Corsair iCUE H150i Elite LCD XT 360 mm AIO

[crazyeyesreaper]

I do believe that TPU's ratings are flawed. How is this an editor's choice? I also saw the new MSI router (@450 CAD) as great value as well.

You would be surprised how many people actually like the AIOs with built in displays. Obviously if they were not popular MSI / ASUS / Thermaltake / Corsair would not be producing them. That said out of all the units I have tested or used in builds locally the Corsair has the cleanest looking LCD panel both in terms of resolution, brightness and overall quality. The fact the entire LCD can easily be removed for an easier install giving more room to work with etc. Makes it the best of the bunch thus far. Therefore yeah its an editors choice. If someone is looking to buy an LCD equipped AIO then I would entirely recommend the Corsair hands down. It performed the best in regards to cooling / the display was fantastic and it functions as intended. It is the best of the bunch. However, that doesn't mean its tailored to your tastes. Just like an RTX 4090 likely isn't to your taste either be it price to performance etc. As they say different strokes different folks.

Any chance you'll be covering the LT720 anytime soon?
I do plan on getting one and proly will do before a review could be even done but still

I do i have one on hand but I got other samples ahead but its on the review docket.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Clear pc windows will be showing cartoons and fish tank animations soon seeing kids just like to gaze into them so much

Hope their retina isn't hurt by the rgb

I do believe that TPU's ratings are flawed. How is this an editor's choice? I also saw the new MSI router (@450 CAD) as great value as well.

He side stepped that question but editors choice is all about google search rating buddy

 

[Tomorrow]

Hi,
Okay yeah I'd rather use my backup battery features and if I really want to see what's being pulled out the wall just glance at my kill-a-watt ez display

In the os hwinfo64 shows quite a bit.

That does not mean that PSU's cant be more digital. It is as if other components moved to digital but PSU's are still analog.
Most people dont have kill-a-watt or UPS to see these numbers.

In fact aside from iCUE there is no way to digitally even know what maker/model PSU is in the machine. Imagine if the same was true for CPU or GPU where you have to disassemble the PC (at least partially) to see what it is.

Im not saying that im a fan of the software most manufacturers use. Im just saying that PSU's should be more digital so a user could monitor it's stats. Preferably trough some low lever standard not proprietary software.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

It's mostly due to it being pretty bad for most people... I've heard that using 3 or less devices it's totally fine, but any more and it starts getting worse. I think of it much better than any motherboard software, but still has too many flaws to be "good" software.

I'm a big Razer fan, with a lot of Razer peripherals, but what you described here sounds exactly like Synapse 3 and something that happened to me. Couple months ago I bought Razer's Chroma ARGB controller box to control the 6 Be Quiet! Light Wings fans in my case through Synapse and....holy crap the lag that was introduced! You figure, I use a Razer mouse, keyboard, headphones, and sometimes their Firefly V2, that's 4 devices right there, but then you add the six case fans - that's 10 things that Synapse has to control! At one point I was wondering if I needed 32GBs of RAM to be able to avoid the severe lag when tinkering in Chroma Studio, lol.

In the end, I ended up just going back to using the case's pre-installed hub. Also, did I mention that Razer hub uses MOLEX?!

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

I'm a big Razer fan, with a lot of Razer peripherals, but what you described here sounds exactly like Synapse 3 and something that happened to me. Couple months ago I bought Razer's Chroma ARGB controller box to control the 6 Be Quiet! Light Wings fans in my case through Synapse and....holy crap the lag that was introduced! You figure, I use a Razer mouse, keyboard, headphones, and sometimes their Firefly V2, that's 4 devices right there, but then you add the six case fans - that's 10 things that Synapse has to control! At one point I was wondering if I needed 32GBs of RAM to be able to avoid the severe lag when tinkering in Chroma Studio, lol.

In the end, I ended up just going back to using the case's pre-installed hub. Also, did I mention that Razer hub uses MOLEX?!

Technically molex can provide more power than SATA just FYI i think its something like 50 to 55 watts via SATA and up to somewhere around 100-130 for Molex? I may be wrong but that is what I remember realistically I don't think either connector could withstand that much juice, but Typically Molex provides more power.

 

[Tomorrow]

Technically molex can provide more power than SATA just FYI i think its something like 50 to 55 watts via SATA and up to somewhere around 100-130 for Molex? I may be wrong but that is what I remember realistically I don't think either connector could withstand that much juice, but Typically Molex provides more power.

Or they could use two SATA connectors if one is not enough...

 

[kapone32]

That does not mean that PSU's cant be more digital. It is as if other components moved to digital but PSU's are still analog.
Most people dont have kill-a-watt or UPS to see these numbers.

In fact aside from iCUE there is no way to digitally even know what maker/model PSU is in the machine. Imagine if the same was true for CPU or GPU where you have to disassemble the PC (at least partially) to see what it is.

Im not saying that im a fan of the software most manufacturers use. Im just saying that PSU's should be more digital so a user could monitor it's stats. Preferably trough some low lever standard not proprietary software.

Digital or just adding a USB header and then wiring sensors to it for heat and fan speed. I do believe that Asus might also have one but I am not sure. Funnily that means that the PSU can be seen in HWInfo64 but you won't get to control the fan speeds without ICue or the other software package that came before it.

 

[thegnome]

I'm a big Razer fan, with a lot of Razer peripherals, but what you described here sounds exactly like Synapse 3 and something that happened to me. Couple months ago I bought Razer's Chroma ARGB controller box to control the 6 Be Quiet! Light Wings fans in my case through Synapse and....holy crap the lag that was introduced! You figure, I use a Razer mouse, keyboard, headphones, and sometimes their Firefly V2, that's 4 devices right there, but then you add the six case fans - that's 10 things that Synapse has to control! At one point I was wondering if I needed 32GBs of RAM to be able to avoid the severe lag when tinkering in Chroma Studio, lol.

In the end, I ended up just going back to using the case's pre-installed hub. Also, did I mention that Razer hub uses MOLEX?!

Yup, that's the whole problem will all RGB these days... Once you get a whole number of items things start going to hell.. Personally I use SignalRGB, and that just uses 5-10% cpu for my rgb. Seriously considering to go ITX next build and skip RGB. Would probably be much better for my power costs anyways.

 

[DemonicRyzen666]

Why not run Prime95 & y-cruncher?
They stress the cpu better than blender can.

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

Why not run Prime95 & y-cruncher?
They stress the cpu better than blender can.

AIDA64 FPU test does the same thing and produces more heat. Blender serves as a real world workload that users are likely to encounter most people dont run Y-cruncher or Prime95 as a fun thing to do during the day. So Blender fills the roll of people actually use this. Meanwhile AIDA64 stressing the FPU pretty much pegs the power consumption to an absurd degree, but it also allows for monitoring of pretty much every aspect of the system without needing run even more software thereby simplifying the testing process.

 

[VulkanBros]

Hi,
I can't think of one reason other than rgb control you'd need icue for a psu, and rgb on a psu is just whack

Ehhh....no RGB on that PSU.
I use it to monitor and create temperature profiles

 

[MrNobodyHD]

garbage, just garbage I ordered one and it was dead on arival, pump was dead. tried RMA and got absolutly nothing, garbage product and garbage support. overpriced trash with a LCD screen is all it is.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Corsair support can be slow to respond for sure.

 

[thegnome]

garbage, just garbage I ordered one and it was dead on arival, pump was dead. tried RMA and got absolutly nothing, garbage product and garbage support. overpriced trash with a LCD screen is all it is.

Couldn't you just send it back? I wouldn't RMA anything if it's doa, just return it to the store, ask for your money back and tell them it's broken. I think it's even a law in the EU for them to take it back along with giving you back money.

 

[Avro Arrow]

You're mostly paying for aesthetic. Even with GPU's there isn't ever much actual gain relative to the often large price premium AiO GPU's command.

I do believe that you've hit the nail square on the head with that post.

But seriously, I don't think it's right to say that AIOs offer no benefit whatsoever.

Yeah, I probably could've worded that better. All I meant is that for most people's use cases (like gaming performance), they're just not worth the cost when it comes to performance because they don't increase gaming performance whatsoever (except in very specific and/or extreme cases).

I mean, sure, if you have an FX-9590, an i7-13700K or (especially) an i9-13900K, then an AIO is pretty much a requirement as those cards can draw >250W. The more power that gets drawn results in more heat being generated and those three CPUs are just insane with how much heat they put out. For the people crazy enough to get one of those three CPUs, there's no question that an AIO would offer tremendous benefit. For everyone else though, it's like you and Ando pointed out, it's primarily about aesthetic and I totally get that because they do look pretty damn sweet. I can also appreciate the AIOs that have the CPU's temperature displayed on the heat sink display which can definitely be valuable information.

As for the noise... well, I'm sure that it matters to some people but I've never noticed my air coolers' fans. I have always had 120mm case fans because I'm a big proponent of maximum case air-flow. Right now, in my Ultra U12-40670, I have five 120mm Cooler Master Sickle-Flow case fans. The sound of my Wraith Spire either gets completely drowned out or just becomes a part of the sound made by the case fans. Over the past few years I moved away from using my desktop at a desk and instead have it hooked up to the main TV in my living room. I also have the audio outputting to my home theatre system. As a result, my PC is always about 20' away from me which would mitigate the noise it makes.

It doesn't matter though because gaming on a 55" 4K TV with a 5.1 home theatre surround system renders any noise made by PC fans 100% moot.

That's my definition of GLORIOUS!