Corsair Hydro Series H50 Cooling Club

[(FIH) The Don]

paste on cpu, thin layer like VERY thin, just use som toilet paper to take it of with, thats what i use. and nothing else

 

[Chicken Patty]

Here is:

Before w/ AMD heatpipe cooler
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/erocker414/setuphtpc-2.jpg



After w/ H50
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/erocker414/afterh50.jpg

WOW, huge effin' drop dude! Looks great too!

Well I put 90% of the new build together here is a picture
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34129&stc=1&d=1268367004
I have a question though about to clean off the stock thermal paste and apply the Fusion 400 paste. I have some 70% Isopropyl alcohol. Is that OK to use to clean it and also where would you guys recommend putting the paste on the CPU itself or heatsink for this.

Looking good, can't wait to see it finished

 

[(FIH) The Don]

erocker : dont need the case, customs in denmark will cost me like 40-50$ alone when something comes in the country,

i'll go find me a used Rogue or something similar

but thanks a bunch for the offer.

 

[stevorob]

Did the rough cut with a tin snips, mounts up well, I think this will work!

http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/erocker414/DSCN1921.jpg
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/erocker414/DSCN1920.jpg
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/erocker414/DSCN1919.jpg

Have to cut some of the black cover too, so I am able to put it on with the rad.

Put together, running a buch of wprime to get things warm. It's working very well so far.

http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/erocker414/DSCN1924.jpg
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/erocker414/DSCN1925.jpg
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/erocker414/DSCN1926.jpg

Fan is blowing out. I don't really care if this is the best setup for the fans, It's clean and looks good and it works. The AII x4 is pretty cool to begin with. It's a HTPC, clean and looking good is important. I'll post some before and after temps in a moment.

Looks great. Very clean. You have some good temps too

Can I join the club?

http://www.wonderllamaproductions.com/uploads/v350.jpg

Very nice

Heres mine in its new NZXT M59 home. The Silverstone FM121 fan dropped my temps another 2c. It sounds like a leaf blower at top speed.
http://img.techpowerup.org/100311/SDC10464.jpg

Looks good. I don't mind the loud fans... I've got 2x 110cfm scythe slipstreams on mine, but the cooling is worth it... keeps my i5 @ 4ghz nice and cool

Well Chicken anyway.....I finally got it in.... Here are some pics guys let me in!!!

Also it did lower my temps! Buy about 4c over a CM Hyper 212+. But it raised my VTT's about 7c. So now my temps look like this at 3.8ghz with a 1.3vcore and a 1.21 VTT. This was after 5 runs of LinX with 93% of my RAM.....

60c Max Core temp
55c Max Vreg
26c Max Chipset

24c Idle CoreTemp
38c Idle Vreg
20c Idle Chipset

http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=34125&stc=1&d=1268366038

http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=34126&stc=1&d=1268366286

http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=34127&stc=1&d=1268366311

I have it running in push pull sort of like this....

http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=34128&stc=1&d=1268366362

The only difference between this top pic and mine is.... I am running in Duel fan config Push/Pull. Also I don't have the extra front fan. Instead I have a top fan which is an exhaust. I have not tried to see if I can get better temps by making the Corsair H50 intake from the back instead of exhaust. But when I have time tomorrow I will play around a little bit to find out how to get the best temps I can.

Similar to my setup as far as the case airflow. Temps seem about right for that clock and vcore. I'm at 4ghz @ 1.35v rock solid stable, and pull high 60s running LinX

Well I put 90% of the new build together here is a picture
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34129&stc=1&d=1268367004
I have a question though about to clean off the stock thermal paste and apply the Fusion 400 paste. I have some 70% Isopropyl alcohol. Is that OK to use to clean it and also where would you guys recommend putting the paste on the CPU itself or heatsink for this.

Looks good so far, can't wait to see the finished product. I would try to get some 90% or better isopropyl alcohol... it has always seemed to work better than the weaker stuff, and dries up much faster.

 

[20mmrain]

Similar to my setup as far as the case airflow. Temps seem about right for that clock and vcore. I'm at 4ghz @ 1.35v rock solid stable, and pull high 60s running LinX

Thanks bud!!! So you say your at 1.35Vcore how about your VTT's what are they at???

 

[Gryfalcon]

Ok got everything but the graphics card installed lol. For that I am waiting for tomorrow since the graphics card I want to install is currently inside the computer I am using right now lol. here is another image. Just wish I coulda hid all the cables lol but they wont all reach around the back.

 

[(FIH) The Don]

cables look like shit, sorry to say it in a harsh way, see if you can get that 8pin behind the mobo tray at least bro

 

[20mmrain]

Ok got everything but the graphics card installed lol. For that I am waiting for tomorrow since the graphics card I want to install is currently inside the computer I am using right now lol. here is another image. Just wish I coulda hid all the cables lol but they wont all reach around the back.

Yeah bud you could do a better job with the cables that is for sure! I see that you have cable managment holes.

Take a look at my case.....This was before I tightened them but you still get the idea

Even if you don't have that many cable management holes you can still cut a hole like I did in this one and do something interesting to cover the rest up.....

These are just to give you some examples man! Besides making it look better it does help with air flow. I have seen peoples temps lower by 5c in some cases just because of good cable management!

Otherwise it looks good!

 

[Gryfalcon]

New Build with H50

Yeah I think I need to get an extension cable for that 6-8pin Aux power MB connector to make it reach around don't know where I will get that though. I do have a question for you guys what do you recommend me doing on the two 1 TB hds I am putting in the new comp. Think I should put them in a raid 0?

 

[20mmrain]

Yeah I think I need to get an extension cable for that 6-8pin Aux power MB connector to make it reach around don't know where I will get that though. I do have a question for you guys what do you recommend me doing on the two 1 TB hds I am putting in the new comp. Think I should put them in a raid 0?

Raid 0 would be fine if you want the most performance. But you won't have any redundancy if one of those drives fail.

So if you want the most performance you can get than yeah go for Raid 0.

 

[Nick89]

Here is:

Before w/ AMD heatpipe cooler
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/erocker414/setuphtpc-2.jpg



After w/ H50
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/erocker414/afterh50.jpg

Erocker, what was your ambient temp?

I've tried many air solutions and I can never get my CPU to idle lower than an average of 38C

Yours was idling at 32C with the stock heat sink?

 

[Gryfalcon]

new Build with H50

Well finally have my new build all together and running. Currently my temps are at 32C idle which I think is good. Haven't OCed or anything yet. Will post pics as soon as I get every software installed and test the system fully out. Also need to go get another HDMI cable so I can hook both comps up at the same time to my monitor

 

[20mmrain]

Well finally have my new build all together and running. Currently my temps are at 32C idle which I think is good. Haven't OCed or anything yet. Will post pics as soon as I get every software installed and test the system fully out. Also need to go get another HDMI cable so I can hook both comps up at the same time to my monitor

Congrats on the new system..... got any pics of the finished product?

 

[Chicken Patty]

Congrats on the new system..... got any pics of the finished product?

X2 FOR PICS

 

[(FIH) The Don]

WE DEMAND PICTURES!!!

 

[stevorob]

This thread needs MOAR pics

 

[(FIH) The Don]

i will throw in some tomorrow,gonna be building a nice setup, and there is ALOT of Corsair parts

 

[blkhogan]

MOAR MOAR MOAR! I must have MOAR pic's or I will die a little inside.

 

[20mmrain]

I thought I would report that my temps actually lowered even more since I installed my H50 yesterday. Originally I thought I was only getting a 4c drop. But after some break in time they dropped even more. I am actually getting closer to 6c to 7c drop.

My VREG is still up more then then it was..... but I bought a 60mm fan for that today .... that as soon as I mount that or figure out away how too.... that should take care of that.

Anyone got any suggestions on how to mount a fan to a Vreg heat sink with out having anywhere to connect it? (meaning screw holes exc...)

Here is where I would need to install it.....

 

[pjladyfox]

Suggestion

Turn the existing 120 around, mount another 120 on the other side of the rad blowing towards the case, then you got yourself a push/pull grabbing cool air from outside the case. Then you can turn the 80mm around and have it exhaust out the front

This would be one way to do it. Another would be to do something like this (arrows pointing in direction of airflow):

fan -> H50 -> shroud -> fan -> fanguard

This way he could keep the 80mm in front, which I think he only has provision for mounting one, and keep the airflow direction exausting outside of the case. But, since he's running a lil box for his system he could even reverse the fans as well to see how that works but the above configuration is pretty much the one most seem to get the maximum bang out of.

For the video card he could easily I think fit up a little duct in the side that would mate up to the intake hole so that it pulls in cool air from the outside as well. But, from the looks of things it probably would mess up the overall look of the system so it really depends I guess.

Did the rough cut with a tin snips, mounts up well, I think this will work!

Have to cut some of the black cover too, so I am able to put it on with the rad.

VERY nice! I really like how clean things look on the inside which I'm pretty surprised at since most mini boxes like that one are an absolute nightmare to get looking tidy.

Put together, running a buch of wprime to get things warm. It's working very well so far.

Fan is blowing out. I don't really care if this is the best setup for the fans, It's clean and looks good and it works. The AII x4 is pretty cool to begin with. It's a HTPC, clean and looking good is important. I'll post some before and after temps in a moment.

You should consider trying the above fan configuration since it would still look pretty decent just would stick out a bit more in the back. But, failing that, the temps you are getting are pretty impressive so I could understand if you wanted to keep things as they were.

Can I join the club?

http://www.wonderllamaproductions.com/uploads/v350.jpg

*whistle* Wow, that's a NICE job you did getting that H50 in there like that and looking tidy to boot! What are your temps like with that box since I'm really curious considering how small it is.

 

[Gryfalcon]

New build with H50

Here's a couple of pics
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34151&d=1268441624
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34152&d=1268441721
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34153&d=1268441827
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34154&stc=1&d=1268442232

 

[(FIH) The Don]

are you sure you cant get that 8pin behind the mobo?

but very nice rig btw, if you cant get it behind there the get it under the GFX, between mobo and gfx

 

[Gryfalcon]

new Build with H50

going to try getting a extension later but right now want to play with new rig

 

[Chicken Patty]

I thought I would report that my temps actually lowered even more since I installed my H50 yesterday. Originally I thought I was only getting a 4c drop. But after some break in time they dropped even more. I am actually getting closer to 6c to 7c drop.

My VREG is still up more then then it was..... but I bought a 60mm fan for that today .... that as soon as I mount that or figure out away how too.... that should take care of that.

Anyone got any suggestions on how to mount a fan to a Vreg heat sink with out having anywhere to connect it? (meaning screw holes exc...)

Here is where I would need to install it.....

http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=34150&stc=1&d=1268439512

hmmm, can you get a bette pic of that area if possible?

Here's a couple of pics
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34151&d=1268441624
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34152&d=1268441721
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34153&d=1268441827
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34154&stc=1&d=1268442232

Looks great bro, glad you got it going

 

[20mmrain]

Here's a couple of pics
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34151&d=1268441624
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34152&d=1268441721
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34153&d=1268441827
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34154&stc=1&d=1268442232

Very nice bud.... But I know I have a Corsair 750TX Power supply and a Cooler master Sniper Black edition case. Which I know that case is bigger than the Antec 900 case you are working with.

Are you sure there is no way to get that power cord behind that MOB tray? I know mine is long enough. Unless it's a case were you don't have a hole up in the right hand corner for doing that.

In that situation I would do like others have suggested.... run the 8 pin MOB cable in between the Video card and the MOB.... towards the front of the video card.

I also would suggest using zip ties to clean up your cables. While I notice you do have some hidden.... they are also not pulled very tight. Which is okay if this is your first attempt But just from experience doing this allot I would use zip ties to better bind them and then pull them tighter in the back.

Other wise very nice build bud! WTG Now start overclocking it