec 2010 at 20:10

Hello.

I am considering purchasing the Corsair Hydro H50 to cool an overclock to 4.1GHz for the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition 3.2GHz (3.6GHz turbo).

Will it keep the processor cool enough ? If not, what about the H70 ?

Michaeljcox24 · 24 Dec 2010 at 20:27

I have the H50, and I'm very happy with it. The H70 is apparently hardly any different in terms of performance, and a lot bulkier.

a lot of people on here rate the Prolimatech Megahalems, and say it is on par with the H50.

mikkyh · 24 Dec 2010 at 21:17

Michaeljcox24 said:
I have the H50, and I'm very happy with it. The H70 is apparently hardly any different in terms of performance, and a lot bulkier.

a lot of people on here rate the Prolimatech Megahalems, and say it is on par with the H50.

Thanks.

To anyone that knows

Can I improve the performance of the H50 with different and/or extra fans ?

What do people mean by "push pull" when talking about water coolers ?

Sgt Tackleberry · 24 Dec 2010 at 21:25

Viper fans, the cfm is 73, one of the best fans out there.
Push and pull, it means so one fan pull air in and the other pushes air out, so there is a nice draft.

Kanpai · 25 Dec 2010 at 08:12

I changed from a Titan Fenrir to a H50 a few days ago. At first idle temps were similar to that with the fenrir but after running intensive cpu stress tests my CPU just wouldn't exceed 71c, I was quite impressed considering I ran 10 rounds of intel burn test too!

However I just checked my idle temps now and they've dropped atleast 5-7c on each core so I think the h50 is starting to settle now so to speak. Not using a push/pull config though as I'm happy with the results I'm getting now.

previous idle temps: 43/42/40/41
current idle temps: 37/36/35/35

This is with a Q6700 2.66GHz overclocked to 3.33GHz and 1.34V

I know you have an AMD cpu but hope it's convinced you

jack21 · 25 Dec 2010 at 09:55

In the cooling market, corsair is known for its superior cooling performance, quiet operations, and ease of use. In order to improve the performance of the Corsair Hydro H50, go through the following Corsair blog.
http://blog.corsair.com/?p=987

mikkyh · 25 Dec 2010 at 11:16

jack21 said:
In the cooling market, corsair is known for its superior cooling performance, quiet operations, and ease of use. In order to improve the performance of the Corsair Hydro H50, go through the following Corsair blog.
http://blog.corsair.com/?p=987

Thanks for that. Yeah I will be using a push-pull config. Just gotta get 2 akasa vipers to do it : P

Michaeljcox24 · 25 Dec 2010 at 12:18

mikkyh said:
Thanks.

To anyone that knows

Can I improve the performance of the H50 with different and/or extra fans ?

What do people mean by "push pull" when talking about water coolers ?

If your going push-pull you will also need some extra screws. I have some spare if you need some, got a bag of 20 odd.

AlexTrickle · 25 Dec 2010 at 12:24

Michaeljcox24 said:
If your going push-pull you will also need some extra screws. I have some spare if you need some, got a bag of 20 odd.

Yep watch out for this! The H50 only comes with 4 screws (enough for one fan) and I tried B&Q and places and no where had the right screws. Fortunately I had another H50 to hand so pinched its screws and sold it on to someone who didn't need screws...