Friction Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I am considering the 600T for a client build with an ASUS Maximus V Extreme and the H100i in the roof, but would like to know if anyone has this setup or knows if there is enough room to have the H100i in the roof without any modifications and has clearance from any vital components. Some pics would be great to confirm if you have this setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueangel Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 I just built a system with hardware you mention. The radiator in mounted in MB section and the fans on top of chassis. No room to do push/pull fan configs. When gaming, I run fans at 80%. Not gaming, 60%. I scraped the sorry fan controller this case had. Put an AeroCool V2100. The 600 has the option of a side case grill instead of clear panel. I put 3 120 in and use the AeroCool to control the front, rear and side case fans. The MB your client wants has one thing to be mindful of, the PCH get hot. Especially if running high end video cards in single or duals. If I had it to do over again, the 600T would not be my choice. The stupid USB3 port cable has a normal USB Make connector which means you can use the MB's 20 pin USB3 connector. You would have to snake the cable out the back and into the rear I/O ports. The fan controller has 2 USB3 ports and it's cable is a 20 pin header connector. I am also disappointed in the H100i performance. Spent a lot of time on the software interface. Its clumsy and confusing. My config uses a i7-3960X. Finally got fan RPMs to keep the CPU at 32 idle and 42 on intense gaming. Before I launch the game, I change the H100i fans to 80%. I regret I didn't go with the NZXT 810. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friction Posted May 11, 2013 Author Share Posted May 11, 2013 Are you able to get pics of how much clearance there is between the bottom of the rad/fans and the motherboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueangel Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Access to the interior is a little challenging but here are a few of the build and environment it operates in. In the picture where there is a fuzzy shot of the radiator, you can see the radiator overlaps the motherboard and there is no room for fans. For sure, wont clear memory modules. [/img] http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee516/russylvia/IMG_0018.jpg [/img] [/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerkmanLord Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 600T was such a beautiful case. Why couldn't they make it 5cm more taller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friction Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 I see what you mean Blueangel. That makes my decision to go with push/pull out the window. Thanks for the help and pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mann Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Corsair H100I IS not silent... not ever.. the fans buzzing a lot, and then the software get a Brainstrom. the Fans goes totaly in MAX. with no reason at all... The software sucks so much, sometimes it read CPU temp and Pump temp as "0", after that the Fans do what they feel to, sometimes total max, sometimes nice and slow... but nobody knows what mood the control is in... it work like crap.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Corsair H100I IS not silent... not ever.. the fans buzzing a lot, and then the software get a Brainstrom. the Fans goes totaly in MAX. with no reason at all... The software sucks so much, sometimes it read CPU temp and Pump temp as "0", after that the Fans do what they feel to, sometimes total max, sometimes nice and slow... but nobody knows what mood the control is in... it work like crap.. these coolers unfortunately do require some background skills with computers and knowing what programs can affect them understanding adding this or that can affect the hydro since it does monitor/control every aspect of the computer. it isnt a simple dime store toy that can play well with anything. with no reason at all... there is a reason,its just some dont understand what it is hense one of the purpposes of this board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR23 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Corsair H100I IS not silent... not ever.. the fans buzzing a lot, and then the software get a Brainstrom. the Fans goes totaly in MAX. with no reason at all... The software sucks so much, sometimes it read CPU temp and Pump temp as "0", after that the Fans do what they feel to, sometimes total max, sometimes nice and slow... but nobody knows what mood the control is in... it work like crap.. Yeah it's not difficult you just put the fans on a different controller which has rational though like a cooling node and your in business. Also it looks cleaner too than having wires splurging out of your cooler. I've ran it like this and it's been great it still responds properly to load. Hopefully when I get some SP120 PWM's it will be silent too. You don't want push pull on a H100 anyway I did it in my 600T (in the side mesh panel) the temps weren't dramatically better and it was REALLY loud. Blue Angel, I love your avatar. I'm going to watch Duel again tonight now i've seen that :D: Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Quote: Originally Posted by The Mann View Post Corsair H100I IS not silent... not ever.. the fans buzzing a lot, and then the software get a Brainstrom. the Fans goes totaly in MAX. with no reason at all... The software sucks so much, sometimes it read CPU temp and Pump temp as "0", after that the Fans do what they feel to, sometimes total max, sometimes nice and slow... but nobody knows what mood the control is in... it work like crap.. these coolers unfortunately do require some background skills with computers and knowing what programs can affect them understanding adding this or that can affect the hydro since it does monitor/control every aspect of the computer. it isnt a simple dime store toy that can play well with anything. Not really, these coolers are meant to be an easy way for novices to get into water cooling. You shouldn't need a masters in computer science to figure them out. Plug and play is how they are marketed. Other than possibly some other monitoring programs not much should bother them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtualaughing Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 With the Asus maximus V serries that is crazy to operate any fan without the included Fan expert software :D You can even rename the fans and swap the location names ect.... 3 option to control any fans that connected. bottom, mid and top. CPU headers can control 4 pin fans The rest can control 3-4 pin fans. The only good reason to use that corsair software to control the leds of the pump and to have few additional temperature readings. One of the mentioned softwares differs from actual speeds up to 20%. It is hard to know which. Forexample the Link tells me that the pump running at 2000rpm and the Xpert says 2200.... A side note. I had a whinning sound from the pump for at least for a week. Maybe it was related to the connected fans which was my first attempt as others says so. Downgraded the rpm of the pump with a fan controller below 2000 (Xpert readings) and it is gone but now i can not hear it even if i give it full power. The first sign of temperature rise was when i got below 1600rpm. Playing with this can kill your CPU in seconds. You have been warned!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR23 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 With the Asus maximus V serries that is crazy to operate any fan without the included Fan expert software :D You can even rename the fans and swap the location names ect.... 3 option to control any fans that connected. bottom, mid and top. CPU headers can control 4 pin fans The rest can control 3-4 pin fans. I'm not crazy, that would be ugly seeing fan cables on the motherboard :noooooo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Not really, these coolers are meant to be an easy way for novices to get into water cooling. You shouldn't need a masters in computer science to figure them out. Plug and play is how they are marketed. Other than possibly some other monitoring programs not much should bother them. gotta disagree agreed it makes it easy to skip alot of work and get into water cooling but they are NOT plug and play for the novice user.true the hardware aspect is rather easy but still have seen some having trouble with that. the software is another story,while it is relatively easy,its hard for a novice user to comprehend as shown by some of the problems posted on the board.its easy to set things up wrong and it wont work as desired and then its always buggy software. and the software variations well we wont go there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Wytnyt it is still marketed that way is all i was saying. Realistically all you should have to do is mount it and install the software. The LINK software has always been marketed as a user friendly application making it easy to watch over your entire system and make adjustments easier. It just doesn't turn out that way sometimes as much as i hate to say it. But I too am among the ones who have never been able to get my LINK system to work correctly. In fact i have even removed it from my system. But thats okay, I still love the rest of my Corsair products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtualaughing Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I'm not crazy, that would be ugly seeing fan cables on the motherboard :noooooo: Please take no offense :D You can hide few of them behind the radiator and/or the fans. The only real "ugly solution is if you using those ones close to the rear I/O The only connector layout i have extended knowledge is my Maximus V Formula side note i have limited english knowledge.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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