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My RAM slots aren't blocked...does your RAM have those obnoxious fins or are your RAM slots just really close?
E: Also, you know you can flip AMD mounts around to put the clip on the other side, right? Or do you have obnoxious metal heatsinks and/or capacitors in the way there, too?
I don't buy ridiculous looking RAM. No fins. RAM slots are too close I guess. I could go with a Corsair H60 since it's only $10 more.
See edit above.
The primary reason I stayed away from Corsair's cooling solutions is that all of them, from the H40 clear up to the H100, have pump grinding noises with enough prevalence to make me nervous. They say it's a simple matter of tipping your case for a few minutes to fix it, but the bottom line is that such an issue shouldn't exist. It's strange, because Corsair's water systems are also made by Asetek (as are Antec's), so I don't know what the difference between it and Intel's hardware is that would cause that. I didn't want to chance it, but that's just me. I feel like a good air cooler is the better way to go.
Except for the H80 and H100 I've worked with. They don't have pump issues and the only noise I hear from them is the fans.
You know there was a recall on a bunch of them for pump issues right? I don't think the new/repaired ones have the problem.
Reviews on Newegg imply otherwise.
Most reviews on Newegg are bullshit anyways. The 5/5 and 4/5 ones are usually legit, though. My friend uses one of the discontinued H50 coolers and doesn't have an issue with it. He's had it for about a year and a half now, too. If I hadn't seen it in operation myself I wouldn't have even considered looking into a liquid cooled solution. Custom liquid cooling is the best for cooling, but it's too damn expensive and too much work to maintain, and then you have to worry about leakages.
90% of the bad reviews I read online for computer parts go along the lines of:
"The manual said I could install this PCI-E card into my AGP slot, but it wouldn't fit unless I put it in the case backwards. So I had to rip the audio ports off my motherboard to make it fit, once I did that and turned on the computer didn't recognize the card and I couldn't see anything on the screen. What a shitty card 1/5 eggs."
Depends on the product and how the review reads. You can usually tell which ones are legit and which ones are bullshit if you know enough about computers yourself, which you seem to.
I've also never seen a review that was that ignorant. Then again, I only consider products that have 4 eggs to begin with.
The H60 is the update to the H50. The H80 is the update to the H70, but the H70 is still around.
Expensive? Yes, you'll be spending about 1/3 to 1/2 what you spend on your computer just for quality water-cooling components.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amit
Hard to maintain? Not really, if you setup a drain-link in your loop near the bottom of the loop and run it down to the base of your computer you can just straddle your PC over a sink and let the plug out/release the valve to drain your loop. Fill it a couple times to clean the gunk out of it and you're good to go.
Leakages aren't a problem if you use quality compression fittings.
You have to stop doing that. The memories alone are enough to kill me with laughter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cortexian