Anybody have any experience with the Corsair H50?

H50 is not really watercooling(its a self contained unit), its meant to compete with air cooling and that is all it does. I would suggest going with a Noctua NH-D14, Cogage Arrow, Thermalright Venomous-X Coolermaster V6/V6 GT or Prolimatech Megahalems, or thermalright ultra 120 extreme, in that order.
 
canoedad said:
I use the corsair H-50 on my rig. No problems temps at 46c while gaming. Go for it.
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I am curious what is your OC on your CPU? Reason I ask is most games only use 2-3 cores and under those same my Q6600 (hotter running) caps out at 46-47c so it makes me question the H50 when I see your thread (my $15 cooler vs your $80)


Alien! Where? said:
Hey guys! Just wondering, have any of you had experience with the H50 CPU Cooler? I want to get into watercooling, but I only want it for my CPU so I chose this. Seems like a really good cpu cooler.
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It is a decent cooler if you do push/pull and change the air flow of your case from back to front but its not really true water cooling. A real water setup will cost $200 or so for the radiator/pump/cpu block/tubing. Its not a cheap hobby and the GPU blocks are expensive as well ($100 area for newer GPUs)
 
Just got this for my little brother for his bday... anyways did some reading and found out that the only thing holding this thing back is the fan... rpms are too low... so I will be purchasing a higher rpm fan and will see how that goes!
 
If you put two high flowing 120mm fans in a push/pull with the H50, it's better than pretty much any air cooler but not by that much.

I have one, use it occasionally. It cools better than my TRUE did. Pain in the ASS to mount though.
 
I think it really comes into its own when you're looking at tight spaces, like with LANboxes and such. Otherwise there's not much benefit over air, like these guys are saying.
 
Alien! Where? said:
Hey guys! Just wondering, have any of you had experience with the H50 CPU Cooler? I want to get into watercooling, but I only want it for my CPU so I chose this. Seems like a really good cpu cooler.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181010
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Works pretty well in push/pull

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The Corsair H70 has interesting results... I'd like to strap a couple Ultra Kazes on there and see the results.
 
What happens to water-cooling in the winter, when it freezes and the water in the cooler becomes ice ?
Don't you need a heater to melt the ice or keep the water warm enough ?
(I wouldn't like to sleep on a frozen waterbed either.)
 
ErikAlbert said:
What happens to water-cooling in the winter, when it freezes and the water in the cooler becomes ice ?
Don't you need a heater to melt the ice or keep the water warm enough.
(I wouldn't like to sleep on a frozen waterbed either.)
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your room doesn't get to 32 F or 0 C :P
 
ErikAlbert said:
What happens to water-cooling in the winter, when it freezes and the water in the cooler becomes ice ?
Don't you need a heater to melt the ice or keep the water warm enough ?
(I wouldn't like to sleep on a frozen waterbed either.)
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You have no heat in your house or what?
 
87dtna said:
You have no heat in your house or what?
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I have no heat turned on upstairs, and a window fan in during winter, it will be 20f outside and still a good 50-60f inside. I doubt anyones house is gonna get much colder during the winter.

(Then again, i have my rig, an old rig, and a PS3 running f@h, plus all my other random electronics, network stuff, server, etc...haha.
 
OK about the water/ice-cooling issue, it sounds reasonable and acceptable.

BUT what about water and electricity, not a very good combination.
Suppose the water-cooler starts to leak and water starts dripping on the wiring causing fire and smoke, like in the movie "The Towering Inferno", after all a computer has also a tower.
 
that is something that can happen and i am sure has happened. the h50 is pretty reliable i'd say though. i haven't heard of anybody having that since it is a nice, self-contained loop and you don't have to manually open it ever. but it is something you'd have to watch out for with a custom watercooling setup.
 
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