not sure exactly what points we are making anymore. if you're saying that chips today run hotter i don't think that is correct. the p ee 840 had a tcase of 69.8 C, a core i7-970 had a slightly lower tcase. am i missing something here? if ur 920 is running @65 C with 1.4 volts going through it, and a pentium 840 is running the same temp with the same volts regardless of speed, then they should be putting out the same heat... giant kiwi said his h70 was barely handling his chip, and my point is i cant imagine a single rad, even in a closed loop out of the box kit like the corsair, cant handle it...sure, its not as efficient as a custom wc loop, but every site that tests these things rates them pretty high. and yes, i can see how twice the rad size and thicker rads will improve the efficiency of the cooler, but are the real limitations of the whole system based on the h50/h70 not handling it or are there other things in kiwi's setup that are causing his h70 to barely handle it, and to that i still say i cant imagine that it's the fault of the h70...not that an h100 wont help although i bet it would be miniscule and not worth the extra... but hey, i could be wrong...i just think we get sucked in to a little marketing at times, and at around a 30% price increase, is the h100 going to provide that much more efficiency in cooling or even close to that? i doubt it...
think it's a lot of people who build computers nowdays aren't really builders.. they are afraid to take apart their video cards much less lap xD I remember having my 8800gtx and 260 apart on the evga forums, along with redoing sinks on the 680i, there was a lot of builders back then who rma everything cause they were just scared to do what needed to be done, stock the parts are slapped together by a ape, if they only knew what was under those sinks- shiney on the outside.. black cherry on the inside but they're too scared to look! it's the same today as it was back then.. only things are a lot more efficient- nvidia cards are still ridiculous under their sinks.. anyone who doesn't take the time to re-do them is gambling imo don't get me started on the smart bios overclocking the thing that worries be about die shrink is soon the interconnects will be so close, electromigration may be a real issue when pushing more voltage.. intel keeps surprising with it's chips though
Well it should provide 25-50% more cooling really, just like as I saw moving my CPU and GPU onto a RX360. So it's not hype. Although, its a 240 slim rad, so it'll be intertested to see if this cools better than a H70, with its double thickness 120 rad
I wouldn't touch the H100... if I ever go for water it'll either be a custom loop or one of the XSPC kits. Granted £130 is quite a bit more expensive for a 240mm rad setup, but it should destroy the H100 in cooling performance.
Yeah, I think this thread got cross wired somewhere on the last page. I agree with you in that modern CPUs run cooler but not really by much up until Sandys and that's only due to lower power requirements. There are contributing factors to varying temperatures with Hxx series coolers as you rightly said. For one, the configuration of the rad itself. Intake or exhaust. Corsair recommend intake method but I get better results with exhaust. The chassis used is a huge factor as is the airflow through it. It took me a while but I'm running @ 4.4ghz 24/7 and at full stress load, just tip over 80c which is acceptable. My interest in the h100 would be if I can keep my configuration the same and shave x amount of degrees c off my load temps. It should do that with it's double rad and improved pump and that's the deal maker/breaker for me. It means I can maintain my CPU life for longer, or maybe push up to 4.6ghz and keep the temps at 80c. At the moment, I can't do that with h70. I can't be arsed messing around with a custom loop. A it's expensive, and B, if anything can go wrong, believe you me, it does when I'm involved. I'm looking forward to a thorough review soon though.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CWC...7HMS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310775399&sr=8-1 cheaper than scan + free delivery.
yeah always liked that feat from this forum. just check the product pricing between SCAN and Amazon, a whole £10 cheaper. win
The price for the H100 is actually good, it's £5 more than the H80. The H80 is priced at £75 I believe.
Here is where i had one preorderd but cancelled as i was impatient and brought the H60....for now. cheapest i have found!! http://www.dabs.com/products/corsair-memory-cooling-hydro-series-h100-high-performance-cpu-cooler-7JSN.html?q=H100
quick question, im looking to put a i2500k in a msi p67 53 b3 in a nzxt phantom. What would you recommend, a H60, H80 or a H100? Would they all fit? *excuse the noob questions*
Not at all, Corsair's closed watercooling units perform on par with the top end of the aircooling spectrum and the only thing that will trouble even mid-range air coolers are heavily overclocked 1366s.
Does the h100 have exchangeable fans ? As it has a fan controller on it ? It's a defo deal breaker if you cant change the fans
http://www.corsair.com/cooling/hydr...00-extreme-performance-liquid-cpu-cooler.html Look at the first picture, it has fan connectors for 4 fans... Although it doesn't specify the max output for the controller or the fans power draw, so it's hard to say if it'll support ones like Gentle Typhoons...
