Is the corsair H80i a good cpu cooler?

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CK_Bruno

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Helli people, ive got a fx8350 and the stock cooleris extreamely loud so i want to change it for a good looking and quiet cooler.
The H80i is in my choice becouse there is a big price deal at my local pc store. Is this cooler good? Im not planing to do any overclocking or something strange, i just want it to bo cool and quiet
 
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It will be quieter for sure. If its not, use the software to slow down the fan. Even at half speed it will still cool very well. It should be near silent.

Just make sure you let the computer sit still for few hours of run time before you make the call. AIO liquid coolers have a lot of air that needs to settle before they reach their potential. Its not really a big deal just something to keep in mind.
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You can't go wrong with any cooler when comparing against the stock cooler. For looks aio liquid coolers are great. But unless you are getting an amazing deal, mybe consider a good air cooler for the reliability. The cooler master hyper evo 212 is the king of price/performance coolers at 35 US dollars.
 
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No doubt that liquid coolers are sexy as f***
Im getting the h80i for 40 dollars then. My only worry is its gonna be less noisy than the stock one.
 
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It will be quieter for sure. If its not, use the software to slow down the fan. Even at half speed it will still cool very well. It should be near silent.

Just make sure you let the computer sit still for few hours of run time before you make the call. AIO liquid coolers have a lot of air that needs to settle before they reach their potential. Its not really a big deal just something to keep in mind.
 
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I realize this is 2 years old and has been answered, but I have an H80i V2 and an i5-3570 non-K OCed to 4,2Ghz. I started out using the "quiet" setting in Corsair Link which maxes out at just under 2000rpm at 40°C for the cooling liquid, and even at idle runs at around 1400rpm. I then just went fixed% and picked the lowest value it would allow, 40%, which is around 1400rpm. Even under sustained load the CPU would barely break 60°C.

Finally I found out that setting a custom fan curve I could go as low as 25% or 900rpm, which is what it runs at 99% of the time now (I have it set to start ramping up pretty aggressively when the liquid breaks 43°C, but even at 100% sustained CPU load it won't unless the GPU is also running very hot for a long time, warming up the entire case), CPU temps still maxing out at 65°Cish.

tl;dr: You can go as low as 900rpm using a custom fan curve, and it'll probably be more than enough if you're not overclocking. Just make sure you have it set to ramp up if the liquid gets really hot (I'm not an expert but I'd think anything under 50°C is fine for any amount of time?).
 
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