H100i vs H110: What is really the difference?

[hmm]

I've gone through several reviews and am having a hard time figuring out the performance and noise differences between the two. From the bunch of reviews I've seen performance is pretty much similar, but the H110 has max RPM of 1500 while the H100i has RPM of 2000+ making it louder. Some reviews even show H100i better than H110, but only by a few degrees, but most show H110 to be quieter. Are the fans on the H110 worse than those used on the H100i?

1. Does the H110 fit the HAF 932?

2. Other than noise and performance points, what other points should I know? The H100i has Corsair link and pretty LEDs right? The Corsair link means that fan speed can be changed, but can't the H110 also change fan speeds too?

There's also something about fans used in both. I think I've read somewhere that the H100i fans are superior somewhere.

Reviews

OC3D

Techpower

Hardocp

Anandtech

 

[TheRealShoe]

H110 is a bigger radiator 280mm compared to 240mm on the h100i, both of them use two fans. They can also use four if you do push/pull. Go on youtube and look up either h110 or h100i install video and you should see how it works. The fans are included, the h100i uses 2 120mm (2*120=240) and the h110 uses 140mm.

EDIT: It will fit but you will have to ghetto rig it:
http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=118380

 

[hmm]

Zip ties seem to be a must. However, many Newegg reviews do show it being used with the stock 140mm fans. I am still not sure about the differences beyond size of the stock 140 vs 120 of the H100i. Is the 120 quieter at same RPM?

 

[TheRealShoe]

Zip ties seem to be a must. However, many Newegg reviews do show it being used with the stock 140mm fans. I am still not sure about the differences beyond size of the stock 140 vs 120 of the H100i. Is the 120 quieter at same RPM?

Bigger fans generally move more air at lower RPM, I have the h100i on my i5 4670k OC to 4.5GHz with four fans. I have pretty good temps for the speed, and I am pleased with it. For fans, generally Fluid bearing fans are the best.