Corsair H70: Next-Gen Self-Contained Liquid Cooling
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Page 1:Liquid Cooling For The Mainstream
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Page 2:Corsair H70: Design And Technical Data
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Page 3:Mounting The Radiator And Fan
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Page 4:Test Configuration And Cooling Performance
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Page 5:Temperature, Noise Levels, And Fan Speed
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Page 6:Comparison Table: Temperatures
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Page 7:Comparison Table: Noise Levels
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Page 8:Conclusion
Comparison Table: Temperatures
Note: Heat sinks that ship without any included fans were equipped with a standard fan from the 3RSystem Iceage Prima Boss. It has performs similar to a NoiseBlocker Multiframe M12PS.
The Corsair H70 liquid cooling system scores a low 38° C with the fans set to high, about the same temperature as the air CPU coolers Prolimatech Megahalems (Rev. B), or the Zalman CNPS 10X Extreme, and is thus placed pretty high up on the chart.
In our preferred configuration with two fans and automatic motherboard fan control, the Corsair H70 is at about the same level as a Noctua NH-D14--at least in terms of cooling performance. In this chart, the all-in-one liquid cooling system is definitely up there at the top. However, looking at the noise level chart at the next page, things get a bit complicated.
The prolimatech and noctua offerings are much better.
"slightly elevated background noise" -understatement
You will be better served by the h50, yes its weaker but its cheaper and quieter and performs close to the same. Do yourself a favor and avoid this product although it is quite good.
The prolimatech and noctua offerings are much better.
IMO $110 for such a cooler not worth it,...Other good option if going for a closed loop cooler would be the CoolIT SYSTEMS ECO...
For my H50, it is quite explicit that the radiator should be pulling outside air through the fins. And yet, people keep it as an exhaust and then lament of their temps.
One of the biggest perks of a closed loop water cooling system is you dictate what air is being used. Where-as big air is always restricted to case air(unless a side is removed and a box fan is added)
I would have also liked to of seen it as a delta above ambient, rather than a flat CPU temperature comparison. I personally process the delta better, and lend more credence to it.
I guess you missed the part where it was the noisiest thing on the list with a 57.3 dB at max?
Also considering the TDP of some of these GPUs are between 190 and 300W, you can expect the H70 to work much harder thant he sample 130W CPU. So it will most likely be loud all the time because of the higher operating temps of the GPU.
I want to see the results on 1366/1156 CPU not an old pentium d.
The reason is clearly stated in the page about the test configuration. RTFM.
I could care less if the Pentium D is less efficient than a 1366/1156 CPU. People dont really need to know the coolers results on an old Pentium D.
Yes, I know that more than likely if it performs good on the Pentium D then it will definitely perform good with the i7, Blah Blah Blah, show me, That is what people want to see. For someone who dont know and is looking for a good review on how the H70 performs on the i7/i5 this review is pretty much useless to them.
It is one thing to test new components on the Core2 CPUs but an old Pentium D come on. Even an old 45nm Core2quad or C2D would be less efficient than an i7/i5, not only that more people own the C2Q/C2D.
- which configuration was used? push/pull
- air from outside the case or the inside
The orginal fans included with the H50/70 are crap. The firt thing I did, changed them for 2 Scythe fans. The temperatur is much better, the same thing for noise level.
Want to see what this cooler is realy capable of:
http://extreme.pcgameshardware.de/offizielle-pcghx-wasserkuehlungstests/112351-kompaktkuehlung-corsair-h70-im-test.html
It's german but you don't have to understand the language to interprete the charts, particularly "H70 @ 2 Serienlüfter @ 1.600 1/min
Spoiler:"
Yes, Corsair and a few of these companies making these *cough* CRAP *cough* self contained coolers also make crap GPU coolers for those of you interested.
I'd suggest you check out the Forums > Overclocking > Coolers and Heatsinks for more discussions on Tom's (I am a regular for watercooling out there) as well as Overclock.net forums...or Xtremesystems forums. Creating an 'idiot proof' watercooling unit like this needs to be a much better performing unit if they are charging this...there are far better alternatives for beginners for watercooling.
They should offer 240 and 360 models, 120 just doesn't dissipate enough heat.
You are quite correct. For the price/performance curve, it fails against other air coolers costing more than 50% less.
Flat performance vs. even beginner watercooling is dismal...even against the ThermalTake bigwater kits...which we all try to steer others away from.
The radiator needs to be at least a 220 AND offer better flow rates. Their site doesn't even state what the pump flow is...but a few have done some tests and its very pathetic.
Gimmick? Yes, very much.