CPU cooling question-Corsair H75/H80i/H100i

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Hi,

I will shortly be building my first PC and was just wondering if anyone had any experience with the Corsair Hydro H75, I can't find much information about it online, hence why I am posting this. I had originally decided on a bequiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, but I just feel like twin-tower air coolers are so ugly and intrusive and while the single-tower coolers look better, they aren't nearly as good at cooling the CPU, so no I have started looking at liquid coolers which are much less intrusive on the motherboard. I have mainly been looking at the H75, but also the H80i and H100i (refurbished) and need some help deciding on which one. I will be getting a NZXT Phantom 410 which has an excellent design at the top which allows the radiator to sit above the actual case, but under a top cover, so the h100i with its large radiator is an option. Finally, I don't mind a bit of noise, but I don't want it to sounds like a jet is landing in my computer, so I will probably be replacing the stock Corsair fans with something more silent anyway. As for overclocking, I might do it in the future, but initially, I will just be running the CPU at the standard clock.

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Will.
 
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Controlling non PWM fans is simply just upping the power to speed it up or lowering it to slow it down.
If the CPU FAN socket has 4 pin capability, I think the mobo will manage the speeds just fine.

If the bios has a fancy graphical interface, chances are it can control all the fans in your system.
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I've not dabbled with water cooling yet, but I read plenty of articles when I looked into buying one.

Water cooling only seems to be worth it if you go for something top-of-the-range. A mid-level cooler like an H80 is priced about the same as the Noctua NH-D14 (at least here in the UK), yet the Noctua offers performance comparabe to an H100i.

If you're set on a water cooler and can afford an H100i, that's the one I'd go for, particularly as it's the only one with two radiators. Like you said, if the fans are too noisy, replace them.
 
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I have been considering the H100i, but I also saw some H105 benchmarks on YouTube, which actually showed that it out performs both the H100i and the H110 in terms of temperature management, it's also cheaper than both, so I think I'll probably go with the H105 and buy two SP120 fans for it.
 
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I don't need it at the moment, but I may do in the future. Plus, I'm going to be putting this in the NZXT H440 along with a Red/Black themed build, so I'm afraid it has to look nice and most of the air coolers are just to intrusive

 
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I was actually considering the NH-D14 but again, It's just too big (sorry if I sound like a broken record), if I'm spending all this money on a build, I want it to look nice. Now I just have to choose between the H100i and the H105, which both have good features of their own.

 
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I would suggest the H100i, purely because the "i" denotes it as being compatible with Corsair Link, which can monitor and adjust the fan speeds.
 
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Yeah, fan speed control would be a big advantage but now I am faced with, on one hand, the H105, which has better cooling performance or, the H100i which has the Corsair Link.
 
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I'm planning to get a couple of SP120 Performance Edition fans to slap on the RAD and have a question that I hope you can answer. I know that Corsair Link can control fan speeds, but do you know if the 7V adapter that comes with the SP120 P.Es can work in conjunction with a 240mm RAD? Because, if I went for the H105, I wouldn't have Corsair Link, but I would still want some sort of way to slow down the fans in favour of noise output.
 
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I'm using a H110, soon to be equipped with SP140 RED LED fans, and I can say water cooling is great.

If you want to lower the noise of the fans, just set it in BIOS settings.
If your mobo doesnt support direct fan control, then buy a fan controller?
 
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Yeah, the H440 is a real nice case! The airflow also seems exceptional, I'll be keeping the three stock fans in the front and sticking two SP120s on the RAD pushing air out of the case as well as replacing the 140mm at the back with a Red LED SP140, so it should look pretty sexy a long with an MSI R9 290X and MSI Z97 Gaming 5 :)
 
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The MoBo's got 5 4-pin connectors, but everything except the SP120s are 3-pins, all of the 3-pin fans run at about 23dB at 12V, so I'm fine with not being able to control them, they're near silent anyway, it's just the SP120s on the RAD that I'd like to control the speed of, I might be able to just plug them into the 4-pin fan headers and and do it through the MoBo, as the SP120 Performance Edition fans are PWM

Sorry, I'm a n00b :(
 
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Your MOBO can control them, should it come with that utility.
Example, my VII Hero has a QFan utility that controls 4 pins with PWM or 3 pins with voltage scaling.

Attach the 2 SP120's to the CPU fan sockets.
The Mobo should control them just fine depending on temperature.
 
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Ok, that's pretty simple, thanks. I was considering getting the VII Hero, but I don't think I'd use all the features so couldn't justify buying it. I don't think my MoBo's got the voltage scaling, but I'll check.

 
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It's a very good mobo for the price.
I got it because of it's many ports and such, and because of the possible overclocking.
I'm trying to keep this PC for times to come, and overclocking will ensure me that I'll be up to speed until we get a much better technology.
 
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I will consider the Hero if I feel I would utilise the potential of the board.

This is what is says on the MSI website about fan control on the MoBo I'm currently getting. Do you think this means I can control even non-PWN fans from the motherboard?

SMART FAN CONTROL
Smart Fan Control gives you complete control of all your fans on the motherboard, convenient for gamers and overclockers;
Users can real-time monitor the status of the fans
Set profiles
Record fan speed, voltage and temperate status into a log file

If so, would I control the fans from the BIOS? Sorry again if I sound like a n00b, I'm new to this!
 
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Controlling non PWM fans is simply just upping the power to speed it up or lowering it to slow it down.
If the CPU FAN socket has 4 pin capability, I think the mobo will manage the speeds just fine.

If the bios has a fancy graphical interface, chances are it can control all the fans in your system.
 
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Yeah, Ok, all the sockets on the Motherboard are 4 pin capable, so that should be OK. And yes, the MoBo does have the EUFI (I think that's it) BIOS.

Thanks for your help mate :)

 
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Done xD

By the way, I know this is massively off-topic, but do you think a 2 year warranty on a Graphics Card is enough?
 
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Yeah, that's what I thought, I was just making sure. Thanks again mate, you've been a massive help

 
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