Corsair H50 Liquid CPU Cooler

mpcrsc562 said:

This thread may pretty much be dead now as it seems that the OP has pretty much made up his mind -- but check this out: ECO C240 A.L.C.

Looks to put the H50 on the back burner...

That's pretty awesome. Wouldn't work in my case though, as I only have 2 140mm fans, and 2 230cm fans. Still, not a bad price...

mpcrsc562 said:

This thread may pretty much be dead now as it seems that the OP has pretty much made up his mind -- but check this out: ECO C240 A.L.C.

Looks to put the H50 on the back burner...

Well, I opted for the H50. Seems to tick all the box's. Price, space, cost and performance. Should have it for tomorrow when I will attempt to fit it, provided I get rubbing alcohol to remove the old thermal pad.

When it's installed I'll post back with my results.

Cheers again guys for all the input.

kylehimself said:

Well, I opted for the H50. Seems to tick all the box's. Price, space, cost and performance. Should have it for tomorrow when I will attempt to fit it, provided I get rubbing alcohol to remove the old thermal pad.

When it's installed I'll post back with my results.

Cheers again guys for all the input.

Congrats man. It's working great on my system. :)

So ordered the H50 from Novatech yesterday and it arrived today. Which is pretty sweet delivery for across the drink.

Getting the the stock heatsink off required a bit of tugging here and there but it came away in the end. Removing a heat sink is like making love to a beautiful woman ... Anyway, cleaned the CPU with Akasa Thermal Interface Cleaner Which had the TIM off in a flash.

Installation was easy enough. Turned out it was a bit of a squeeze in my case. Only managed to get 3 of the screws in but's secured well enough. It's tight under the PSU which worried me a bit but I think it will be fine.

I installed as instructed with the fan drawing air in. So far that seems to keep the system steady at 32C idle. Ran a few games and the highest it hit was 47C. So pretty happy given that with the warm weather the old HSF was letting it hit 40C idle and was very noisey. Lowest temp so far was 28C.

Here's a few pics (sorry about the crap phone quality)







To any of the guys who own this unit. What way do you run your fans? I've seen pics of people putting a fan either side of the radiator. If your to do this, which direction would you run them? I have an intake fan as you'll see in the pictures and I'd consider using it to double up if it would help performance. Or maybe I should make it an exhaust now that the rear is drawing air in. What do you think?