Hardware Corsair Hydro H50 CPU Cooler Review

My post above yours is the Asetek LCLC

Asetek rebranded it too NorthQ Siberian Tiger when they stopped making the Asetek DIY watercooling kits.

 

But its not very good seriously??

 

Ok here is the Custom PC Siberian Tiger review... Also getting a poor review. but its not the LCLC one I was looking for.

http://www.custompc.co.uk/labs/192201/northq-nq-3580-siberian-tiger.html

 

I'll ask Corsair for comment.

 

Here is the Asetek LCLC first look , back from 2006 before they renamed it too NorthQ.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/388

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Cheers mate.

Would you consider this flow on my PC adequate to produce the LGA775 results or something more like the AMD results.

Asetek LCLC with Push Pull 120mm fans @ 1500rpm
Front 120mm Exhaust 120mm 1000rpm
Bottom 80mm Pulling in cool Air
Top 80mm Exhausting Air
Side 120mm 1200rpm Pulling in Air
Good cable management

It could quite simply be that I was getting results more like AMD due to poor case air flow.

As you have said though the kit is very well made. If I could find a double slot rad version which performed even better it seriously would be a good bit of kit. I know there is a double available for the NorthQ Siberian Tiger.

 

http://www.custompc.co.uk/labs/192201/northq_nq3580_siberian_tiger.html

Quote" Verdict: Three times the price of a good HSF, and worse at cooling."

 

I can't find the review but there was one that got varying results between Motherboards and they found out that it was due to the mounting pressure of the plastic quick clips on the lga775 mount for the WaterBlock/Pump.




Or i should say it was a case of a lack of mounting pressure

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Not sure how the mounting system would work with a bolt through kit. It was a little tricky.

 

I see Copper, I see Aluminium, I can SEE problems!!!!

 

I had mine for 1 year before I took it off and it was still going strong. There is no question of the quality of the product. Its the cooling that has me interested. Have I got rid of something that was perfectly good and just needed a little re-arranging of my case air flow.

 

Hi all, Gareth here from Corsair to answer a few questions.

The H50 is indeed based on the Asetek LCLC, but we worked with Asetek for some considerable amount of time before we agreed on the final design.

There have been many revisions of the LCLC since it launched, primarily focusing on the pump / cold plate unit. The Corsair H50 uses a new version of the pump / cold plate, and this is what gives it the extra performance. Older revisions of the LCLC do not offer nearly the same performance, and we tested several recent revisions.

Here's an image of the cold plate of an older LCLC (in this case a NorthQ) and the H50. As you can see, the cold plate design is quite different.



These are some comparative results from a test system I have set up here. The chassis was a fairly compact midi-tower, so overall the numbers for all three will be a bit higher than you'd see in a larger / more typical chassis. The 'LCLC' was set up in the same way as the H50, and I even used the H50's fan and CPU mounting bracket for it.

 

Thanks for putting us straight

Any plans on a bigger Radiator and more Blocks for the NorthBridge or Graphics card ?

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Adding blocks would be asking for trouble. As might adding a larger rad. No, I think this little baby does what it's meant to and nothing more. Which is fine for 50GBP

 

The H50 is a CPU cooler and the aim was to provide a higher-performance alternative to a high-end HSF, for a similar price. Spawning more blocks and adding a larger rad would price it out of that segment, and put it more into traditional water-cooling territory.

We are obviously looking at ways to expand our range of cooling products though.

 

Nice one B1ackbeard. As said in my previous posts the LCLC quality was great!

Seriously considering one of these now.

Thanks for the rapid response.

 

That would be great, I was looking at ordering one in about a week. Let me know how it works out for you and how you ended up mounting it (what case you have?).

 

Also on a side note, having looked at the comparison photo's you can see in the one on the left (the LCLC) why I lapped mine. It is not a smooth surface. The new H50 looks to have a perfectly flat copper surface which is nice.

 

Thanks

 

Quick technical question. Does the orientation of the rad or CPU block matter much? eg, if the rad was mounted on the roof and the block was mounted with the pipes connected at the top. Thanks.

I look forwards to a verion for GFX cards. That would arguably be even more usefull!