Corsair Hydro Series H50 Cooling Club

[Chicken Patty]

I bought also some 6/32 x 2". They go through a 25mm fan, the wall of my torture rack and into the rad with more than enough thread left. Maybe something in between 1 1/2 and 2"??

 

[stevorob]

Yeah, definitely need something along the lines of 1 3/4" screws to mount the 38mm fans.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Yep I'd have to agree.

 

[stevorob]

This thread needs moar pics!

 

[Chicken Patty]

I'll have some later this week. I just ordered my Sunbeam PCI Wherever Rack to mount my H50 to my torture rack. We'll see how that turns out

 

[stevorob]

Sounds good.

I'm thinking of ordering the technofront air box from frozenCPU to see if that will lower temps since it will spread out the airflow and remove the dead spot from the front fan in the rad.

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9205/cpa-282/Tecnofront_AirBox_120_-_Acrylic_.html

 

[Chicken Patty]

Hmm, I had forgotten all about those. They are rather nice . Get us some pics if you end up ordering it

 

[pjladyfox]

How are you finding those P-12's? Can't get another Thermalright to match the one was using on my Xiggy, but have 2 P-12's on hand.

I'm liking them quite a bit actually. The pair I'm using were being used for my front intake fans and were well up to the job. The only reason I swapped over to the S-Flex fans was due to a suggestion from someone else about the noise/performance ratio compared to Noctua's; not as great mind but pretty close and cheaper. ^_^

Hopefully this weekend I'll get a chance to tear mine down and setup everything again with the new mounting bracket and paste I got. I'd really like to get my temps down to where they should be so that I do not have to worry about it for awhile. Or rather, at least until the 3.0 GHz 6-core CPU's come out from AMD and I start looking for an 890X board.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Guys, my PCI-E wherever rack should be in tomorrow, bump for some upcoming pics

 

[stevorob]

Sounds good. Lookin forward to it. Hopefully gonna be ordering the radbox this weekend. Will get some pics up when it comes

 

[Chicken Patty]

Sounds good. Lookin forward to it. Hopefully gonna be ordering the radbox this weekend. Will get some pics up when it comes

Yo, you got PM.

I'm looking forward to it as well man

 

[blkhogan]

Pulled my H50 and changed grease. Used some Thermalright "the chill factor" that I got for free with something. Anyone else ever used it? The stuff if great. Dropped my temps about 3 to 5c (was using Zalman STG1) Good temps for free shizat.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Pulled my H50 and changed grease. Used some Thermalright "the chill factor" that I got for free with something. Anyone else ever used it? The stuff if great. Dropped my temps about 3 to 5c (was using Zalman STG1) Good temps for free shizat.

Free is great! I will get around to ordering some AS5 again and try it with that. I've had the best luck with that TIM.

 

[blkhogan]

Ive been using the Zalman stuff for a few years now, been happy with it. But free and better temps? Im going to do a fresh Zalman application, something must have been off on it.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Ive been using the Zalman stuff for a few years now, been happy with it. But free and better temps? Im going to do a fresh Zalman application, something must have been off on it.

Let us know. Play with TIM, different spreads and applications can make a world of a difference bro.

 

[stevorob]

I had the stock garbage and AS5 on it when I had it on my athlon x2 4200 - AS5 definitely was way better. I have some MX2 on it now with the i5, and definitely get some great temps.

 

[Chicken Patty]

I had the stock garbage and AS5 on it when I had it on my athlon x2 4200 - AS5 definitely was way better. I have some MX2 on it now with the i5, and definitely get some great temps.

I've heard great things about the MX2 as well

 

[stevorob]

Yeah, its good stuff. Keeps my i5 nice and cool - under 60C at 4.0 running prime

 

[Chicken Patty]

Yeah, its good stuff. Keeps my i5 nice and cool - under 60C at 4.0 running prime

That sounds like a winner

 

[Chicken Patty]

Here is my load temps now with the H50 mounted on a Danger Den Torture Rack. 39ºc at the moment.

 

[stevorob]

Holy wow, 39c LOAD?

Crazy cool.

Got pics?

 

[blkhogan]

Heres my latest temps with Thermalright "the chill factor". Very impressed for a free tube of grease. 100% crunch @ about 12 hrs. CPU oc'ed from 3GHz to 3.85GHz. Will test 3.9GHz+ tonight.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Holy wow, 39c LOAD?

Crazy cool.

Got pics?

I will shortly.

Heres my latest temps with Thermalright "the chill factor". Very impressed for a free tube of grease. 100% crunch @ about 12 hrs. CPU oc'ed from 3GHz to 3.85GHz. Will test 3.9GHz+ tonight.
http://img.techpowerup.org/100306/untitled.jpg

Great temps dude, WOW!

 

[pjladyfox]

A note for those thinking about shin-etsu

This has got to be the most difficult, most fustrating, PITA thermal paste I have EVER had the displeasure of buying. I've been trying to apply this crap for the past HOUR, even going so far as to heating it up in a cup of hot water for 20 minutes, and I STILL can't get the crap to spread worth a damn.

I'm going to try the hot water trick one more time but I'm NEVER buying this crap again. On the way back home I'm going to get some MX-3 so I don't EVER have to deal with this again.

Edit (4:35pm PST): Okay, I've HAD IT with this crap. I just finished one of the two 1g tube I got and I STILL can't get this stuff to spread evenly no matter how I try. If anyone wants the other 1g tube PM me and we'll work out arrangements but I want the rest of this crap out of my sight. Now I get to drive all the way back near home to get some GOOD thermal paste and this time I'm going to pickup some MX-3 and Cooler Master Thermal Fusion 400 RG-TF4-TGU1-GP and go from there.

 

[stevorob]

I've had good luck with the mx-2. I didn't spread it, i just let the pressure of the block spread it. I hear its alot like the mx-3 though in terms of viscosity, maybe a little thinner, so it'll be way easy to spread. You should have better luck with it over what you're trying.