Corsair Hydro Series H90

[LAN_deRf_HA]

This is our first cooling review in a long time. Feedback please.

It would be nice seeing preapplied paste vs a preferred enthusiast paste. This would be a unique feature to the reviews and would be interesting to see because lately I've been seeing more people unable to match the temps of stock paste. I presume this is because stock paste has gotten better, but I'm also suspicious of the ideal thin layer application being hard to replicate.

I totally agree with this... I always prefer to utilize the already existing hardware controls in place rather than adding another software (that is again prone to bugs) and it runs on the background...

I am actually eyeing at this one (or the H60 '13 edition) once it will be available locally...

By the way, it would also be good to try this H90 in a dual fan (SP140 maybe?) setup and see how the temps go...



Oh crap, where's the post before me? I thought I had that quoted...

I deleted it because I thought it was a little harsh to post here as it was unrelated to the review and more of a complaint against Corsair and poor design in general.


Anyone know the release date?

 

[silapakorn]

Should compare with Noctua NH-D14: an air cooler that is arguably better than h100.

 

[fullinfusion]

It would be nice seeing preapplied paste vs a preferred enthusiast paste. This would be a unique feature to the reviews and would be interesting to see because lately I've been seeing more people unable to match the temps of stock paste. I presume this is because stock paste has gotten better, but I'm also suspicious of the ideal thin layer application being hard to replicate.




I deleted it because I thought it was a little harsh to post here as it was unrelated to the review and more of a complaint against Corsair and poor design in general.


Anyone know the release date?

Corsair water cooling is good and customer service is top notch if you get the rite number ! It all depends on your cooler orientation and fan's your using.

 

[badtaylorx]

if the temps on hw monitor made any sense i think an AMD FX 8350 may be a really good choice for a thermal solution testbed... its pretty hot, o/cs well, and temps scale pretty well too...

anywho, what i really wanted to say is that i think comparing this to the H/70/80/80i could have been a better choice...

 

[fullinfusion]

if the temps on hw monitor made any sense i think an AMD FX 8350 may be a really good choice for a thermal solution testbed... its pretty hot, o/cs well, and temps scale pretty well too...

anywho, what i really wanted to say is that i think comparing this to the H/70/80/80i could have been a better choice...

Na the H90 is the better choice! been there, done that!

 

[LAN_deRf_HA]

Corsair water cooling is good and customer service is top notch if you get the rite number ! It all depends on your cooler orientation and fan's your using.

You do realize your comment can't possibly be on the mark when we're referring to a deleted post...

 

[erixx]

Nice to see this.

I only miss a temp bench with the same fan for all tested coolers, many swap fans, don't we...?

 

[tacosRcool]

Awesome review! Maybe you guys could have used an AMD system since they overclock well at higher clock speeds

 

[stupido]

+1 to the request to change stock fans with other fans (can show how good the radiator is + noise difference);
also at least one high end air cooler + 1 mid end cooler...

 

[Scrizz]

I think it is best to use stock config when comparing different cooling solutions at stock.
Using different fans would be good for a separate review that compares stock fans to certain aftermarket ones.

LGA2011 is fine. I can't complain just because the reviewer uses a different system than my own.
I'm running 1366.

what matters is that the same system be used for all the tests

 

[fullinfusion]

You do realize your comment can't possibly be on the mark when we're referring to a deleted post...

And?

 

[BarbaricSoul]

Personally, I would have liked to see this compared to more closed-loop coolers. I'd like to know just how much advantage a H90 would give compared to my H60 with push/pull fans.

 

[xbit]

Nice review crazyeyesreaper!!!
It is too bad that Corsair did not include the Link support with this cooler It is a nice feature to have.
I am personally okay with you testing the coolers with LGA2011. Hopefully you have some more coolers lined-up to test so we can start seeing more comparisons than just the ones listed in your charts.

Only guessing, but I would think the reason for this new product lacking Corsair Link support is due to all the issues w/ the h100i software.

My h100i is currently being shipped and I'm not sure what to do once I get it :|

 

[ChristTheGreat]

Anyone knows what bearing the fan use?

 

[DRDNA]

Review looked great! I wouldn't change a thing.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

Anyone knows what bearing the fan use?

Probably double ball.

 

[ChristTheGreat]

AS long as it's not a sleeved bearing, those fan always die when you put them horizontally :/

I'll see with corsair, this might replace my CNPS10x

 

[evenath]

Nice review, i currently have the H55 and i'm pretty pleased with it.

it manages to keep my A10-6800K OC @ 5Gh 1.5V, the iGPU @ 1020Mhz and NB @ 2000Mhz 1.4V at 62 C full load with ambient temp 26 C. i changed the default fan with an artic cooling F12 PWM (7 USD at Amazon) which is quieter and i barely can notice the fan running.