Corsair Hydro Series H50 Cooling Club

[ERazer]

gonna be joining ur club pretty soon, need better cooling for my q9550 to hit 3.8

 

[bpgt64]

I was wondering if anyone had tried fitting the Radiator and the Fan in the top front of a Haf 932. I was thinking about getting one, and would like to configure it this way, give it access to fresh air from the front, and allow plenty of air to blow on the mobo/ram from the 4 fans in the side of the case.

 

[blkhogan]

What CPU do you have this running on? ALso is that CPU overclocked and if so how high? One more question for you..... I see the fan to the right of it but how about on the RAD it's self? Is there a fan on top?

I am still planning on giving this a try because I am trying to figure out away to keep my Vreg cooler.
But before I do I just would like to hear more.

Also what were your temps before and which way did you have the air flow then?

Thanks bud!

Also to chime in on the Motherboard discussion....I am a faithful fan of Gigabyte. Every motherboard I have ever owned was a Gigabyte board except for two. One Asus Board I built on a little mATX gaming rig. And this rig I am using now...... I am using a EVGA Board.

Asus IMO is overrated. I have had problems with the one I have owned. And EVGA while can do very well.... they also are not a board for beginners IMO. In order to get a good running EVGA board overclocked or not it takes allot of tweaking!

Here is a better pic of my setup. Its currently a PII X2 550BE oc'ed to 3.85GHz on 1.44v. The way I had it setup before was with a push/pull out the back of the case. Temps sat around 32c idle and 43c load. I was able to use quieter fans but get about the same cooling putting it up top.

 

[20mmrain]

Well, I had two ASUS boards.

1- M3A32-MVP Deluxe 790FX Chipset and SB600: Great board man, the Phenom I's lacked the overclock ability the Phenom II's had but definitely a very solid board.
2-M3A79-T Deluxe 790FX Chipset and SB750: This board was pretty much the same as the above except it had Advanced Clock Calibration. I was able to do 3.6 GHz on my Phenom 9850 but my noobness (first real overclock) caused the CPU to go "POOF". Overall my experience with ASUS was great.

As far as EVGA, I have the X58 3X SLI E758. I love this board to death. Even for an X58 board it was fairly simple. Just took getting used to the new settings from the new platform. I can vouch for EVGA and the customer service is 2nd to none.


Now, back on topic. I still can't believe how good my temps are on the factory Corsair fan

http://img.techpowerup.org/100318/Capture002.jpg

I will agree with your That EVGA's customer service is 2nd to none! When I had my first P55 board from them give me a tone of problems. They had no problem cross shipping the replacement.
I love Gigabyte more than any other board but I will admit that their Customer Service is a little lacking! Unlike EVGA's!!!

Here is a better pic of my setup. Its currently a PII X2 550BE oc'ed to 3.85GHz on 1.44v. The way I had it setup before was with a push/pull out the back of the case. Temps sat around 32c idle and 43c load. I was able to use quieter fans but get about the same cooling putting it up top.

Thanks bud that is a better picture!!! I thought you were leaving fans off the RAD. Now I can see from the top that you aren't! Those are some really impressive temps at those clock speeds!!!
That really makes me thing I could get even better temps than I am right now with my i5.

Right now I am at 66c Max Linx Load after 20 runs with 93% Ram. Maybe I could get them down to 55c

Although during gaming I see 48c to 50c Max

 

[blkhogan]

I keep my room pretty cool also, around 70 to 74F. What grease are you using? I just changed mine to mx-3. Try different ones if you can, it can make a big difference.
Right now my room is 74.6F, my temps are 41c under 100% crunch load. My temps should get a bit better after I cut the mesh out around the rad.

 

[Chicken Patty]

I was wondering if anyone had tried fitting the Radiator and the Fan in the top front of a Haf 932. I was thinking about getting one, and would like to configure it this way, give it access to fresh air from the front, and allow plenty of air to blow on the mobo/ram from the 4 fans in the side of the case.

It has been done before I believe. I can't recall, but if you look in here, you'll see plenty.

Click Here or Die

 

[ERazer]

here ye go

 

[Chicken Patty]

here ye go

http://img.techpowerup.org/100321/CIMG0151.jpg

 

[bpgt64]

It has been done before I believe. I can't recall, but if you look in here, you'll see plenty.

Click Here or Die

ty sir...

 

[blkhogan]

here ye go

http://img.techpowerup.org/100321/CIMG0151.jpg

Do you have a push/pull on there? If not, it can make a pretty good difference. Looks good.

 

[Chicken Patty]

ty sir...

Anytime

Do you have a push/pull on there? If not, it can make a pretty good difference. Looks good.

You know that fan choice is everything? I went from Push and PUll with two Scythe S Type fans 110cfm each to the stock Corsair fan in just push and I saw only a 1ºc increase in temps? THose fans are not good for that, they move air when nothing is in the way, but with a cooler or rad in the way they suck!

 

[20mmrain]

Here is a better pic of my setup. Its currently a PII X2 550BE oc'ed to 3.85GHz on 1.44v. The way I had it setup before was with a push/pull out the back of the case. Temps sat around 32c idle and 43c load. I was able to use quieter fans but get about the same cooling putting it up top.
http://img.techpowerup.org/100318/SDC10477.jpg

Hey bud we were talking about..... your placement of fans the other day. I got another question for yeah???

Having Positive air pressure like that.... how has your temps at the bottom of the case held up?
Meaning how does your Chipset temps and video card temps look?

You notice anything going up in temp?

You know that fan choice is everything? I went from Push and PUll with two Scythe S Type fans 110cfm each to the stock Corsair fan in just push and I saw only a 1ºc increase in temps? THose fans are not good for that, they move air when nothing is in the way, but with a cooler or rad in the way they suck!

What type of fans are you using now?

 

[ERazer]

Do you have a push/pull on there? If not, it can make a pretty good difference. Looks good.

yes sir i used Scythe "KAZE MARU" (MC run out of Scythe "SLIP STREAM") for push and went corsair recommended set up i find it btter for my case

http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/acc/038/sy1425sl12_detail.html

 

[blkhogan]

Yeah, I moved mine 4 or 5 times before finding the way I wanted it to stay.

 

[ERazer]

only thing im concern about is tubing lil stiff i guess better so it wont kink

 

[Chicken Patty]

Hey bud we were talking about..... your placement of fans the other day. I got another question for yeah???

Having Positive air pressure like that.... how has your temps at the bottom of the case held up?
Meaning how does your Chipset temps and video card temps look?

You notice anything going up in temp?



What type of fans are you using now?

The factory corsair fan that came with it, just one.

 

[blkhogan]

I have a real test coming for mine compared to the cool low watage X2 its been running up till now. A much warmer running PII X4 955BE is on its way to wreak its havoc on it.

 

[Chicken Patty]

I have a real test coming for mine compared to the cool low watage X2 its been running up till now. A much warmer running PII X4 955BE is on its way to wreak its havoc on it.

I did 4.2 GHz @ 1.525v for safe benching. Im sure I can lower voltage slightly but the H50 handled that pretty well.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Check out my lowest temp

Current crunching load temp is 38ºc

 

[stevorob]

Wow, lots of info since I've last been around.

CP, it's amazing that your getting such great temps with just the factory corsair fan - tonight I'm gonna give that a shot and put it back in as the push fan, but still leave the slipstream as a pull fan, see if there is any difference in temps.

 

[20mmrain]

I have just replaced my fans on my Corsair H50...... Before when running LinX for 5 runs at 93% ram I would reach temps of 59c to 60c and after 20c runs @3.8 I would reach 62 to 64c.

On 5 runs @ 4.0 I would reach 62c to 63c and after 20 runs I would max out at 67c runs.

Well that was untill I got my new fans......

The fans I picked up are the Cooler Master R4-EXBB-20PK-R0 Excalibur Case Fan

My temps now at 3.8 after 5 runs Max out at 56c. After 20 runs @ 3.8 I now max out at 57c. Not to mention i dropped my Vreg temps down from 52c to 46c max.

I haven't done the 4.0 ghz test yet but I am expecting just as good results. I mean come one those results are great ..... Those results are around 5c to 7c temp drops. Plus the fans I was running earlier were Antec Tri-speed Fans so it's not like they were bad fans that I was running.

I really endorse these new Cooler Master fans. If anyone is in the market for some great fans for their Corsair H50...... go with these!!!!

The only draw back at top speeds they are louder. Not so loud that they are intolerable ..... but they are still louder.

But it has great static pressure so who can complain.....

Here are the specs...

Fan Type: Case Fan


Fan Speed: 600 - 2000 RPM ± 10%


Noise Level: 13 - 30 dBA


Air Flow: 26.4 - 85.6 CFM ± 10%


Static Pressure: 0.75 - 3.53 mm/H2O


Bearing Type: Barometric Ball


Voltage: 12 V DC


Power Consumption: 6.0 W


Connector(s): 4-Pin


Fan Dimensions: 120 x 120 x 25 mm

Well any way I thought I would just relay the message.... I will post new pics as soon as I take them.

 

[(FIH) The Don]

was thinking about a couple of those fans too.

its good to see some prettyer fans than the noctua's

 

[20mmrain]

was thinking about a couple of those fans too.

its good to see some prettyer fans than the noctua's

LMAO Actually I thought almost the exact same thing! While they might be louder than the Noctua's ..... They still look a million times better.

Cooler master says these are at 30 Dba.... But they are a little louder But that's the only down side.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Thanks for the mini review

Those fans look great and a 3ºc drop from fans only is good

 

[20mmrain]

Thanks for the mini review

Those fans look great and a 3ºc drop from fans only is good

Yeah it was even a little bit more than that. Closer to 4c to 5c but Average so far yeah 3c to 4c is very fair.

As soon as I have screen shots and more data I will share it will you all.

But so far ..... these fans are a win win!!!