CPU Cooling Concerns

Joseph99

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Hey guys, I am going to be purchasing the Corsair H60 Hydro series CPU cooler. I have some concerns about getting a CPU water cooler, I am very scared if it will leak. What are the odds of that actually happening? If i does leak how fast will it ruin my components?And i will be OC my 4770K to around 3.9-4Ghz so I heard water cooling is the way but i just had some concerns on purchasing one.
 
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Corsair water coolers are pre sealed and tested for leaks the only water coolers you have to worry about are custom coolers that you built from scratch from my understanding.

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Corsair water coolers are pre sealed and tested for leaks the only water coolers you have to worry about are custom coolers that you built from scratch from my understanding.
 
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The Corsair CLCs are not true water cooling so you won't get nearly the performance cooling as a custom water cooling build. You don't need a H60 for an OC of 3.9 - 4Ghz. That is like nothing. Most people on average find an overclock of 4.4Ghz - 4.5Ghz.

You can buy a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO or even a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus for your small overclock. It is a heatsink and air cooled instead of water cooled but it can handle an overclock of 4.4Ghz to 4.5Ghz on a 4770K.
 

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A corsair H60 will perform about the same as a mid range air cooler. A corsair h100 will perform the same as a high performance air cooler. The chances of an all in one liquid cooler to leak is very very slim. So if you are very scared about water going everywhere, then get something like a Noctua NH-D14 if it will fit in your case as it is large.
 
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It won't leak, don't worry about it.
Especially with the H60, Corsairs newer line of AIOs feature incredibly thick tubing. It's a bit of a pain in the bum if you're like me, on an AMD socket because they're quite stiff.
You would basically have to saw at it with a knife to get a puncture.

Also I know I'm a bit of a stuck record but I seriously recommend adding another 5-10£ to your budget and getting the H80i, the radiator is twice as thick by comparison and it has some nice little other features too. Such as a logo RGB LED and the option to use the temp software Corsair Link.
 
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Should do, the advantage to 120mm radiators over their larger counterparts is their greater case compatibility. At the cost of performance ofcourse, but these dual-thick rads are pretty darn good.

Providing you don't have a motherboard with some kind of overly-eccentric VRM design it should fit a treat, and, I really don't think there are many mobos out there that have a VRM cooler that extends upwards past the height of the rear IO stuff anyway.

Edit: I just had a quick Google and from the looks of things you may have to sacrifice the top mounted fan closest to the rear, the H80i is quite the chunky monkey, and the 300R doesn't seem to have enough top-clearance for the two. It will fit, but you may or may not need to ditch that top fan.

 
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From the looks of things it seems that way. Honestly you're probably not losing much by doing so, even if there was enough space up there to add it, the 300R is such a compact case it would be more than half blocked by the radiator and its fans, infact it could even have the negative effect of competing for the air the radiator fans want.

From what I can gather, if you move it along to the second top fan mount, it will sit directly over the ram modules, allowing you to almost suck the heat straight from them and out of the case.
If you Google search '300R and H80i' a couple of people have a similar build going on that you could use as reference.
 

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Ok Thank god I have space to put it on the top closest to the back because atm I have a fan there but I can move it obviously, that won't bother me. As long as I can fit it up there. But you said don't put it in the second spot on the top of the case furthest away from the back?

 
You can replace the existing fans with slim fans. This allows a push/pull configuration of the H80i without compromising too much space. You can also mount 2 additional exhaust at the top with slim fans. They will fit.

@Mcready23: DDR3 RAM runs cool. I wouldn't worry about them generating so much heat.
 
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No no, do put it in the first top mount. Ie, the one closest to you if you were standing infront of the case. In all likely hood the radiator on the H80i will be just a bit too tall to have a fan in the top furthest to the rear. Here's an example:

v- Not enough space for this fan.
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| <- RAD ^Fan
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---------------------------------- <- Bottom of case (duh).

I used 2 'RAD' notes because it's quite large.
You will mount the H80i to the rear fan mount on the case, as shown in the diagram, with two fans on either side, in either a push or pull config. Like this:

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|| FAN/RAD/FAN
^ Case rear.
 
You can mount it on top if you want. There's no rule that says you have to mount it to the rear. But that is the scenario that @Mcready23 is talking about.

If you mount it on the top, you can put the pull fan on top of the case so you don't have FAN - RAD - FAN all inside the case. May save a bit of room.
 
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The rad goes inbetween two fans.
This is the way a H80i and most liquid cooling loops work, here's the stock image for the H80i:
http://www.corsair.com/Media/catalog/product/h/8/h80i_hero_fan.png

Note how there's a fan at the back, the radiator, and then another fan at the front. This is known as a Push Pull setup. A radiator is a means of spreading out heat across a surface, the fans then carry that heat away from it. However, radiators need some high-static pressure fans to pull (or push) the air through the fins of the radiator itself as obviously, it's not completely hollow. The ones that come with the H80 do this just fine.

A push pull setup is needed for the H80i because it's quite a thick radiator and one fan isn't ideal to get the air through it, although it does cool adequately with one, it's just not that great. Push/pull refers to the fan orientation, one fan will push air from one side through the fins of the radiator and the other will pull that air through.

You have two options with the H80i fan orientation. You can have the fans facing the rear of the case (So, the front of the fans, the bit without the wire coming out of the frame, will be facing the back), in a setup where the air moves like this:

|| -> Air comes in from the back. |RAD| -> Air gets pulled into the case, through the radiator.

Generally this will give you slightly lower temperatures because the air cooling your radiator will be coming from the fresh air outside the case. However I don't recommend this setup because it also sucks in dust/fur/ or anything else, and it's impossible to clean without completely unscrewing the radiator for cleaning.

Or, you may mount it so it grabs the air from inside the case and pushes it out the back, the fans would be mounted in the same way they are in the picture. In my opinion this not only looks better, but it doesn't expel more heat into your case and doesn't suck in dust and fur. Like this:

|| <- Air gets pulled through the rad and sent out the back. |RAD| <- Air gets pushed into the radiator, from the inside of the case.


That's generally the jist of it. As said above you can get a super slim fan if you really want that one at the top, but usually they're not very effective and I don't see much point.


 

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BTW i know the h80i has the usb connector to the motherboard but my case is connected to one of the USB 3.0 ports on my motherboard so i never really checked how much usb slots are on a motherboard. Do you know how much are on one? I have an asus Z87-A
 
The H80i's USB cable is to power the fans if they are connected to the H80i. If you connect the fans to the motherboard, then you do not need to use the USB cable.

The Asus Z87-A has 6 USB ports (4 USB 3.0, 2 USB 2.0).

Edit: you put the fans in the direction you want the air to blow in. Make sure both fans are blowing air in the SAME direction.
 
If you mount it on top, it should always be exhaust (air blowing OUT of the case). In that case, make sure the fans are blowing air upward. If you mount it to the rear, then you can use it as intake or exhaust depending on what you prefer. If you case has enough intake fans, use exhaust. If it is in dire need of intake, use it as intake.

As a pointer, the back of the fan is where you see the fan wire. That is also the side where air will enter the fan. The front side of the fan is where air will be directed out. If you still don't know, just buy the fans, give it a spin with a finger and feel which side air comes out of. It's not hard.