Official Corsair Hydro Series Club - Page 2066

I few posts ago I showed a picture of my H100 with the SP120 High Performance fans installed. They are moderately loud and, as I mentioned, cannot be controlled by the H80/100 block. The stock fans specs are better, but the high profile on the H100 is really overkill unless you are running very high clock or producing a ton of heat. In 100F weather the difference in temps between high and medium with the stock fans on my 2600k @ 4.3ghz was about 2C.

I have a corsair h80 installed in my 1090T. Running at stock at the moment. It is winter here at our country, when idle I get 13c and when full load I get 20c as the highest. I even get 9c during morning when I start my pc.


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I'm not sure of prices in Australia ... and if your keeping your 600T for compatability to top mount the H100 ... beg, borrow or steel the now $10 difference (USA) for the H100 over the H80. The H100 doesn't really out perform the H80 by that much for the average overclocker, but it is quieter and IMO a much tidier/cleaner installation if your case will accept a top-mount installation. I think you will find the stock fans more than adequate even in a non-push/pull configuration. HERE is a nice review comparing the 2 in several different configurations

Actually the H100 fans are excellent fans. Very high static pressure ( At 1300 RPM, 1.6 mm/H20 22dBA, at 2600 RPM, 7.7mm/H20 39dBA). As you can see their specs are quite good. Some people complain that they are noisy, but at their lowest RPM setting they are only 22dBA but still perform well. I would suggest trying them before you decide to replace them. The only thing I don't like about them is they are 3-pin (as most fans are). I prefer 4-pin, which is what I am using now (4-pin PWM). I use a PWM splitter and plug them into the motherboard CPU_FAN header so the motherboard can control the RPM of the fans. This makes them very quiet at low RPM. I'm using Scythe Slip Stream 1900 RPM PWM fans right now, but they are not the best fans for a rad. If you want quiet, you can use the H100 on its low range. Personally I prefer using the motherboard because it can control fans through their entire range, not just a portion of it. Of course, you could always use a fan controller if you preferred.

Some people in the Corsair Graphite thread have been trying the new Corsair fans with the H100 (and other coolers). No one has really mentioned performance though.

http://www.overclock.net/t/831636/official-corsair-graphite-club

The H80 is also an excellent cooler, only a couple of degrees off from the H100. I usually recommend people purchase whichever one fits in their case the best because they both perform so close to each other. The H80 fans are basically the same fans as used in the H100. I would still be using the stock H100 fans myself if they were PWM.

Both units look great installed, and both use the same fans so should be at the same noise level. I have the same case you have and have used the H70 and the H100 in my case. Both performed very well, and both looked pretty sweet. Look through the Graphite thread and you will see lots of 600Ts using both coolers. Search the thread for H100 and H80 and you should see a lot of great builds.

Why can't they be controlled by the H80/100 block? Any 3-pin or 4-pin fan can be controlled by those blocks as long as they don't draw too much power. If you're having a problem I would suggest contacting Corsair. They should be controllable on those blocks, especially considering they are Corsair fans. I would return any fans that were not controllable, but more likely I would contact Corsair for an explanation before deciding on returning the fans or the cooler.

You can't get lower than ambient. Is it really that cold in your room? Room temp is like 22c. Have you no furnace? 20c under full load? Must not be much of a load. Is your computer outside?

I will be soon setting up my rig in an air conditioned room. A window AC unit will be blowing air into my H60 Rad for super nice temps. Probably gonna do it sometime this week. Waiting on AT&T to ship the self install package for my interwebs.

Thanks, but its definitely not a fault with my unit. I did my research before buying the fans, so I knew it wouldn't work going in. Its been covered over and over again in the Corsair Forums and confirmed by Corsair Representatives. The way the controller is designed makes it incompatible with many fans. It is incredibly shortsighted of Corsair not to make sure these fans worked with some of their own products, but that's beyond our control.

Here are a few of the posts where Corsair has explicitly said the fan controller will only run the SP120s at 100%:

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showpost.php?p=586719&postcount=2

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showpost.php?p=584426&postcount=10

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showpost.php?p=584453&postcount=4

Can anyone post if they had the cooler for more than 2 years. Does it still run? Or less?

I've had my H60 since April '11. It kept my HTPC quiet for 6 months or so and then I transferred it to my sig rig. No problems. Just a complaint of having such a stiff tubing is all I got. It literally flung itself out of my hand once caused a fin to get bent in the process.