john909

I am writing this out of disappoitment since I am in the search for a new case (replacing my Graphite 600T which does great after 10 years of service) and is so frustrating that I can't find a case matching my needs and aesthetics in the Corsair Line. I liked so much the Graphite series because they were well designed and engineered and also having that spartan industrial look. Now most of the new models are so much glass and LED lights. Now what I am looking at is Fractal Design Meshify S2 (well engineered, great airflow), Be Quiet Dark Base 700 (beautiful design, excellent build quality and features, mediocre airflow) and the newer Phanteks P500a. I really can't find equivalent products in the Corsair line which is a pity since I love the brand and is always my first choice throughout the years. Their previous graphite models could surely get a refresh. I mean the 760T had a great design and could become a full meshed case, getting rid of the 5.25" bays in the front bezel, same could be done on the 780T and so on. Corsair please get back in what were your primary traits, innovation, performance and unique style and please stop just following the trend. :sunglasse

Thanks both for your replies. @DevBiker I won't be going back to this plastic backplate, I was about to even ditch it and go for an air cooler. Really disappointed on the quality of this specific part. This is maybe the 3rd time I put out the pump and reapply thermal paste in like 5 years I own it, how can it be that sensitive? There are reports of the issue over the internet so it seems I am not the only one. In the past I had two H50s no issues at all, even reinstalling them a couple of times. I was looking at replacing it with a 'compatible' backplate made of metal - read that maybe H60 or H80i are compatible with H75, have to research more on that though. @c-attack Right now I am on stock clock. In BIOS I get around 38C, in Windows this goes up on 40C (idle). Launching a game gets me around 60C. I don't have extreme temp jumps like you describe (thank god). But when I started investigating the first time I removed the pump I saw the old paste being pushed to the edge of the IHS and in the IHS center remnants of paste in a manner air was flowing in between - that put me into suspicion regarding the secure mounting of the pump on the backplate, etc. I can't do more than what I 've already done, spent many hours on this and there is no solution since the screws never tighten but spin endlessly. For your better understanding this is what I encountered. https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/convergent-ecustomer-service-center-184/corsair-h75-backplate-issue-4502145.html

Hello all, I own a H75 for years installed on an i7 2600K. As of lately I tried some mild OC but temps were kinda intimidating. So I took everything apart and blowed dust out of the case (a 600T graphite), also disassembled the H75 cleaned old thermal paste, applied new (MX4) and put all back again and tested once more. I am getting like 40C on CPU package on idle according to HWMonitor which I consider a high value. What I noticed is: 1) The backplate is kinda loose (mobo is Asus P8-Z68V Pro). 2)The backplate standoffs spin when I try tightening the thumb screws as if they don't hold firm on the backplate. As a result the screws don't secure. The standoffs' pins sockets are of plastic while the standoffs are of metal. As Metal is a lot harder than Plastic I suspect that in my effort to tighten the thumb screws, the standoffs' pins were trimmed, unable to hold the standoffs anymore, and now they spin along with the thumb screws. :(: So my suspicion is the pump unit isn't secured as should, and as a result getting the high temps reported. I don't know if Corsair supplies the backplate on a more durable version (plastic versus metal seems like not a good choice) but I find this on Ebay which is all metal and claims to be compatible with H75. https://www.ebay.com/itm/115x-1366-CPU-Mounting-Hardware-For-CORSAIR-H45-H55-H75-H80I-V2-H100i-V2-H115i/312602466079?hash=item48c88f171f:g:HEEAAOSwEDVc09ay What options do I have? Any opinions or advice will be highly appreciated. Thank you.