Corsair revisits CPU cooling: introducing the Hydro Series H50

[Leeghoofd]

Massman aka The saint brought me a DFI AMD mobo today, currently testing the 720 BE CPU. Don't expect any miracle clocks from it : with the stock cooler it already tops at 3.4Ghz

Hoping to have everything online on monday... good weekend all !!

running into readout probs with the Phenom II CPU, coretemps are lower than ambient temps, under load they go up just a mere 10°C... bummer. CPU temp in bios remains at 42°c all the time... will need to install a temp probe somehow...

[Soultaker52]

Just ordered one last night from zipzoomfly. Let's hope it gets here before my day off on Thursday so I can play with it.
I'll make sure to toss up my results too, as I plan to run it in push-pull exhausting from the case as well as exhausting into the case, just to see.

[PaVi90]

Just ordered one last night from zipzoomfly. Let's hope it gets here before my day off on Thursday so I can play with it.
I'll make sure to toss up my results too, as I plan to run it in push-pull exhausting from the case as well as exhausting into the case, just to see.

Let us know

Glad to hear that H50 is available on online shops... but when here in Italy?

[carpo93]

Let us know

Glad to hear that H50 is available on online shops... but when here in Italy?

in italy we have ybris cooling, so corsair h50 isn't neccesary

[PaVi90]

in italy we have ybris cooling, so corsair h50 isn't neccesary

Are you flaming/spamming?

Ma anche no
We must remember that there are users that doesn't like to pay hundreds of € to buy a liquid cooling kit

[shadow of chaos]

does anybody know if they are going to release a dual rad version? would fit in my antec 1200 perfectly.. and the temps would be alot better.

This is the only thing that is basically install and forget about it, but im looking for something with more cooling power and just as simple to install.

[PaVi90]

Hi, take a look here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=511

[Dragy2k]

or just make the rad connections modular , so by default it comes with a single rad but the dual options is available for slightly extra cost.
unscrew one end and make it interchangeable.

[PaVi90]

Imho, I think it is very difficult a modular solution, due to liquid flowing into the radiator. Instead, an interchangeable rad is a very good idea

[Manicdan]

modifications to the current design only add complexity, the exact reason why they built it as is. i can understand creating the Hydro Pro for those who like to play with it. but they will continue to pump out units just like this which were built to be idiot proof and inexpensive.

[munim]

Nobody seems to be talking about noise. How loud is it? Is that not the point of watercooling, to get excellent performance without the noise of High CFM fans? I do want the H50, even if it's 90% of the performance of a TRUE but also silent.

[Manicdan]

yeah id like to see a review compare blocks based on sound, see how good they cool at 30db, 40db, 50db etc. from what ive read, the pump makes no noise, and the fan is nothing special, and its probably about the same as the true at any fan speed. (note the word about, saying i dont know exacts, but its not gonna be a massive difference good or bad)

[Leeghoofd]

noise is the same as a normal fan at 1600rpm, pump gurgless the first seconds then it's noiseless... in total you will even get a few db less as you loose one fan (unless you use PNP on the rad)... the fan is designed to be hooked up to the CPU connector of the mobo : spinning then at around 1400rpm idle, once you open no matter which app, it goes straight to 1600rpm... noise is absolute not an issue and using a fan with less flow will hinder performance big time...

[munim]

Argh! I was thinking of using a Scythe Slip Stream 1200rpm fan at 1000rpm on this ( it's very quiet). I haven't yet heard a 1600rpm fan that's quiet, to me of course, but I'm a silence freak.

[prznar1]

Hi, take a look here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=511

for me this is stupidity... there are so many cheap cases (like CM RC-590) that have already a place for two 120mm fans ON TOP. why they didn't know that? i do no. anyway if they do a dual rad version in price of a ~95 dollars, then we have a next gen cpu coolers in mass production for sure.

[Earzz]

Argh! I was thinking of using a Scythe Slip Stream 1200rpm fan at 1000rpm on this ( it's very quiet). I haven't yet heard a 1600rpm fan that's quiet, to me of course, but I'm a silence freak.

I have three S-Flex F fans @ full speed, they are pretty awesome.
My gues is that that 1200rpm is the sweet spot with these fans but 1600rpm you can hear them slightly.

S-Flex F vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ygYCWhwP7c

[TRANCEFORMER]

what i feel that the H50 is the best thing i bought for my pc actually, my temps are around 74 - 76 C , knowing that its very hot in here ( egypt )

[roofsniper]

what i feel that the H50 is the best thing i bought for my pc actually, my temps are around 74 - 76 C , knowing that its very hot in here ( egypt )

74-76C is still pretty bad. thats getting pretty close to the damage range and im surprised you can run that stable.

[TRANCEFORMER]

the room temp here is around 28 - 30, but if i turn the AC on the temp never goes above 72 C , what temps should i be getting anyway ?

check those temps, i feel i am lucky compared to him lol( note that i am only using one fan the stock corsair one ):

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=79600

[RejZoR]

Thats normal. You can't cool something lower than that if ambient temperature doesn't allow that. Just the same as someone in Norway in the middle of winter coluld just ditch the PC outside the house and have subzero cooling, the guy from Egypt has the opposite effect in the summer. And 74°C is not bad if you take into consideration that he's running it at 4GHz... I get to 74°C right away at just 3,3GHz using Scythe Big Shuriken and a limited ventilation case in the middle of summer (where temps in the room quickly rise up to 28°C+ unless i use AC).

[Leeghoofd]

74-76C is still pretty bad. thats getting pretty close to the damage range and im surprised you can run that stable.

There still at least 20°C to go before throttling kicks in... also not many programs will load the cpu as far... mostly users are 5-10°C lower in temps when gaming or such then with Prime (distance with IBT is even bigger).

Secondly you cannot compare CPU's. One might be warm, one is a hothead and the other one a nuclear plant. Best thing is to compare a good air cooler and the H50 unit on the same CPU.

For the dual rad version, it might be cool if Corsair got them into production, though designing costs, extra production cost might not weigh up to the smaller numbers they will sell. Users that wil buy the H50 will not mod a case and certainly will not buy a new case to fit it...

If that guy on the Corsair forums just uses one fan or two of the same kind his performance will be a bit better... but a DO that needs already 1.26Vcore for 3.8 is not a brilliant cpu is it. On top of that users need to check if the pump is running full blast. I have tried the H50 on a DFI mobo based AMD rig ( sadly I cannot get decent temp readouts on it) On 2 connectors the pump only runs at 1200rpm (checked bios for fan speed settings all are at full blast) +/-1400rpm is where the pump speed needs to be.

[roofsniper]

im not just talking about the cpu. if the cpu is running that hot then it is not very efficient and is putting more load onto the pwms. you also have to keep in mind that with using this h50 it is completely blocking airflow over the pwms. and without a nearby fan those can get very hot and be damaged.

[Leeghoofd]

Therefore I added the Antec spotcool for the IOH, this is an issue with all watercooling setups if you don't add extra fans, and I7 mobo's needs proper ventilation !

off topic them double T's in ya Sig are for ? Texas texas ?

[roofsniper]

off topic them double T's in ya Sig are for ? Texas texas ?

Texas Tech, starting my freshman year this fall.

[Chumbucket843]

here are results on all 3 current sockets
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/coo...ooler-review/1