djmorgan Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 I joined today because when I was considering the H70 for my box I looked everywhere to get as much info as possible, so maybe this will give comfort to somebody looking for advice. The H70 is great and easy to install, I did mine in a Cooler Master Sniper Black Mesh on a ASUS P6X58D PREMIUM and INTEL CORE I7 950. The last time I changed a CPU they were made of wood! :biggrin: so if I can do it anybody can. First the cut out on the case does not quite fit the X58 mobo, but I only had to loosen the mobo screw downs. I opted for a straight exhaust as my case has 2 x 200mm intakes + a 200mm exhaust and being old I just can't come to grips with dumping hot air into my box. My heart fluttered on first startup as the i7 was at 99c by the time windows opened and the mobo did a auto shutdown, after checking everything 4 times and not finding any fault with my work I knocked with my knuckle on the pump figuring it had been static for so long it might need a wake up. Booted again and the H70 was alive and working great, so far idle temps are down 10c from the stock Intel cooler and running Prime95 torture for 30 minutes the temp did not get beyond 71c. (88c with stock cooler) I had the fans full bore intially it was loud but I have heard worst, I did mention I'm old! :bigeyes: I put the resistors on and really haven't noticed much difference in temps. What would be great if Corsair did the fans PWM for modern boards that can adjust fan speeds, I know it can be done with third party gear, which I was going to do, but now I have had the thing running for a couple of hours can't see why I'd bother! Hope this helps somebody considering the H70, thumbs up from me David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw25th Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 my H50 idles at 28C or 88Farenheit on i7 930 stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmorgan Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 my H50 idles at 28C or 88Farenheit on i7 930 stock. Where do you live man! that's my outdoor temp :biggrin: unless I used refrigeration I'll never see temps under 25c David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triggaaar Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 I had the fans full bore intially it was loud but I have heard worst, I did mention I'm old! :bigeyes: I put the resistors on and really haven't noticed much difference in temps.What resistors? Are those little fan extension cables resistors? What would be great if Corsair did the fans PWM for modern boards that can adjust fan speeds, I know it can be done with third party gear, which I was going to do, but now I have had the thing running for a couple of hours can't see why I'd bother!I have the cheap version of your MB, and I've just put the fans onto on of the chassis fan connectors, which allows us to control the fan speed with Asus Fan Xpert (or other). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmorgan Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 What resistors? Are those little fan extension cables resistors? Yes the ones supplied by corsair. I have the cheap version of your MB, and I've just put the fans onto on of the chassis fan connectors, which allows us to control the fan speed with Asus Fan Xpert (or other). Yes, was an option but I really didn't want to turn off the cpu_fan as it is part of the warning system, if the fans stop on that post the mobo will give an instant warning. As I don't run probe all the time. I was going to use a pair of high cfm/pressure ********s that have PWM, cut 1 of the sensors and then connect to the cpu_fan, that way I could adjust the fan rpm. but to be honest at 1600 rpm these fans are not loud at all and so far I have not needed any more air for cooling I've run 30 min at full load (prime95) and the temps never went above 67c with ambient today at 26c, I used an iPhone app that measures decibels and with it in front of my keyboard pointing at the computer, which is at arms length from the keyboard, I got the following readings: computer off = 35db On = 46db, that is rated as quiet. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinrmitchell Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 my H50 idles at 28C or 88Farenheit on i7 930 stock. i get 28 degrees idle, but with a i7 920 @ 3.8ghz with the H70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmorgan Posted October 17, 2010 Author Share Posted October 17, 2010 i get 28 degrees idle, but with a i7 920 @ 3.8ghz with the H70 Guys! without knowing your ambient (room) temperature your figures are meaningless. If you lived in a zero temp environment (I pity you) your CPU could be around 18c! if your room temp was about 14c (I still pity you) your CPU could be around 22 to 28c. If you had a skeleton case or no case at all! your temps could be 1 or 2 degrees up on ambient. No matter what the cooling system unless using some form of refrigeration, will your cpu temp be less than ambient. I think anybody that has a system that keeps the cpu +10 of ambient is doing well, it is the load temp that is critical David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinrmitchell Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Guys! without knowing your ambient (room) temperature your figures are meaningless. If you lived in a zero temp environment (I pity you) your CPU could be around 18c! if your room temp was about 14c (I still pity you) your CPU could be around 22 to 28c. If you had a skeleton case or no case at all! your temps could be 1 or 2 degrees up on ambient. No matter what the cooling system unless using some form of refrigeration, will your cpu temp be less than ambient. I think anybody that has a system that keeps the cpu +10 of ambient is doing well, it is the load temp that is critical David my 28 idle with oc seems ok, however my ambient is also 28 degrees with a room temp of 75 degrees. i agree load temps is what matters, however those temps will very and can be judged by ambient, room and idle temps within reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmorgan Posted October 17, 2010 Author Share Posted October 17, 2010 my 28 idle with oc seems ok, however my ambient is also 28 degrees with a room temp of 75 degrees. i agree load temps is what matters, however those temps will very and can be judged by ambient, room and idle temps within reason. I'm sorry your going to have to clarify this! Ambient temp is the air temp surrounding your case as in room temp and is the temp of the air flowing into your case and fans this is again heated by MB, Cards etc, most modern boards have a temp reading for a location on the board seperate to the CPU. In my case and right now 23:00hrs the outside temp is 17c, ASUS probe shows the MB temp to be 28c and Realtemp shows my CPU at 36c. Clearly if this is warm air (28c) is the flowing through the radiator it will be affected, the liquid will not be cooled below the ambient air unless it is somehow refrigerated or cooled. So unless you have a magical set up I find it hard to believe that with an ambient temp of 28c your CPU is 28c! I think even corsair advise the H70 is good for about 13 degrees above ambient. As to your 75 degrees (28c = 82.4f) I can only assume you mean degrees F unless you live in hell :eek: 75c =167f David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinrmitchell Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 room temp is 75f system temp is 28c idle temp is reported by numerous programs, bios and debug led report 28c not to good with c & f but those are the numbers. btw are you reading the cores temps or the cpu temps? idle @ 3.8ghz with 1.25 bios set vcore (without vdroop) load to 1.32v underload. right now the cpu temp is 28c right now core temps are 44c / 40c / 42c / 41c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinrmitchell Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 either good or bad my orientation can be found here for viewing http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=90404 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmorgan Posted October 17, 2010 Author Share Posted October 17, 2010 room temp is 75f system temp is 28c idle temp is reported by numerous programs, bios and debug led report 28c not to good with c & f but those are the numbers. btw are you reading the cores temps or the cpu temps? idle @ 3.8ghz with 1.25 bios set vcore (without vdroop) load to 1.32v underload. right now the cpu temp is 28c right now core temps are 44c / 40c / 42c / 41c That's the difference!, you are refering to the CPU temp measurement, not the core temp, in all cases except my last report as to ambient, I am refering to core temps as these are taken directly from the cpu where the cpu temp is not. And I use the hotest core to read the temp, in my case that is core 1. By example ambient temp now 16.9c (it's early morning here) my hotest core temp is 34c, but asus probe tells me the MB is 28c and the cpu is 30c, this is not an error it is simply that the two asus measurements come from a different location. Most will agree the best way to report cpu temps is by using realltemp, cpu-z, core temp or everest. You have a full size case (I think), I have a mid tower case, you have a fan fetish, (I read in another post you have 16 x 120mm FANS!) I don't! that many fans in a case is overkill, I can't see if they are sucking or blowing but you should aim for an airflow path either from front to back or back to front, it seems to me that with that many fans you could be causing votexes within the case that simply swirl hot air around the case rather than exhaust it. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinrmitchell Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 That's the difference!, you are refering to the CPU temp measurement, not the core temp, in all cases except my last report as to ambient, I am refering to core temps as these are taken directly from the cpu where the cpu temp is not. And I use the hotest core to read the temp, in my case that is core 1. By example ambient temp now 16.9c (it's early morning here) my hotest core temp is 34c, but asus probe tells me the MB is 28c and the cpu is 30c, this is not an error it is simply that the two asus measurements come from a different location. Most will agree the best way to report cpu temps is by using realltemp, cpu-z, core temp or everest. You have a full size case (I think), I have a mid tower case, you have a fan fetish, (I read in another post you have 16 x 120mm FANS!) I don't! that many fans in a case is overkill, I can't see if they are sucking or blowing but you should aim for an airflow path either from front to back or back to front, it seems to me that with that many fans you could be causing votexes within the case that simply swirl hot air around the case rather than exhaust it. David ok so we understand the temps issue now. so far as the fans i dont think so my friend. air is from bottom and front intake and rear and top exhaust. the airflow in my case is perfect for the case setup. alot of research has gone into my prep for my case per another users and coolermaster them selves. yes that many fans is not nessasary however the haf is high air flow the king of air cooling cases. why not make good of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmorgan Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 ok so we understand the temps issue now. so far as the fans i dont think so my friend. air is from bottom and front intake and rear and top exhaust. the airflow in my case is perfect for the case setup. alot of research has gone into my prep for my case per another users and coolermaster them selves. yes that many fans is not nessasary however the haf is high air flow the king of air cooling cases. why not make good of it. If you say so.... :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinrmitchell Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 If you say so.... :biggrin: i do and btw thanks for your help and clarification on these matters. seriously. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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