Corsair Hydro Series H50 Cooling Club

SonDa5 · Oct 23, 2010

I have repositioned the H70 heat sink/pump and put some fresh TP on it. (IC Diamond 7k)

More testing to come.

Kantastic · Oct 23, 2010

Keep us updated! I'd be quite disappointed if the H70 doesn't show a significant decrease in load temps over the H50.

TheMailMan78 · Oct 23, 2010

Whats your room temperature?

Athlon2K15 · Oct 24, 2010

how are your fans mounted on your H70. I have mine pulling in air from the back of the case. This H70 gets the same temps as my high end water cooling

SonDa5 · Oct 24, 2010

TheMailMan78 said:
Whats your room temperature?

For the results that have been posted 72C.

I posted the ambient temps with the results.

Will do some more testing with the new configuration on the H70 soon.

SonDa5 · Oct 24, 2010

AthlonX2 said:
how are your fans mounted on your H70. I have mine pulling in air from the back of the case. This H70 gets the same temps as my high end water cooling

Pushing from outside ambient air through radiator then pulling into the case.

Antec 900 case.

The set up was near identical with the H50 and H70.

Kantastic · Oct 24, 2010

This is weird, AX2's H70 supposedly matches a custom loop whereas SD5's H70 performs below an H50.

Quality control issues maybe?

SonDa5 · Oct 24, 2010

Kantastic said:
This is weird, AX2's H70 supposedly matches a custom loop whereas SD5's H70 performs below an H50.

Quality control issues maybe?

Ax2 is running a completely different CPU and lower voltage as well. Xeon's are designed to run long and cool.

TheMailMan78 · Oct 24, 2010

Well just remember you will never get colder then your ambient temp with a water cooling system. Maybe when you tested the H50 your room itself was cooler. Food for thought.

SonDa5 · Oct 24, 2010

TheMailMan78 said:
Well just remember you will never get colder then your ambient temp with a water cooling system. Maybe when you tested the H50 your room itself was cooler. Food for thought.

I did take that into account for my tests and I have posted the ambient temperature of the area I have been doing the tests.

SonDa5 · Oct 25, 2010

This photo shows liquid flow and fan air flow with colors to indicate designed thermal flow.

brandonwh64 · Oct 25, 2010

i should post a picture of mine, i have my H50 setup similar to sonda5's and it dropped temps by atleast 5-8 deg in this coolermaster centriun case.

SonDa5 · Oct 25, 2010

brandonwh64 said:
i should post a picture of mine, i have my H50 setup similar to sonda5's and it dropped temps by atleast 5-8 deg in this coolermaster centriun case.

Post a photo of your set up! :toast:

SonDa5 · Oct 25, 2010

My testing is complete.

Last and final run on H70 after the reconfiguration of heat sink and TP.

Ambient temperature at 72 degrees.

H70 results
Average minimum temperature on all 4 cores is 36 degrees C.
Average maximum temperature on all 4 cores is 76.5 degrees C.

H50 results
Average minimum temperature on all 4 cores is 35.5 degress C.
Average maximum temperature on all 4 cores is 74.5 degrees C.

Conclusion.

Under the conditions of my tests the H50 proved to be a better cooler than the H70.

Chicken Patty · Oct 25, 2010

Thanks for your time and tests bro, really not sure why some get better test results with the H70. Of course, lots of things can vary between users but looks like the H50 is looking to be the better cooler.

3volvedcombat · Oct 25, 2010

which is kinda sad, On a good note, my h50 is destroying this undervolted q9550 in temps

DAM!!!!

TheMailMan78 · Oct 25, 2010

I wonder if they changed the pump? If nothing else the H70 is better in the long run do to saturation time. Thanks for the tests anyways man!

SonDa5 · Oct 26, 2010

TheMailMan78 said:
I wonder if they changed the pump? If nothing else the H70 is better in the long run do to saturation time. Thanks for the tests anyways man!

I think it's the design of the radiator.

Another thing to consider when buying these is the warranty.

H50 has a 2 year warranty and the H70 has a 1 year warranty.

Kantastic · Oct 26, 2010

Quite unfortunate, really. They probably should have released a thinner but longer version using a 240mm rad.

Chicken Patty · Oct 26, 2010

I was thinking of buying a H70, really having 2nd thoughts now

SonDa5 · Oct 27, 2010

Chicken Patty said:
I was thinking of buying a H70, really having 2nd thoughts now

Didn't mean to discourage you just posted the results from my test. Looks like the H70 was close to meeting the H50 in cooling ability. Very close results that I ended up having. For the money seems like the H50 is a much better value and the H50 has a 2 year warranty and the H70 a 1 year warranty.

With results like mine I'm sure Corsair will figure out where they made their mistakes and will come out with a much better unit later on.

Chicken Patty · Oct 27, 2010

SonDa5 said:
Didn't mean to discourage you just posted the results from my test. Looks like the H70 was close to meeting the H50 in cooling ability. Very close results that I ended up having. For the money seems like the H50 is a much better value and the H50 has a 2 year warranty and the H70 a 1 year warranty.

With results like mine I'm sure Corsair will figure out where they made their mistakes and will come out with a much better unit later on.

Like I said in another thread, I am only looking for one to get by a few months. I am doing a custom loop in my case so I'll then use the H50 for another rig. But for now it'll give me the results I'm chasing. :toast:

SonDa5 · Oct 27, 2010

A few photos from my tests.

This photo shows that the H50 radiator has more radiator fin arrays.

Length of tubes.

Heat sink area after tests. TP used was Diamond IC (7k)

Fatal · Oct 27, 2010

Sweet testing SonDa5, my H50 seems to be cooling my Phenom II with ease. I was looking at getting the Frio because of the design of my case. A custom loop is what I do want but looks like I will have to get a new motherboard or ship mine out to be repaired. My first PCIE slot is bad so I can’t crossfire. I have a XFX 5750 new just sitting so I would really like to have it installed. I have my H50 exhausting the case air still but my temperatures are good.

clubfoot · Oct 27, 2010

Just looking at the last photo, did you happen to twist the H70 cooler down before clamping?

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