Corsair H70 picture - Released tomorrow? (updated)

[halfwaythere]

Dude if you don't know what you're talking about you better save your breath. Look what some aircoolers can do at a higher vcore, higher ambient and a hotter Bloomfield:

[Tomasis]

biker, test very high volt like max v1,4-1,5 or much as you dare

[miahallen]

No but the measured dimensions of the rad are 120 x 152 x 48mm...

Thanks for the reply, and thanks for the testing results

But can I ask you another favor. What is the measurement from the top fan screw holes to the top of the radiator, and from the botton fan screw hole to the bottom of the radiator? Thanks man

Also, why does everyone say it's 50mm thick if it only measures 48mm?

[Biker]

biker, test very high volt like max v1,4-1,5 or much as you dare

No time for testing today

I will try to throw on a 920 @ 1.4v tonight though

Thanks for the reply, and thanks for the testing results

You're welcome

But can I ask you another favor. What is the measurement from the top fan screw holes to the top of the radiator, and from the botton fan screw hole to the bottom of the radiator? Thanks man

The distance from the centre of the rad screw hole to both the top and bottom is the same distance: 22mm. When it is mounted with the extrusions above and below then both sides are exactly the same width as the fans: 120mm.

So you need at least 22mm clearance on two opposite sides of the mount

Also, why does everyone say it's 50mm thick if it only measures 48mm?

No idea lol

It is definitely 48mm

[dctokyo]

Also, why does everyone say it's 50mm thick if it only measures 48mm?

Even just with a quick glance you can see how thick the radiator of the H70 is. To be precise it is a full 50mm thick, which makes it exactly twice the size as the one on the H50.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...-review-3.html

[Biker]

To be precise it is a full 50mm thick, which makes it exactly twice the size as the one on the H50

Inaccurate.

Lazy reviewing.

[miahallen]

The distance from the centre of the rad screw hole to both the top and bottom is the same distance: 22mm. When it is mounted with the extrusions above and below then both sides are exactly the same width as the fans: 120mm.

So you need at least 22mm clearance on two opposite sides of the mount

Dude....you are the man

[CrimInalA]

ok so Ive received the H70 .
installation instructions are minimal to say at least . And not so clear to me .
1 thing which they fail big at is the pressure on the 4 screws . I don't seem to get this right . If i tighten the 4 screws without overtightening , my cpu will fail during a lot of posts . If i loosen the screws to the point that they feel too loose , the cpu boots fine but my temps rise .

Difficult ..

Does anyone have a trick on how to do this best ?

[Iconyu]

ok so Ive received the H70 .
installation instructions are minimal to say at least . And not so clear to me .
1 thing which they fail big at is the pressure on the 4 screws . I don't seem to get this right . If i tighten the 4 screws without overtightening , my cpu will fail during a lot of posts . If i loosen the screws to the point that they feel too loose , the cpu boots fine but my temps rise .

Difficult ..

Does anyone have a trick on how to do this best ?

If your failing to post and you've not over tightened, then I imagine your motherboard is screwed. It's possible it got damaged while you put the H70 on or during installation/removal of your old cooler. But I don't see how screwing it on not too tight would cause it to fail to post, it's not like it's built in such a way it could short your board out.

[Manicdan]

Does anyone have a trick on how to do this best ?

go with what you think is normal. and while in windows doing some stress test watch the temp, and very gently tighten the screws a half turn and see if the temps go down any, if not your probably as tight as you need to be.

i dont recommend that with a screwdriver, but if you had thumb screws on a waterblock its pretty safe to do. so be cautious.

[CrimInalA]

k figured it out , it was a motherboard problem .
When i reseat my cpu it detects this and thinks its a new cpu . Then when i reload my profile it will refuse to boot . When i change my ram timings to something moderate it boots , then after that i can do 6-6-5 again .
I thought it where the screws since i did those at the same time i also changed timings and booted .

I think its good now anyway .
Let's check the other stuff now

[RPGWiZaRD]

Here's a very good review comparing H70 vs H50 and Noctua NH-U12P with both stock fans and 2x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1850 rpm. There's both a video and written article. It's swedish so translated it into english with google translate, but the graphs says it all anyway http://translate.google.com/translat...F1&sl=sv&tl=en

H70 looks really great IMO but changing fans is a must. :p For the lazy ones it performs around 4C better vs H50 with same fans or ~5C comparing stock vs stock fans (~3dB louder than Gentle Typhoon 1850rpm tho) and around 3C better than Noctua aircooler.

[halfwaythere]

At such light loads any decent heatsink is going to produce acceptable results. At least 1,4v on a Bloomfield is required to see if this is any good. Testing on Lynnfields or AMD is a waste of time because the TDP is never great enough to separate products.

[RPGWiZaRD]

At such light loads any decent heatsink is going to produce acceptable results. At least 1,4v on a Bloomfield is required to see if this is any good. Testing on Lynnfields or AMD is a waste of time because the TDP is never great enough to separate products.

What matters is the relevance to the other product results, no matter what config u use, (in this case i7-870 @ 3.53GHz 1.3v). It might show say 6C lead if we had seen a bloomfield 1.4v test vs H50 for example but still 3C in this test over Noctua aircooler and 4C over H50 is nothing to sneeze at. If it shows 55C or 60C load temps is insignificant in the tests but how it compares to the other products is a useful comparision. :p

[halfwaythere]

The difference between 56 and 60 is laughable simply because the U12P is not a major player in the air cooling game. Throw in a Venomous X and we're talking.

[Iconyu]

What matters is the relevance to the other product results, no matter what config u use, (in this case i7-870 @ 3.53GHz 1.3v). It might show say 6C lead if we had seen a bloomfield 1.4v test vs H50 for example but still 3C in this test over Noctua aircooler and 4C over H50 is nothing to sneeze at. If it shows 55C or 60C load temps is insignificant in the tests but how it compares to the other products is a useful comparision. :p

No he's saying that when you compare cooler against one another all you know is how they perform on a level playing field (same CPU, same clock speeds, same voltages). Like comparing a DX11 card against a DX10 card using DX9 games only, he wants to see it's limits as all the reviews so far have used tame overclocks.

Corsair say the H70 has a much higher heat capacity than the H50, and so any test a H50 can complete isn't pushing a H70. Only a test that a H50 would fail on will show us if Corsair have gotten it right or not. Either you pass the limits of the H50, or you buy a H50 as 5C isn't worth the extra noise or cost.

Simply put, I want to know if a H70 will get me 200mhz higher than a H50 and stable. It's a fair thing to ask, some of these reviews have the bloody stock Intel cooler in them, once upon a time these reviews would only have three of four coolers on the final round of tests as the others all flaked out.

[Sam_oslo]

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To be precise it is a full 50mm thick, which makes it exactly twice the size as the one on the H50

Inaccurate.

Lazy reviewing.

That was thick, and it means you need a good static pressure to move the air really fast trough all that. I guess a couple of high RPM 38mm (something like Scythe Ultra Kaze 3000RPM) could shave a good deal on this.

[Manicdan]

Either you pass the limits of the H50, or you buy a H50 as 5C isn't worth the extra noise or cost.

exactly!!!
if you can do the same overclock on a cheaper heatsink where its stable at 75C anyway, then theres no point in getting 65C temps with 2x the noise for the same exact end result.

however it would be cool for someone to show what noise level reductions you can have with the H70, for the maximum OC obtainable on the H50

[Sam_oslo]

exactly!!!
if you can do the same overclock on a cheaper heatsink where its stable at 75C anyway, then theres no point in getting 65C temps with 2x the noise for the same exact end result.

however it would be cool for someone to show what noise level reductions you can have with the H70, for the maximum OC obtainable on the H50

Yous should shave off every degree that you can, specially when the price is so close. No point in saving a few slants and get 5'C more. You can get a good deal extra OC with 5'C.

When it comes to noise, you don't run fans at 100% all the time. Most MBs can auto-regulate the fan speed and the noise shouldn't be a problem for 24/7.

[Manicdan]

Yous should shave off every degree that you can, specially when the price is so close. No point in saving a few slants and get 5'C more. You can get a good deal extra OC with 5'C.

When it comes to noise, you don't run fans at 100% all the time. Most MBs can auto-regulate the fan speed and the noise shouldn't be a problem for 24/7.

it wasnt about what you should do, its about how things should be reviewed. i get the max oc i can at the voltage i like. but reviewers dont seem to like to push the OC limits anymore. they just run at a safe setting and compare temps cause its alot easier (but thats all anyone does anymore and theres nothing unique)

and i understand the fan speed thing, but i was referring to noise at max load/temp. no point looking at idle temps noise when almost any aftermarket cooler can practically do that passively

[Sam_oslo]

it wasnt about what you should do, its about how things should be reviewed. i get the max oc i can at the voltage i like. but reviewers dont seem to like to push the OC limits anymore. they just run at a safe setting and compare temps cause its alot easier (but thats all anyone does anymore and theres nothing unique)

and i understand the fan speed thing, but i was referring to noise at max load/temp. no point looking at idle temps noise when almost any aftermarket cooler can practically do that passively

I agree that they should have the focus on the max vCore for 24/7, and present the temp and noise for that, but it should be for both idle and load.

Idle temp/noise is very important too. I have 4 fans on 2 CPUs on my SR-2 + 2x180mm and 2x120mm case fans. I don't hear them at idle, but you can hear them when it takes off under load. So both are important.

[dctokyo]

To be precise it is a full 50mm thick, which makes it exactly twice the size as the one on the H50

Inaccurate.

Lazy reviewing.

Do you have any other ruler with metric?

It was posted by a reviewer here as 50mm

[eXa]

Scares me how popular this thread is....

[dengyong]

To be precise it is a full 50mm thick, which makes it exactly twice the size as the one on the H50

No, to be precise your picture shows exactly 48mm.

[Iconyu]

No, to be precise your picture shows exactly 48mm.

A rusty tape measure isn't a precision instrument.