just bought a corsair h50

[Naekuh]

Impressive!
got to be asked, what temperatures do you get on your main rig? ( system specs one)

watercooling isnt the only thing i love...
My original love is in CPU's.

I got a i7 980 coming to me tomorrow..
Then i gotta bug shimano and see if he can hook me up with a DP Classy board.

 

[Kantastic]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p73/aigomorla/Personal/Temp/loadtemps.jpg



watercooling isnt the only thing i love...
My original love is in CPU's.

I got a i7 980 coming to me tomorrow..
Then i gotta bug shimano and see if he can hook me up with a DP Classy board.

Hats off to you.

 

[human_error]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p73/aigomorla/Personal/Temp/loadtemps.jpg



watercooling isnt the only thing i love...
My original love is in CPU's.

I got a i7 980 coming to me tomorrow..
Then i gotta bug shimano and see if he can hook me up with a DP Classy board.

are you allowed to say what volts you need for that OC on your gulftown? That looks to be an amazing piece of kit.

Plus is that the anime pc meter or is it a different anime widget? (with lucky star chars )

**edit**

http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu239/BiNGEaNiNjA/DSCF0542.jpg

what case is that btw and did it come with all those holes pre-drilled in the mobo tray? (i hate that my kandalf mobo tray has no useable holes).

oh and to add to the discussion of the h50 i think it does do its job of giving people the confidence to move from air to water, and is a good intermediary step (as long as it doesn't fail and kill something, especially since the pump doesn't have a mobo fan connector to let the pv know if it's dead).

 

[brandonwh64]

damn 6cores 6threads LOL 12

 

[Kantastic]

what case is that btw and did it come with all those holes pre-drilled in the mobo tray? (i hate that my kandalf mobo tray has no useable holes).

Corsair Obsidian 800D.

 

[Kei]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p73/aigomorla/Personal/Temp/loadtemps.jpg



watercooling isnt the only thing i love...
My original love is in CPU's.

I got a i7 980 coming to me tomorrow..
Then i gotta bug shimano and see if he can hook me up with a DP Classy board.

Naekuh you just made my eyes water laughing at that cpu temp screenshot!

Kei

 

[codyjansen]

WTF?? this is suppose to be about the h50

 

[Naekuh]

WTF?? this is suppose to be about the h50

it got derailed when comparisons with real H2O setups got involved.

IF you want i will remove all my posts..

AS i said im sorry for derailing it...

 

[Binge]

Compare Apples to apples not Apples to Jesus

You can only compare the H50 to another 120mm rad cpu only loop really.

Then you have to factor in the prices.

That's like saying you can compare all 120mm air coolers... oh wait you can. That DD setup is more than qualified to be in the same bracket as the H50 just because of the price.

what case is that btw and did it come with all those holes pre-drilled in the mobo tray? (i hate that my kandalf mobo tray has no useable holes).

oh and to add to the discussion of the h50 i think it does do its job of giving people the confidence to move from air to water, and is a good intermediary step (as long as it doesn't fail and kill something, especially since the pump doesn't have a mobo fan connector to let the pv know if it's dead).

Like said above Corsair Obsidian 800D. I have to stress that unless you've done watercooling this will give you 0% more confidence when you're putting your loop together for the first time. To think the H50 is ANYTHING like making a simple loop would be far too confident. You don't -have- to leak check, bleed, plan your setup, find the correct mounting, or any of the other fun things that come along with making a loop. None of it is a PITA either. As much as I love to say it was time consuming to water cool I'll admit that it was also a lot of fun time.

it got derailed when comparisons with real H2O setups got involved.

IF you want i will remove all my posts..

AS i said im sorry for derailing it...

Don't apologize. The masses must be shown the error of their ways. Hell this whole thread has me wanting to go back to water just to show how easy/fun/more efficient it can be to make a real loop.

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Yeah but that price on that kit is an anomaly and a killer deal if you can find one in stock. The D5 alone is worth what they are charging for the whole thing.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=243160

 

[human_error]

I have to stress that unless you've done watercooling this will give you 0% more confidence when you're putting your loop together for the first time. To think the H50 is ANYTHING like making a simple loop would be far too confident. You don't -have- to leak check, bleed, plan your setup, find the correct mounting, or any of the other fun things that come along with making a loop. None of it is a PITA either. As much as I love to say it was time consuming to water cool I'll admit that it was also a lot of fun time.

I still disagree with that - a friend of mine who i would never have thought would do water cooling as they were terrified of having liquid in their pc has now seen that it can cool better than their old air cooler (yes not better than top of the range but still better than most). They are now thinking that they would replace it in 6 or so months with a simple single cpu loop but with a better block and obviously all the expandability offered by a proper setup - they have gained confidence not in putting a loop togeather but that water is a better solution than air, as i don't think they believed it would be mush better before they got the h50. I completely agree that the h50 is a lot easier than putting a proper loop togeather (no risk with fitting it as well), but when i first did my loop 2 years ago i'd not even replaced my stock air cooler, so as long as you're careful you can put a good loop togeather with no problems, it's just getting the confidence in yourself and in water cooling as a better alternative to air which stops most people.

oh and off topic a bit but that obsidian case looks amazing compared to my gutted kandalf LCS, got mine arriving tomorrow

 

[Binge]

That's entirely placebo. I won't think otherwise because there's no reason that should give someone more confidence to DIY.

 

[pantherx12]

That's entirely placebo. I won't think otherwise because there's no reason that should give someone more confidence to DIY.

This is completely true I'll give you that binge.

Still if you get em cheap they're epic.



Think of them as air coolers rather then water coolers, just with really long heatpipes!

 

[Binge]

Hey I wish high end WC was cheaper, no doubt, but this low end stuff has mechanical parts in it. Without it being vastly superior to an air cooler I see a flaw in design.

 

[pantherx12]

Hey I wish high end WC was cheaper, no doubt, but this low end stuff has mechanical parts in it. Without it being vastly superior to an air cooler I see a flaw in design.

My ALC beat a True 120 ex by 20 c under load.

That aint bad!

Especially as they cost the same and True comes with no fans.

 

[Binge]

We're not talking about an ALC >.>. I've never shat on the chilled water coolers. They have a place.

 

[pantherx12]

We're not talking about an ALC >.>. I've never shat on the chilled water coolers. They have a place.

Its not cooled, its just like the H50 but with temperature monitor alarm and fan control thrown in.

Also you need to mod it if you want to use two fans

 

[Binge]

Must be thinking of something else then. Your TRUE was that bad? I'm sorry you had that experience. Right now I'm cooling an i7 920 @ 4.2GHz with a TRUE and my temps are 15C different under load from a 9x120mm rad solution.

 

[pantherx12]

9x120?

You sure man, because 9x120 ( or 3 tripple rads) would SMASH the living shit out of the True no question.

Typo perhaps?

 

[Flak]

I have an H50 using a single san ace (I have many laying around) installed per the instructions. It keeps my i7 920 @ 4ghz below 69c now on the hottest core. Hottest temp was the same for OCCT and IBT 30 passes.

I may try reinstalling it per this thread to see if things get any better. But I honoestly can't complain, I got it for less then $50 during the BB sale. It cools better then my Vendetta 2, Core Contact Freezer and True... All are also using san ace's.

 

[Binge]

No. I'm not kidding. My previous setup was a MO-RA which is a 9x120mm radiator. Water cooling could only remove 15C off of the LOAD and about 5C off of idle temps, and that's good only hitting 60C after 4 hours of prime 95 on a 4.2GHz OC

 

[phanbuey]

yeah WCing doesnt beat great air by much... but 15C different? Your TRUE keeps your i7 at 4.2Ghz at 75C? Thats either a very cool chip, or its in a very cold room. Im pretty sure under sustained load a true would be overpowered unless it was on an open air platform, in a cold room, and had a jet of a fan strapped to it no?

 

[Naekuh]

9x120?

You sure man, because 9x120 ( or 3 tripple rads) would SMASH the living shit out of the True no question.

Typo perhaps?

no he's not kidding.

Had one of these guys too... but there just SO HONKIN big to be useful.

yeah WCing doesnt beat great air by much...

Oh really? i kill air. And i showed u how.

 

[pantherx12]

No. I'm not kidding. My previous setup was a MO-RA which is a 9x120mm radiator. Water cooling could only remove 15C off of the LOAD and about 5C off of idle temps, and that's good only hitting 60C after 4 hours of prime 95 on a 4.2GHz OC

Sounds like something was up with that set up man!

the 9x120 literally has for lack of a better phrase " a shit ton more" of surface area, as well as water moving thermal energy away from the CPU MUCH MUCH faster then any heatpipe solution.

Although you could of got a godly true

My true performed just the same as any other true really, whilst my 3220 does run a little hot I also had the ALC on a 5000be for a few days and it performed better then my True by a fair margin on that too.

( 10 c)





edit : just saw that rad, are they less efficient then the regular sort of rad?

Or do you mean they're to big to fit anywhere conveniently?

 

[Binge]

This quote sort of piqued my interest.

as well as water moving thermal energy away from the CPU MUCH MUCH faster then any heatpipe solution.

You are correct but then it is a different matter getting the water to transfer heat into metal. Do you know how much more surface area of water there is than area of metal to put the heat into the air? In the end you are relying on air cooling. To get better results you are relying on larger and larger setups. My WC loop had nothing wrong with it and outperformed many on this form before NaeKun arrived, but I'm positive he has better equipment at his disposal.

In case you didn't see pics of my previous setup...

I only used 5 fans. The radiator never got warm. The i7s just run at certain minimum temperatures regardless of how well you have them in contact with 2-5degree delta water.