I know the H80 and H100 are fairly new, but I was wondering what their life exceptancy was. Yes, I know it depends on which socket I am using and what is coming out, but I would love to know if they are worth having around for awhile. Like 2 years or so.
well, they do use pretty cheap pumps, some people have'nt had probs, others have. I prefer a large heatsink, if i'm not going custom loop. by large, I mean silver arrow sb-e or noctua nh-d14 large.....
woth a closed-loop, if your pump fails, then ur cpu is fried.... if the fans on a heatsink fail, it will still have some heat dispersion, enough to safely shut down the computer....
Interesting. So, how long would they last with a good pump?
I'm pretty sure corsair adressed some of the issues with the hXXX series rads with the hXXXi revision, good luck getting one though they're selling like hotcakes.
It's sad that they made the fans weaker on the HXXXi editions. I am sure that is not an issues at all, but still sad to see.
I have owned my H50 for about a year and eight months, and I haven't had any issues, and my temps haven't changed one bit. There have been times where I noticed that the Radiator was covered in dust, and still no issues. So I have faith in Corsair.
well, like I said, some people have probs, some don't.
Gruuj, corsair is know for their high quality parts, and by "some people having issues" isn't a reason not to get it. There are always bad apples among the thousands of parts they produce, commissar says "he prefers" but he has absolutely 0% experience with any sort of desktop hardware. The H80 is a great self contained loop and cools really well, we have a system using the H80 to cool a 2500k OC stable at 4.7ghz. From my hands on experience I find them to be a great product thus far, easy install, and the performance is what you would expect from corsair. We have had that H80 and that OC running for about a year now with no real issues.
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Above H80, Below H60
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From what I've seen, the H100i actually cools between 7 and 10 degrees better than the H100.
In the last 5 builds i have done, all of them had corsair hydro series. My current build and my old one have h60's. I have not had a single problem with any of them and neither have any of the people I have done builds for. If anything does go wrong, corsair has an great warranty service and they will take care of you.
My current rig is running a 3570k at 4.6ghz stable and it stays about 64C when under prime 95, all being cooled under a H60 in push/pull. Have not had one system crash.
Once you go water cooling you never look back, even if it is just cooling the CPU
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Corsair's hydro series barely qualifies as liquid cooling. A Noctua NH-D14 and many other air coolers can easily outperform an H60.
Even if it barely qualifies it still is liquid cooling. Of course the NH-d14 is going to out perform it. You have 3x120mm High SP fans, with two large heat sinks towers which have more surface area combined not to mention all of those heat pipes. So yes obviously.. its going to out perform the h60.
My point is that your whole "once you go water cooling, you never go back" philosophy is flawed. There are many air coolers on the market that can outperform the close loop water cooling solutions, and they're often less expensive. The Cooler Master V6 GT would outperform an H60 and it would cost you less money as well. The only closed loop system that might be worth it at this point is the Corsair H100i, and if you spent a tiny bit more you could get an XSPC water cooling kit which would perform worlds better anyway.
The only reason to get a closed loop system right now is if you're trying to fit a small form factor or if you simply just don't want to learn how to water cool a system correctly (in which case you should really just stick to air cooling anyway unless you want to drop the money on an H100i).
Doubleagent214: Just ignore Vortex. He is right there are great air coolers on the market however but thats about the h60. To answer your question however, the h80 and the h100 do a great job cooling the cpu. Corsair makes high quality components for computers and if they do go bad they have a great warranty service. You can always get better high static pressure fans to increase performance as well. The water loops will last you quite a while until you decide to upgrade. If you decide to upgrade, your motherboard may require new mounting brackets that you may not have. Hope this helps. Remember its what you want not what someone wants you to get.
Who said I was just talking about the h60 when I said "Once you go water cooling you never go back". Finally, I came here to help provide feedback to a situation not have a debate. If your not going to help out the question directly and instead just criticize other people's post, dont post at all.