Corsair H100i with Sabertooth Z87 and i7-4770K

Troof2Troof · Sep 11, 2013

Hi All,

So The rest of parts will be here tomorrow. I was looking at my motherboard (sabertooth z87) and cooler (H100i) and I noticed there are two kinds of standoff screws. One set (according to the h100i manual) are for LGA 115/1156 and the other is for LGA 2011. Does anyone know which set to use with the LGA 1150 (i7-4770K) that I'm getting?

redeemer · Sep 11, 2013

1155 and 1150 have the same mounting

bryonhowley · Sep 11, 2013

As said above you would use the ones for 1155. I had the H100i cooling my i5 3570K rig I built in January but it went south a few days ago when the pump went out and the rgb light went out on it several month ago. Personally I would no longer recommend that kit myself. I just got a XSPC Raystorm 750 EX360 Extreme Universal CPU Water Cooling Kit and so far I really like it much better than any of the sealed units I have had http://www.frozencpu.com/products/21236/ex-wat-271/XSPC_Raystorm_750_EX360_Extreme_Universal_CPU_Water_Cooling_Kit_New_Rev_4_Pump_Included_w_Free_Dead-Water.html?tl=c83s137b49 .

Troof2Troof · Sep 11, 2013

bryonhowley :

Yea I hear ya, the more I read about the H100i the more I see bad reviews (It would be devastating to have it leak all over your system). I'm debating not even using it but I'm not sure. I think the default cooler that comes with the intel chip could be ok if I wasn't going to over clock it. I think I'll just secure the tubes with little cable ties to be safe.

Troof2Troof · Sep 14, 2013

Hi, thanks for all the info. I completed the build and it's running awesome. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped me!

Intel Core i7-4770K (OC'd to 4.5Ghz, 1.20v)
Asus Sabertooth Z87
EVGA GeForce GTX780 SuperClocked w/EVGA ACX Cooler (Plan on SLI when price drops)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (8GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL9 @1.5V
NZXT Phantom 410 (140mm front intake, 120mm side intake, 120mm back exhaust)
Corsair H100i (2x 120mm fans on top as an exhaust)
Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1000W 80 PLUS Gold
Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB SATA 6Gbps SSD (Windows)
Seagate Baracuda 1TB 7200RPM HDD (Games/Storage)
Crappy DVD Burner

jr_diablo · Sep 16, 2013

I have the Asus Sabertooth z87 motherboard and the H100i as well.
The mounting bracket for the back of the motherboard didnt fit into the board at all.
The pins where way off. Do you even need the mounting bracket for a 1150 board?

How did you get the H100i to mount into the Sabertooth z87 board?

jimthenagual · Sep 16, 2013

jr_diablo :

The pins on the mounting bracket actually slide to different positions, you can stretch them out or squeeze them in tighter.

jr_diablo · Sep 16, 2013

Ahhhh that explains it. I dont have the H100i with me right now, but I did just see an image of the bracket on the Corsair website.
It does appear that the pins will slide.

Holding the actual bracket in my hand earlier today though, I could have sworn they were fixed. It just appeared that way.

Thanks for your quick reply.

First time builder here. Never built anything this technical before. Ive told people that I am building a computer, and they think it is magic..lol

Asus Sabertooth z87
i7-4770k
H100i
Corsair 600T case
Samsun 250 gb SSD
Asus GTX 680
win 7 64

http://www.corsair.com/en/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/c/w/cw_8960010.png

socialassassin · Sep 16, 2013

One thing they don't mention in the manual is you have to orient the backplate properly. One edge has a slight cutout on it and that has to go towards the top of the case. Just a heads up.

jr_diablo · Sep 16, 2013

The bracket on the right:
http://www.corsair.com/en/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/c/w/cw_8960010.png

I see a cut out in the frame. I assume it is showing the way you say to mount it.

socialassassin · Sep 16, 2013

You got it. It's super easy to miss if you don't know to look for it though.

Troof2Troof · Sep 16, 2013

It might be nice to point out that when you initially mount the bracket it seems loose. After installing the corsair cooler, it will tighten it up

jr_diablo · Sep 16, 2013

Let me ask this.....I want to test boot the motherboard with the cpu installed.

Do you recommend having the H100i cpu cooler installed before I do this?

Troof2Troof · Sep 16, 2013

jr_diablo :

I hooked it up first, then booted. It was fine. I would think it's not a good idea to boot it up without some kind of cooler...

Drakkozoid · Dec 9, 2013

"Crappy DVD burner"

LOL

Troof2Troof :

Hi, thanks for all the info. I completed the build and it's running awesome. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped me!

Intel Core i7-4770K (OC'd to 4.5Ghz, 1.20v)
Asus Sabertooth Z87
EVGA GeForce GTX780 SuperClocked w/EVGA ACX Cooler (Plan on SLI when price drops)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (8GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL9 @1.5V
NZXT Phantom 410 (140mm front intake, 120mm side intake, 120mm back exhaust)
Corsair H100i (2x 120mm fans on top as an exhaust)
Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1000W 80 PLUS Gold
Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB SATA 6Gbps SSD (Windows)
Seagate Baracuda 1TB 7200RPM HDD (Games/Storage)
Crappy DVD Burner

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