Interesting i7 4770k temps with H60 water cooler.

salmon789 · Jul 28, 2014

I'm getting some very substandard temperatures with my 3 month old corsair H60 water cooler. It was working a treat but a couple of days ago I tested it under stress and we hit 100c. Which is not good at all.

Having re-applied thermal paste and reset the heatsink a few times the best I can get down to is 35-43 idle and 70-85 under stress. Which I know is OK, but not for stock speeds with a water cooler.

Any ideas as to what is going on? Has my cooler already conked out?

I love spending all this money on computers...

mrmez · Jul 28, 2014

Sounds about right.
The h60 is a very basic entry lever water cooler. On par for a decent air cooler while probably quieter.

Novuake · Jul 28, 2014

The first temp is bad, but the second seems ok, just a little high.
As said above the H60 really is an overpriced hunk of metal with a bad pump, bad flow and crappy DPI radiator.

chris987 · Jul 28, 2014

yes it isnt the best but it should perform a lot better! http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Review-Corsair-Hydro-H60-CPU-Cooler-Rev-2-171/ are you sure the pump maxes out its rotation? use mobo monitoring software to increase the pump operation.! ensure pump is connected to cpu_fan mobo header!

i have h60 v2 . my results i7 3770k / 1.216v / 4.4ghz / idle 40c / load 72c (stress test max 74c for 2hrs) summer time with 27c ambient room tems

Novuake · Jul 28, 2014

chris987 :

Interesting! Think that applies to other liquid coolers? Sure would like to optimize my crappy H80.

RobCrezz · Jul 28, 2014

chris987 :

I have difference experience. I found the pump should always be connected directly to a 12v feed from the PSU and run at full speed and the Fan should be connected to the CPU_Fan header as it will be PWM speed adjusted.

chris987 · Jul 28, 2014

Novuake :

well since mobo monitoring software is inaccurate at displaying temps(tharmal radar in my case) and cpu fan(pump) auto profile usage corresponds to these false temp readings, i must use a more agressive profile to achieve good results
the difference between thermal radar and real temp is ~20c. ~50c and ~70c respectively. i also i have installed the radiator as seen in the review posted and running the fan as an exhaust. also due to the abscence of the cpu fan, the cpu- vrm area gets pretty hot so there must be very good tower ventilation.(top mounted exshaust fan(s) can greatly help) i originally expected better performance from h60 and i would recommend h80 for an intel overclocking system running above 1.2v to be able to maintain a more silent operation!

chris987 · Jul 28, 2014

RobCrezz :

chris987 :

I have difference experience. I found the pump should always be connected directly to a 12v feed from the PSU and run at full speed and the Fan should be connected to the CPU_Fan header as it will be PWM speed adjusted.

yes that provides best performance but it is very loud, however it should be prefered if temps exceed 75c!

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