Corsair Hydro Series H50 Cooling Club

[Gryfalcon]

Well if you guys want a 5770 at a decent price I found this at newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...c3watch-_-Video+Cards-_-Powercolor-_-14131328
it goes for 139.99 after Mail in rebate. personally I was thinking of getting one of these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...OTC-pr1c3watch-_-Video+Cards-_-MSI-_-14127484
Although its a different brand then what I currently have I have the
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150447&cm_re=5770-_-14-150-447-_-Product

 

[Gryfalcon]

New build with H50

Finally got around to getting that 8 Pin 12V aux power extension. Had to go to a few places. Idiots at Fry's try to sell me a Molex to 8 pin power extension used for PCI-E cards. That woulda shorted my board pretty damn quick had to go to Microcenter and get one. here's the latest pic

 

[(FIH) The Don]

looks soooooo much better bro.

now there is the sound cable, have you tried getting it underneath the chipset cooler pipe?

OR get it through the same place as the 8pin and let it stay hidden by the H50?

 

[Gryfalcon]

New build with H50

At this point I am going to say good enough the board has clean airflow over it and my temps are pretty dang good. Only think is I am hating the damn blue led fans on the front of the case. Because of how they are I cant tell which wire is going to the LED and which is going to the fan switch knob. Might just replace both fans out of hand and get rid of variable fans.

 

[blkhogan]

Finally got around to getting that 8 Pin 12V aux power extension. Had to go to a few places. Idiots at Fry's try to sell me a Molex to 8 pin power extension used for PCI-E cards. That woulda shorted my board pretty damn quick had to go to Microcenter and get one. here's the latest pic
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34256&stc=1&d=1268802567

Lookin goooood.

Here is a recent pic of my H50. Lost my nice Siverstone fan Moved rad to top and have 2 120mm fans pulling. Been changing out fans, my cables are nasty. :shadedshu

 

[20mmrain]

Lookin goooood.

Here is a recent pic of my H50. Lost my nice Siverstone fan Moved rad to top and have 2 120mm fans pulling. Been changing out fans, my cables are nasty. :shadedshu
http://img.techpowerup.org/100317/1.gif

Let me know what kind of temps you get.... I was considering trying the same thing.

Not that I have bad temps now......But I still wouldn't mind always trying to make them better

 

[Chicken Patty]

Guys/gals, I got an interesting observation.

Trying to make my room cooler and quiter, I decided to downclock my i7 cruncher to 3.8 GHz @ 1.17v and turn down all the fans to the lowest, and remove my two 110CFM Scythe fans from my H50 and put the factory COrsair fan on it at a low setting.

Well here is my observation.

Push and Pull 110 CFM Scythe S Flexs

3.4 GHz 1.32v max temp was 39-40ºc

Factory Corsair fan pushing configuration
3.4 GHz 1.32v max temp is 40ºc.


I guess the factory Corsair fan has really good static pressure. I wouldn't mind getting 2nd one then. Crazy and weird, but that's my observation. What do you guys think?

 

[PaulieG]

Guys/gals, I got an interesting observation.

Trying to make my room cooler and quiter, I decided to downclock my i7 cruncher to 3.8 GHz @ 1.17v and turn down all the fans to the lowest, and remove my two 110CFM Scythe fans from my H50 and put the factory COrsair fan on it at a low setting.

Well here is my observation.

Push and Pull 110 CFM Scythe S Flexs

3.4 GHz 1.32v max temp was 39-40ºc

Factory Corsair fan pushing configuration
3.4 GHz 1.32v max temp is 40ºc.


I guess the factory Corsair fan has really good static pressure. I wouldn't mind getting 2nd one then. Crazy and weird, but that's my observation. What do you guys think?

Hey CP. Have you tried the Sythe Gentle Typhoon's yet? If not, you should. i've found them to be the best rad fans. Great performance to noise ratio.

 

[Chicken Patty]

No I haven't but I will eventually, for now I might just stick with the stock fan as the system runs more than cool

 

[OVRKIL]

I've finally made some progress with my build. The following pics were taken just over a week ago after receiving my memory. I have the completed PC pics at home, I'll have to upload them later. My custom wind tunnel came out pretty well and with the front blue led fan, it creates a cool blue effect in the tunnel....testing will commence tonight for temps. Initial CPU idle temp 32 at start up and held at 34. I used the pre-applied thermal paste, does it require cure time!?

 

[Chicken Patty]

The stock thermal paste is Shin-Etsu and it does not need curing time.

 

[blkhogan]

I see one thing in common with a lot of us.... We all have pretty blue Gigabyte boards.

 

[(FIH) The Don]

well Gigabyte is also the most stable mobo brand imo, so i understand why

 

[blkhogan]

Let me know what kind of temps you get.... I was considering trying the same thing.

Not that I have bad temps now......But I still wouldn't mind always trying to make them better

I have mine set up like this

It really cools well. Idles around 29-34c depending on room temps. Loads at around 38 to 44c. I think this is the way Im going to keep it, a lot cleaner look IMHO.

 

[OVRKIL]

well Gigabyte is also the most stable mobo brand imo, so i understand why

I bought it for the color scheme...I suppose being a good stable board is a bonus!

 

[Chicken Patty]

This is my first high end GB board and I love it. My first low budget one has been running for about 5 years already.

 

[blkhogan]

This is my first high end GB board and I love it. My first low budget one has been running for about 5 years already.

Ive been a Biostar user for the last 2 or 3 years, Im now a Gigabyte fan. I used to use gigabytes back in the day (the 133MHz to 200MHz generation), but now Im back.

 

[(FIH) The Don]

The Return of the Prodigal Son

 

[Chicken Patty]

 

[Gryfalcon]

I mostly used Asus boards in my last 2 built and before that 1 MSI board. So far I love this Gigabyte board, I got the GA-790FXTA-UD5 board. Lots of nice features to it that the current Asus boards just didn't have. I have always heard that Asus and Gigabyte were the top two MB manufacturers and now after using both manufacturers boards I can see why.

 

[PaulieG]

This is my first high end GB board and I love it. My first low budget one has been running for about 5 years already.

After owning each of the Gigabyte x58 and 2 of the p55 offering, I can easily say they are my favorite MB manufacturer. The build quality is awesome. Stability is unmatched. Hell, I've never had to do a hard reset on any of my Gigabyte boards despite failed overclocks. They always recover on their own.

 

[OVRKIL]

I skipped LGA775 (that generation and AMD equivalent) and jumped right into LGA1366 i7 and just retired my socket 478 Abit IC7-MAX3 that was running strong for 7 yrs. I only had to replace the Northbridge fan and made the usual upgrades. I can't complain about the hardware, the OS is what pissed me off yr after yr!! I going to transplant the hardware to a new case and reinstall windows and hopefully continue to use it as a back up ,media, or network PC, but I don't think there's much life left in it...:shadedshu I can't believe the difference on the new platform running M$ win7pro 64 compared to my obsolete system!!

 

[20mmrain]

I have mine set up like this
http://img.techpowerup.org/100317/1143.gif
It really cools well. Idles around 29-34c depending on room temps. Loads at around 38 to 44c. I think this is the way Im going to keep it, a lot cleaner look IMHO.

What CPU do you have this running on? ALso is that CPU overclocked and if so how high? One more question for you..... I see the fan to the right of it but how about on the RAD it's self? Is there a fan on top?

I am still planning on giving this a try because I am trying to figure out away to keep my Vreg cooler.
But before I do I just would like to hear more.

Also what were your temps before and which way did you have the air flow then?

Thanks bud!

Also to chime in on the Motherboard discussion....I am a faithful fan of Gigabyte. Every motherboard I have ever owned was a Gigabyte board except for two. One Asus Board I built on a little mATX gaming rig. And this rig I am using now...... I am using a EVGA Board.

Asus IMO is overrated. I have had problems with the one I have owned. And EVGA while can do very well.... they also are not a board for beginners IMO. In order to get a good running EVGA board overclocked or not it takes allot of tweaking!

 

[Chicken Patty]

What CPU do you have this running on? ALso is that CPU overclocked and if so how high? One more question for you..... I see the fan to the right of it but how about on the RAD it's self? Is there a fan on top?

I am still planning on giving this a try because I am trying to figure out away to keep my Vreg cooler.
But before I do I just would like to hear more.

Also what were your temps before and which way did you have the air flow then?

Thanks bud!

Also to chime in on the Motherboard discussion....I am a faithful fan of Gigabyte. Every motherboard I have ever owned was a Gigabyte board except for two. One Asus Board I built on a little mATX gaming rig. And this rig I am using now...... I am using a EVGA Board.

Asus IMO is overrated. I have had problems with the one I have owned. And EVGA while can do very well.... they also are not a board for beginners IMO. In order to get a good running EVGA board overclocked or not it takes allot of tweaking!

Well, I had two ASUS boards.

1- M3A32-MVP Deluxe 790FX Chipset and SB600: Great board man, the Phenom I's lacked the overclock ability the Phenom II's had but definitely a very solid board.
2-M3A79-T Deluxe 790FX Chipset and SB750: This board was pretty much the same as the above except it had Advanced Clock Calibration. I was able to do 3.6 GHz on my Phenom 9850 but my noobness (first real overclock) caused the CPU to go "POOF". Overall my experience with ASUS was great.

As far as EVGA, I have the X58 3X SLI E758. I love this board to death. Even for an X58 board it was fairly simple. Just took getting used to the new settings from the new platform. I can vouch for EVGA and the customer service is 2nd to none.


Now, back on topic. I still can't believe how good my temps are on the factory Corsair fan

 

[OVRKIL]

Final install pics oh my H50....CP you've alrdy seen these in the 690 II thread...the last pic is my socket 478 beast!