nickrose Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Hi Guys. My first post on here. Before we start I was not expecting miracles from the H50, but maybe a drop of a degree or 2. Specs see above. i7 @ 4Ghz Corsair 800D Artic Silver 5 Thermal Paste I recieved and installed the H50 on Saturday. Previous I had been running on a Prolimatech Megahalems Air cooler with 2 x Noctura fans in push/pull. Getting good temps - Mid 40's idle (about average I've been reading) and High 70's/Very Low 80's (again about average at this speed) I also reconfigured my other cooling whilst installing the H50: Added - Silverstone SST-CFP51B Aluminum Bay Cooler + added extra Aska Apache fan on back side of cage Changed Corsair 140mm Fans for 140mm Sharkoon's Changed top exhaust fans for 120mm AKASA AK-174BKT-B Auto Thermal Fans I then went on to install the H50, using 2 x Aska Apachie 120mm fans in push/pull drawing cool air in from the rear case point. When I booted the machine up I let it Idle for 30 mins to bring up to normal working temp. I notice that using RealTemp the idle temps were about 4-5 degrees hotter than previous. I then ran prime95 for 1/2 hour and similarly those temps were 3-4 degrees hotter than on air. Ran the machine most of the day whilst gaming and re-ran the tests again on Saturday evening and got the same results a earlier in the day. Went back to the Megahalems Air cooler thinking on Sunday thinking that it was the new case fan config that I had not got right but to my supprise the fan re-config had lowered the temps even more by about 2-3 degrees, so I knew the input/exhaust fan air balance was O.K Has anyone else noticed anything like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthohol Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 AS5 needs time to cure for best results, give it 3 days and check again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickrose Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 AS5 needs time to cure for best results, give it 3 days and check again. Agreed, but not to the extent of 4-5 degrees. And it doesn't explain the even lower temps on the Megahalems when i re-installed that. And all of those who doubt, yes I do know how to apply compond properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnymanc Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I use my H50 with push/pull but am exhausting air out of the case. Idle temps ~40'c, load temps ~70'c with two Xigmatek fans. If you want a better comaprison between your Megahalems and the H50, run the same fan system adn compare. I came off a washer-modded TRUE Black and got a slight decrease of around 2'c with my H50 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickrose Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 If you want a better comaprison between your Megahalems and the H50, run the same fan system adn compare. ...This is what I have done and still showing a decrease in Magahalems by about 3-4 degrees. Anyway, seems everyone else is happy, bound to be some that it doesn't work for. Happy with the exercise anyway, now running cooler on air.:biggrin: Thanks for the replies, Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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