Corsair Hydro Series H50 Cooling Club

[20mmrain]

Originally Posted by Gryfalcon

Well after a few days and some messing with my Bios I got some new idle temps going
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/at...1&d=1268578121

Well bud All I can say is WTG. If I remember correctly you have an AMD CPU? If that is true on what I remember.... those are great Idle temps.

A Buddy of mine has a 1st Gen Phenom ( You know one of the ones that overclocks for crap)
His idles at around 39c to 41c! Even with a decent cooler on it.

Nice job bud!

But if I am wrong and you don't have a AMD CPU..... Then not only do I feel stupid. But then I would ask why such high Idle temps But even still if it's overclocked and those are better than what you were getting before then great job still

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by Gryfalcon

Well after a few days and some messing with my Bios I got some new idle temps going
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/at...1&d=1268578121

Those look really good to me bro

Originally Posted by 20mmrain

Well bud All I can say is WTG. If I remember correctly you have an AMD CPU? If that is true on what I remember.... those are great Idle temps.

A Buddy of mine has a 1st Gen Phenom ( You know one of the ones that overclocks for crap)
His idles at around 39c to 41c! Even with a decent cooler on it.

Nice job bud!

But if I am wrong and you don't have a AMD CPU..... Then not only do I feel stupid. But then I would ask why such high Idle temps But even still if it's overclocked and those are better than what you were getting before then great job still

hey! I had a 1st gen phenom that did 3.6 GHz Take that Phenom II's

[20mmrain]

Originally Posted by Chicken Patty

Those look really good to me bro



hey! I had a 1st gen phenom that did 3.6 GHz Take that Phenom II's

Man your lucky Bro! We can barley get that thing an extra 300mhz let alone 3.0 or even 3.6 gigs. How much power did you need to give that CPU?

He has a Phenom Black 9600.

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by 20mmrain

Man your lucky Bro! We can barley get that thing an extra 300mhz let alone 3.0 or even 3.6 gigs. How much power did you need to give that CPU?

He has a Phenom Black 9600.

I had a 9850 BE that did 3.55 ghz stable at 1.424v. 3.6 GHz was higher and it also went poof!

Still the 12th highest CPU-z validation in the bot, this was on a water setup that sucked balls, with even a H50 or a custom loop 3.7 GHz would have been doable, temps were toasty at that clock. Not sure if you can view it, I'm at work and I am not going to save anything on this computer as it is monitored.

http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...850be_3600_mhz

CPU-Z rank: not Chicken Patty’s best CPU-Z submission, only best is ranked.
CPU-Z Phenom X4 9850BE rank: 12th out of 45, good for 2.1 points.

[20mmrain]

Originally Posted by Chicken Patty

I had a 9850 BE that did 3.55 ghz stable at 1.424v. 3.6 GHz was higher and it also went poof!

Still the 12th highest CPU-z validation in the bot, this was on a water setup that sucked balls, with even a H50 or a custom loop 3.7 GHz would have been doable, temps were toasty at that clock. Not sure if you can view it, I'm at work and I am not going to save anything on this computer as it is monitored.

http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...850be_3600_mhz

CPU-Z rank: not Chicken Patty’s best CPU-Z submission, only best is ranked.
CPU-Z Phenom X4 9850BE rank: 12th out of 45, good for 2.1 points.

Nice job sir that is very impressive! I was able to see it!

[Gryfalcon]

Your right I am running a AMD Phenom II 965 BE in an Antec 900 Two case with the h50.
My Futuremark scores aren't the greatest but I mainly think its because I am looking at 5770 radeon on mine vs people running 5870s.

[20mmrain]

Originally Posted by Gryfalcon

Your right I am running a AMD Phenom II 965 BE in an Antec 900 Two case with the h50.
My Futuremark scores aren't the greatest but I mainly think its because I am looking at 5770 radeon on mine vs people running 5870s.

You are probably right.... although....the 5770 isn't anything to snuff at! I was considering buying two before I bought my 5870.

You figure the 5770 is about as powerful as a 4870 witch is still considered fairly highend and able to play most of the games out there today on all high settings. It just doesn't bench as well. Especially if it is not overclocked.

[Gryfalcon]

heres my current 3dmark vantage score

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by 20mmrain

Nice job sir that is very impressive! I was able to see it!

I was very impressed myself, I almost couldn't believe it.


As far as 5770, they don't bench well, but they rock in games. Two 4850's in C/F bench a lot hire than one 5770, but the 5770 has a slight edge in Crysis at least. I have not looked into other games.

[Gryfalcon]

Almost bought another 5770 and crossfired them together. But that woulda put me over what I wanted to spend.

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by Gryfalcon

Almost bought another 5770 and crossfired them together. But that woulda put me over what I wanted to spend.

Just wait till you have the money, make the wrong choice and you are in the hole. Patience pays I have only one, I haven't died yet

[20mmrain]

Originally Posted by Gryfalcon

Almost bought another 5770 and crossfired them together. But that woulda put me over what I wanted to spend.

Like Chicken said.... Only do it when you can afford it. If it was ment to be it was ment to be. I have found out with rushing to buy PC parts..... that if I can't afford it and I rush it.... I usually regret my decision later.
Most of the time because the price drops or they come out with something even better right afterwards.

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by 20mmrain

Like Chicken said.... Only do it when you can afford it. If it was ment to be it was ment to be. I have found out with rushing to buy PC parts..... that if I can't afford it and I rush it.... I usually regret my decision later.
Most of the time because the price drops or they come out with something even better right afterwards.

Or if not you just place yourself in a bad financial position. Then you struggle or end up selling hardware for cheaper cheap like I have in the past, just not worth it. wait it out, it's for the better.

[(FIH) The Don]

Originally Posted by Chicken Patty

Or if not you just place yourself in a bad financial position. Then you struggle or end up selling hardware for cheaper cheap like I have in the past, just not worth it. wait it out, it's for the better.

+1 on that

[20mmrain]

Originally Posted by Chicken Patty

Or if not you just place yourself in a bad financial position. Then you struggle or end up selling hardware for cheaper cheap like I have in the past, just not worth it. wait it out, it's for the better.

+ 2 not only that if you try to keep up with technology every time something new comes out.... you'll go broke!

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by 20mmrain

+ 2 not only that if you try to keep up with technology every time something new comes out.... you'll go broke!

Yeah, that's true. Hardware is currently getting improved and trying to always have the latest is just well, out of reach for some folks

[stevorob]

I'll have to agree with all those guys. Don't try to make a purchase if you're unsure of whether or not it will break your bank. If you want it but can't justify it, wait until the price drops... that's what I'm doing... my 9600s still play what I want maxed out, no need to drop 3 bills on a new video card so I can get higher bench scores. I'm holding out as long as possible, hoping that fermi will drop the prices on ati cards and balance the market out.

[King Wookie]

Ok. Gave up on trying to find the right bolts here. Imperial is just not available. Fortunately, the bracket you screw the bolts into is aluminium, so just drilled it out, and used the bolts to cut new threads. So now running push/pull with 2 Zalmans. Will start with o/cing in the morning.

EDIT: Now using M4 screws to mount the front fan.

[20mmrain]

Originally Posted by King Wookie

Ok. Gave up on trying to find the right bolts here. Imperial is just not available. Fortunately, the bracket you screw the bolts into is aluminium, so just drilled it out, and used the bolts to cut new threads. So now running push/pull with 2 Zalmans. Will start with o/cing in the morning.

Am I misunderstanding again LOL??? You couldn't find the screws for the Push/Pull config?

[King Wookie]

Originally Posted by 20mmrain

Am I misunderstanding again LOL??? You couldn't find the screws for the Push/Pull config?

I couldn't find a 2nd set of bolts, so modifyed it to use metric.

[Gryfalcon]

King you coulda probably contacted corsair and see if they coulda sent you more bolts.

[King Wookie]

Originally Posted by Gryfalcon

King you coulda probably contacted corsair and see if they coulda sent you more bolts.

Considering I'm in South Africa, the shipping would have been silly.
Besides, at least metric gives me more options, and it was a very minor mod.

[20mmrain]

Originally Posted by King Wookie

I couldn't find a 2nd set of bolts, so modifyed it to use metric.

Shoot bud I would have mailed you some if you needed It would have cost me a post stamp and 80 cents for the screws.

Unless you live in like England or something.... with my luck with out looking that is probably were you live huh?

Also was Corsair supposed to send a second set of screws in the package? Because if they were I never received them either I had to buy mine.

*****Ahh Edit*****

I see you live in South Africa. Never mind

[stevorob]

Cool mod... way to do it if you can't find standard imperial screws for you metric guys... just drill and retap with m4 screws.

[Chicken Patty]

Originally Posted by stevorob

I'll have to agree with all those guys. Don't try to make a purchase if you're unsure of whether or not it will break your bank. If you want it but can't justify it, wait until the price drops... that's what I'm doing... my 9600s still play what I want maxed out, no need to drop 3 bills on a new video card so I can get higher bench scores. I'm holding out as long as possible, hoping that fermi will drop the prices on ati cards and balance the market out.

Very well said. I wanted a 5xxx series card really bad, efficient and quite, I bought a 5770. Runs everything, benches pretty good too. No need to spend big bucks.

Originally Posted by King Wookie

Ok. Gave up on trying to find the right bolts here. Imperial is just not available. Fortunately, the bracket you screw the bolts into is aluminium, so just drilled it out, and used the bolts to cut new threads. So now running push/pull with 2 Zalmans. Will start with o/cing in the morning.

EDIT: Now using M4 screws to mount the front fan.

Good luck, give us some results