Corsair Hydro Series H50 Cooling Club

digibucc · Feb 9, 2010

mine should be in within the hour. should i use the pre-applied thermal paste or should i clean it and apply the arctic silver 5 i have? I used it about a month ago.

Kantastic · Feb 9, 2010

digibucc said:
mine should be in within the hour. should i use the pre-applied thermal paste or should i clean it and apply the arctic silver 5 i have? I used it about a month ago.

Use the AS5, the stock stuff is good (compared to other stock junk) but there is simply way too much.

digibucc · Feb 9, 2010

it's in - marking final idle and load temps on stock and will post results after installing - I also heard it may take awhile to really kick in?

I run it basically 24/7 ... high idle often... how long do you think it may take?

i'll be back after the switch

Chicken Patty · Feb 9, 2010

I used both, stock paste sucked! Paste usually takes like 24 hours to cure. You'll notice that the temps will drop more and more as time passes

pantherx12 · Feb 9, 2010

It shouldn't do unless you used the paste that comes with it, temps you got now should be temps you have for the rest of its life : ]

digibucc · Feb 9, 2010

yeah I removed the thermal paste. It fits inside my Lian Li Lancool PC-K58 with no need to mount anything outside. I will get pics up later.

I put my scythe High Performance fan behind it, attached to the case. then the rad, and then the corsair fan afterwards.

took 10+ degrees c off idle, will check load next. cpu was hgih 40s(46-8) , now 35 - individual cores were high 50s (56-8) now 2 are 38, the other 2 are 40. HUUUGE difference. and I even increased the overclock to 3.0GHz from 2.8

Kantastic · Feb 10, 2010

Bro, with an H50 take that sucker str8 to 4GHz.

Chicken Patty · Feb 10, 2010

digibucc said:
yeah I removed the thermal paste. It fits inside my Lian Li Lancool PC-K58 with no need to mount anything outside. I will get pics up later.

I put my scythe High Performance fan behind it, attached to the case. then the rad, and then the corsair fan afterwards.

took 10+ degrees c off idle, will check load next. cpu was hgih 40s(46-8) , now 35 - individual cores were high 50s (56-8) now 2 are 38, the other 2 are 40. HUUUGE difference. and I even increased the overclock to 3.0GHz from 2.8

If I were you I'd test both ways. At first I had better temps having the Corsair H50 intaking air. But I had graphics cards that vented inside the case. I got a 5770 that vents out the back and I get better results with the H50 as exhaust. Could make a huge difference so I would try both ways and see what works best for you. :toast:

digibucc · Feb 10, 2010

i just wanted to get basic and stable with a slightly better oc than i had...

as this is my work computer, i need it guaranteed running smooth by 8am tomorrow, to do my job.
but rest assured, this weekend will see me experimenting every which way to get the best possible temps for my setup.

I also dropped the idea of Tri-Crossfire. I have the cards, and the new case gives me space. but now they are all packed super close and generating an extra 10 degrees easy. I instead moved the second card to the 3rd slot, so i finally have space between the two - my main card dropped 20+ degrees on load, no joke, it was so close to the second it couldn't breathe.

now i can start OCing again, those stock temps were a killer ;-)
it is now @4ghz and same temps as my original ones (3Ghz on stock)
HT disabled, speedstep etc, disabled.

Chicken Patty · Feb 10, 2010

digibucc said:
i just wanted to get basic and stable with a slightly better oc than i had...

as this is my work computer, i need it guaranteed running smooth by 8am tomorrow, to do my job.
but rest assured, this weekend will see me experimenting every which way to get the best possible temps for my setup.

I also dropped the idea of Tri-Crossfire. I have the cards, and the new case gives me space. but now they are all packed super close and generating an extra 10 degrees easy. I instead moved the second card to the 3rd slot, so i finally have space between the two - my main card dropped 20+ degrees on load, no joke, it was so close to the second it couldn't breathe.

now i can start OCing again, those stock temps were a killer ;-)

awesome bro :toast:

Good luck man

TheMailMan78 · Feb 10, 2010

Chicken Patty said:
If I were you I'd test both ways. At first I had better temps having the Corsair H50 intaking air. But I had graphics cards that vented inside the case. I got a 5770 that vents out the back and I get better results with the H50 as exhaust. Could make a huge difference so I would try both ways and see what works best for you.

WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE TWINS!!!

Chicken Patty · Feb 10, 2010

TheMailMan78 said:
WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE TWINS!!!

They were killing my case temps dude!!! But don't worry they are still local and in VERY good hands.

TheMailMan78 · Feb 10, 2010

Chicken Patty said:
They were killing my case temps dude!!! But don't worry they are still local and in VERY good hands.

You better take care of them. I entrusted them to you.

Chicken Patty · Feb 10, 2010

TheMailMan78 said:
You better take care of them. I entrusted them to you.

Don't worry dude, they are about 10 minutes from me, I stop by and peep on them periodically to make sure they are doing alright.

3volvedcombat · Feb 15, 2010

my corsair H50 setup ATM, someone needs to make a list for this club, and rank the h50 users up

Chicken Patty · Feb 15, 2010

3volvedcombat said:
http://img.techpowerup.org/100214/Capture045.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/100214/Capture048.jpg

my corsair H50 setup ATM, someone needs to make a list for this club, and rank the h50 users up

That looks really nice man :toast:

tjmagneto · Feb 17, 2010

CP, I have, soon to be had, an Element S case and am having temperature issues with dual GPUs with aftermarket coolers. I want both cards so I can do folding @home but the temps were driving me crazy and the sound of a bunch of higher CFM fans were driving my wife crazy since the PC is in the living room. :banghead:

So I'm getting a bigger case and one of my kids will inherit the Element S case w/o the loud fans. Then I'm going to crank up my system and see what my h50 can do.

Chicken Patty · Feb 17, 2010

Cool man, temps with that case are fairly well. It's not bad at all for a $120 case.

pjladyfox · Feb 18, 2010

Sheesh! I can't believe I forgot to post in this thread as well since I'm a happy H50 Momma! ^_^

Here are the temps for my Phenom II 955 running at stock:

Configuration: Push/Pull
Fans (Intake): Pair of Scythe SFF21E's - temp controlled
Fans (top): Yate Loon D14SL-12 - temp controlled
Fans (H50): Noctua NF-P12's running at 1250
Pump: 1420 or so

Monitoring Tools: Everest 5.3, CoreTemp 99.5
Stress Tool: Prime95 v.295 (duration: 1 hour)

Idle: 35
Load: 47

Now, this is a bit warmer than my 940 which was using a Zalman 9700NT:

Idle: 30
Load: 45

Right now I'm pretty happy based upon the results so far and my system is even a little quieter to boot. Still debating whether to replace the Yate Loon with one of those Noctua 140mm's but I'm not really fond of the 120-to-140 mounts they use.

Chicken Patty · Feb 18, 2010

That's not that bad, you do have to keep in mind this is a low end water cooling sytem. How are your ambient temps?

pjladyfox · Feb 20, 2010

Chicken Patty said:
That's not that bad, you do have to keep in mind this is a low end water cooling sytem. How are your ambient temps?

I know and I did a LOT of research on this before settling on the H50 so I was'nt expecting miracles; just a cooling system that came close to my beloved 9700NT and was quieter under load. So far it's met or exceeded my expectations on that front so I'm pretty pleased but the real acid test will be summer since we depend upon fans (no a/c) for cooling during the few weeks of the year it gets over 80 here in Kali.

I know what ambient temp means but I'm not sure how to get that measurement. Help me O Wise one?

Chicken Patty · Feb 20, 2010

pjladyfox said:
I know and I did a LOT of research on this before settling on the H50 so I was'nt expecting miracles; just a cooling system that came close to my beloved 9700NT and was quieter under load. So far it's met or exceeded my expectations on that front so I'm pretty pleased but the real acid test will be summer since we depend upon fans (no a/c) for cooling during the few weeks of the year it gets over 80 here in Kali.

I know what ambient temp means but I'm not sure how to get that measurement. Help me O Wise one?

Ambients, hmmmm. put a thermometer in your room

I go by what my a/c unit says, then I just add 1-3º more since my room has crunchers and it's hotter. Me myself I love the H50. Right now it's performing a bit bad because I just checked and I can't see the fins on my rad. :laugh:

Time to bring out the air compressor :roll:

rockleez · Feb 20, 2010

hey guys i have a Xigmatek Dark Knight cooler atm and thinking of getting this Corsair H50, my idle temps at 18-19C running 3.7GHZ, do you think the corsair would make it any lower?

Chicken Patty · Feb 20, 2010

rockleez said:
hey guys i have a Xigmatek Dark Knight cooler atm and thinking of getting this Corsair H50, my idle temps at 18-19C running 3.7GHZ, do you think the corsair would make it any lower?

If my H50 outperformed my Megahalem, I think it should outperform the DK as well. But of course by no means can my statement be accurate. Only one way to know

TheMailMan78 · Feb 20, 2010

rockleez said:
hey guys i have a Xigmatek Dark Knight cooler atm and thinking of getting this Corsair H50, my idle temps at 18-19C running 3.7GHZ, do you think the corsair would make it any lower?

If you have a good air cooler like the DK then a H50 isnt for you. Also WTF do you live your getting 18-19c at idle!?

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