the H50 has really surprised me. Great review and great results.in the case it wasn't all that noticeable, even with it on top of the desk. I ball park it mid high 20's dBa for the fan, slight hum for the pump.gwolfman wrote:Interesting. How was the sound of the pump and stock fan?
Yup getting the air flow right is the key. My Ultra isn't the best flowing case in the world, but way better then most, no where near the 1200 though.Sowser wrote:I use a Domino self contained water cooler in my 1366 rig and at stock 920 speed I haven't seen idle temps higher than 36 or load temps higher than 57. That's in an Antec 1200 with pleanty of air flow and replacing the thermal paste that came already on the Domino with Arctic Silver Ceramique.
I checked with Corsair and the fan is 29.75 dB(A) at full speed. As for the water pump they tested it internally and said they room they tested it in had a noise floor of 21dBA and the pump was at 28dBA. So the pump is below the fan noise level if they remember correctly.gwolfman wrote:Interesting. How was the sound of the pump and stock fan?
Is it still able to be used? if not, what liquid is inside?
When I had the dual NF-P12's they are exhausting the air from the case, so not only is it pulling air out of the case, its pulling air across the block/pump. I'm thinking this is what helped get the better performance.KnightRid wrote:Awesome!
Curiosity - did you ever try to change the fan direction flow to the normal (out the back) ? If so, did it make a difference? 2 fans in the same config, blowing out?
I actually yelled at my monitor - NOOOOO - when I saw you took it apart
Mike
With the extra cost of the fans, it is neat to have, but it would only save a bit of noise, if any, compared to one of the high end air coolers
Similar to what? The single fan numbers or the dual fan push/pull setup?bubba wrote:I did also install the stock fan in an exhaust config, temps were very similar with only half degree difference.
Nice - really interesting that it didnt make much of a difference - hmmbubba wrote:my bad, stock single fan.
Corsair stated to us that is how they wanted it tested, it also says to reverse the flow in the directions. If a company wants their product tested a certain way that is fine by me. Doing the push/pull testing was something that Corsair did not ask for and that we did on our weeks ago. We've been working on this review for nearly two months, but it got held up to some product revisions.Major_A wrote:I'm sorry if I missed this in the article but is there a reason why Corsair is stating such stringent stipulations on how you install the unit? It goes against everything we know pulling air into the case from the rear case fans.
Yeah and many people are talking about the pros and cons of positive or negative air pressure inside a case... who knows on half of it.KnightRid wrote:I was reading somewhere online about having the back fans blow INTO the case if you have a top fan for exhaust - dunno if that would work better or not, but it does seem counter productive to me.
Mike
