Corsair Hydro Series H50 Cooling Club

[Super XP]

http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/2442.html

 

[Chicken Patty]

^^^ looks good man, how do you have the airflow?

 

[Kantastic]

Judging by the direction of the Corsair fan, I think he's exhausting air out of the case. I can't remember exactly which way the Corsair fan blew though so I could be wrong.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Well from experience and some testing having the fan blow in is the best method.

out of the box configuration, fan blowing in : load about 54ºc
out of the box configuration, fan blowing out: exceeded 55ºc almost on the spot.

Single Scythe 110CFM blowing in:51-52ºc
Single Scythe 110CFM blowing out: 53-54ºc

Scythe 110CFM's Push and Pull blowing in: 45-46ºc
Scythe 110CFM's Push and Pull blowing out: 49-50ºc.

 

[Kei]

Looking at the picture it looks like the fan is blowing inward. When I tested the H50 I had the best performance with the fan(s) blowing outward. That will of course depend heavily on the case you're using, and the airflow setup of all your fans.

Kei

 

[Chicken Patty]

Looking at the picture it looks like the fan is blowing inward. When I tested the H50 I had the best performance with the fan(s) blowing outward. That will of course depend heavily on the case you're using, and the airflow setup of all your fans.

Kei

If you noticed the results I just posted, I had much better results blowing inward. Then again I have a huge 230mm fan exhausting up top. Maybe that's good enough to allow the H50 to be blowing inward. But if you have a case with no exhaust fan other than the rear one you might have to have it blow outward.

 

[pantherx12]

Judging by the direction of the Corsair fan, I think he's exhausting air out of the case. I can't remember exactly which way the Corsair fan blew though so I could be wrong.

Opposite of true matey, the support bars are facing us meaning its blowing into the case.

With my ALC I had better results using it as en exhaust, but then I have over 250cfm of intake on my case : ]

 

[Kei]

If you noticed the results I just posted, I had much better results blowing inward. Then again I have a huge 230mm fan exhausting up top. Maybe that's good enough to allow the H50 to be blowing inward. But if you have a case with no exhaust fan other than the rear one you might have to have it blow outward.

Yea, I noticed that...I always have my cases setup to have more intake than exhaust for pressure reasons. I'm sure that's why it worked better for me to have it blowing outward instead of inward. If I swapped the direction of some of the intake fans it would probably be a totally different story.

Kei

 

[nt300]

If you noticed the results I just posted, I had much better results blowing inward. Then again I have a huge 230mm fan exhausting up top. Maybe that's good enough to allow the H50 to be blowing inward. But if you have a case with no exhaust fan other than the rear one you might have to have it blow outward.

Heat rises upward, you got yourself a great setup.

 

[pantherx12]

I've 3 "77cfm" fans at the top of my case, I win!


For now until someone with deltas comes along ( they always do )

 

[SonDa5]

^^^ looks good man, how do you have the airflow?

Looks like the fan is oriented to pull the air in the case.

 

[Chicken Patty]

I wonder if I'll be able to mount the H50 to the front of the case? Hmmmmm.

 

[Kantastic]

I wonder if I'll be able to mount the H50 to the front of the case? Hmmmmm.

The issue here would be the length of the tubing.

 

[Kei]

The issue here would be the length of the tubing.

Agreed, it would be pretty hard to do since the tubing is very rigid and you'd have to route it around other things which would mean you'd need more length.

Kei

 

[Chicken Patty]

Just a thought. I'll do some measuring when I get home

 

[Super XP]

I also have my side 230mm fan blowing onto my graphics cards. I also installed another 120mm fan in the front above my 230mm fan blowing cool air inside the case. Seems to work out great so far.

I did notice on the bottom of the Corsair H50 copper heatsink there was a deep single scratch on it. I gently removed the original thermal paste and noticed it. I am very surprized to find something like that. It must be lack of QC at Corsair, and somebody tried to hide that deep scratch. I wish I took a picture of it but I was out of a camera at the time and I really wanted to put this in my rig

 

[Kei]

I mentioned that the waterblock that was in the unit I tested was also far from optimal. I think that lapping one of these coolers would help tremendously, since the base is just not very good in my opinion.

These things would be golden if they came with a set of low/medium Gentle Typhoons, and the bottom of the cooler was lapped/flat. Then again it would be less fun because there would be nothing to mod then lol. I'm very curious to see how well they would do with a pair of 120x38mm low/medium speed fans in push/pull configuration. It would be super quiet while producing possibly even better temps.......dreams.

Kei

 

[Chicken Patty]

Don't dream, make it a reality Kei

 

[Pings]

Intake vs exhaust is more base on our GFX cards than really anything else. What is working for you now will not be the same in other seasons. 99.9% of people who have their H50 in a Intake will come back in later months wondering why the temps of their H50 are so high. Everyone should know that heat rises. Like I was saying, intake vs exhaust is more based on your GFX. The hottest air our PC's has comes from our GFX cards. If your GFX card has a air handler, that blows hot air out the rear of your, you need to be in exhaust. Your GFX card pumps that hot air out the rear of your case only to be sucked back into your H50. This is not a good idea. You got to remember that it is winter and all you intake people are mixing hot air with with cold air. This could lead to major problems. If you have a GFX card pumps that hot air out the rear of your case and your H50 is a intake setup. You're are mixing hot and cold air inside the rad/coil of the H50, this mixing could create condensation. Now that there is condensation inside the radiator where is the humidity being blown, inside you case!

 

[Kei]

Remember that not everyone here lives in a place where 'Winter' exists lol. Also many users here are sitting in A/C rooms so the temp is constant 24/7 for the most part. The GPU is a large part of system temps, but more important than that is the actual case fan setup.

If you're running more exhaust than intake then the H50 is likely better blowing inward, if it's the other way around then it's likely better blowing outward.

Kei

 

[Pings]

Remember that not everyone here lives in a place where 'Winter' exists lol. Also many users here are sitting in A/C rooms so the temp is constant 24/7 for the most part. The GPU is a large part of system temps, but more important than that is the actual case fan setup.

If you're running more exhaust than intake then the H50 is likely better blowing inward, if it's the other way around then it's likely better blowing outward.

Kei

The GPU is the most important thing when picking intake vs exhaust. Your GFX card as the hottest air coming off it, that your PC produces. After that its your case and fan setup. Asetek makes the H50 and Asetek even recommends exhaust. Just because some moron at Corsair said intake works better doesn't mean that work for all of us. If you look at Corsair's test system they're using a GFX card with no air handler. No wonder why they said the H50 works better than in intake. Because with that GFX card does work better intake. But for the rest of us the have air handlers on their GFX cards, intake is not the best of ideas. Even in a A/C'd room the mixing of the hot air is all bad.


"Asetek’s factory sealed liquid cooling system is specifically designed to exhaust CPU heat directly outside of the chassis." - Asetek



EDIT: More info on Asetek coolers:

Asetek makes the H50. Asetek also makes there own brand coolers. There is the Asetek LCLC and the Asetek LCLC 240MM Radiator. I've seen someone post another OEM LCLC 240mm from some random brand I never herd of. But, they're out there. From what I understand the H50 has water inside them and the Asetek brand has a some sort of a liquid cooling fluid.

 

[Super XP]

The Corsair H50 has an additive in the water from what I've heard from my local PC shop in my area which further helps the water attract more heat or something.

I have one 120x38mm fan and it pushes a dump load of air, but it also makes a jet noise.

 

[Chicken Patty]

The Corsair H50 has an additive in the water from what I've heard from my local PC shop in my area which further helps the water attract more heat or something.

I have one 120x38mm fan and it pushes a dump load of air, but it also makes a jet noise.

It'll also make your computer hover

 

[Kantastic]

The GPU is the most important thing when picking intake vs exhaust. Your GFX card as the hottest air coming off it, that your PC produces. After that its your case and fan setup. Asetek makes the H50 and Asetek even recommends exhaust. Just because some moron at Corsair said intake works better doesn't mean that work for all of us. If you look at Corsair's test system they're using a GFX card with no air handler. No wonder why they said the H50 works better than in intake. Because with that GFX card does work better intake. But for the rest of us the have air handlers on their GFX cards, intake is not the best of ideas. Even in a A/C'd room the mixing of the hot air is all bad.


"Asetek’s factory sealed liquid cooling system is specifically designed to exhaust CPU heat directly outside of the chassis." - Asetek



EDIT: More info on Asetek coolers:

Asetek makes the H50. Asetek also makes there own brand coolers. There is the Asetek LCLC and the Asetek LCLC 240MM Radiator. I've seen someone post another OEM LCLC 240mm from some random brand I never herd of. But, they're out there. From what I understand the H50 has water inside them and the Asetek brand has a some sort of a liquid cooling fluid.

Veeeery interesting... I'm eyeing that 240mm setup. If Asetek manufactures the H50 then the quality of the 240mm should be comparable to the H50 itself. I was gonna get the Swiftech H20-220 Compact kit but it sold out a few days before I was going to buy it on Newegg. I'm going to consider the Asetek (when my budget allows it of course (which is going to be in a while )).

Edit: NorthQ and Masscool also produce sealed liquid cooling kits.

 

[Chicken Patty]

hmm, that 240 is tempting