Corsair Intros Hydro X Series iCUE Custom Water Cooling Kits

btarunr · Aug 3, 2020

Corsair today introduced the Hydro X series iCUE custom water cooling kits. These include the Hydro X Series iCUE XH305i, and the Hydro X Series iCUE XH303i. Both kits are nearly identical, differing with the included radiator fans and reservoirs. The XH305i kit includes an XC7 RGB CPU water block that supports AM4, LGA115x, and LGA1200 CPU socket types; an XR5 360 radiator, an XD5 pump+reservoir combo device, XL5 clear coolant, 3 m XT Hardline 10 mm and 14 mm tubing, eight Hardline 14 mm fittings, a pair of 90° rotary adapters, a 250 ml filling bottle, a Hardline tubing bending toolkit, a trio of QL 120 RGB fans, iCUE Commander PRO, and RGB Fan LED Hub. The XH303i is mostly similar to the XH305i, except that it includes a trio of SP 120 RGB PRO fans, and XD3 pump+radiator combo device. Corsair is pricing the Hydro X Series iCUE XH305i at 579.90€, while the XH303i is going for 499.90€. Corsair is also selling the Hardline Bending Toolkit for 49.90€.

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mohammed2006 · Aug 3, 2020

oh CPU cooling can save the world from globe worming.

fb020997 · Aug 3, 2020

Holy hell, they’re expensive. I know, ARGB is the new RGB, hard lines, blah blah blah.
But heck, I built my loop (with mainly Alphacool parts, except for the GPU block and fans from EK, the pump from Phobya and the fluid from Aquacomputer) for around 500-550€, including the GPU block. Not ARGB and with soft tubings, but still, it’s a complete (CPU+GPU) loop.

Sihastru · Aug 3, 2020

What a rip-off. Shoddy quality at premium prices.

Rob94hawk · Aug 8, 2020

Every computer that I've built over the past 2 decades, minus one, have all been air cooled.

I've never built one with hard lines before. I would be a sucker and buy this kit.

fb020997 · Aug 8, 2020

Rob94hawk said:
Every computer that I've built over the past 2 decades, minus one, have all been air cooled.

I've never built one with hard lines before. I would be a sucker and buy this kit.

Go with soft tubes first. Easy and cheap to build, easy to maintain, still looks cool.

Rob94hawk · Aug 9, 2020

fb020997 said:
Go with soft tubes first. Easy and cheap to build, easy to maintain, still looks cool.

It seems that way. Soft tubes would appear to be more forgiving if you need to move/rearrange hardware. What diameter tubing are you using in your profile pic?

fb020997 · Aug 9, 2020

Rob94hawk said:
It seems that way. Soft tubes would appear to be more forgiving if you need to move/rearrange hardware. What diameter tubing are you using in your profile pic?

That’s why I built mine with those! They’re 16/13mm.

ThrashZone · Aug 9, 2020

Hi,
Already been found out those XD5 pumps are half the L/m of a real D5 meaning totally useless for max cooling options.

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Corsair Intros Hydro X Series iCUE Custom Water Cooling Kits

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