Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H50 All in One High-performance CPU Cooler CWCH50-1

by Corsair

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 14 x 7.5 x 5 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002QG2H7K
• Item model number: CWCH50-1
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (142 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #57 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Components > Fans & Cooling > CPU Cooling Fans
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

The Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H50 high-performance CPU Cooler is quiet, easy to install and outperforms even high-end air coolers. You get superior cooling for improved overclocking performance without the complexity of traditional water-cooling systems. The simple, closed-loop design delivers the power of liquid cooling and the ease of installation of traditional air coolers. The H50’s small size lets you enjoy a less crowded case with better airflow, and you can use the included ultra-quiet, high-efficiency 120mm fan or simply connect the radiator to one of your existing case cans. Air-based CPU coolers simply aren’t as efficient as water coolers, and can take up too much valuable space. The compact, closed-loop Hydro Series H50 takes your CPU’s temperature to new lows and takes up less room doing it.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

57 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very competitive against high end heatsink/coolers, October 27, 2009

By 

David Hilliard "Helevitia" (Norcal) - See all my reviews
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As I was researching heatsinks for my new i7 setup, I cam across a few all-in-one water cooling kits. After a short time looking at reviews, it was clear that this was the best of the bunch as far as all-in-one water cooling kits are concerned. What really drew me towards this unit, is the size and weight. After using a TRUE Ultra 120 Extreme in my last setup, I was weary of buying another due to the size and weight. You can actually see the heatsink slightly bending the motherboard when the case is stood up. Not only that, the heatsinks are huge! So big in fact, I had to remove a 120mm fan just to get it to fit in an 830 stacker case. Also, there is much less room to work with when installing one of these huge heatsinks.

So after using the Corsair H50 for a month now, here are my thoughts:

Pros: Very easy to install, light compared to heatsinks, easy to work with in the case since it is smaller than a heastsink, radiator is small enough to work with as well, and great temps(see below for specs & temps)

Cons: Liquid in the case has always scared me, but Corsair gives you a two year warranty and I have read on their forums that the pump in these things will last for many years past the warranty. Possible leaks, but again, Corsair says this thing will not leak and after looking at how the thing is put together, I believe them. At least it won't leak in the lifetime you have it in the system.

Other thoughts: The directions tell you to pull air in from the case by mounting the fan/radiator to the inside back of the exhaust port. I actually did it different. I had it in a push/pull configuration. I push air from the inside, through the radiator and then pull the air through with a second fan on the outside of the back exhaust port.

Temps: I have an i7 920 overclocked to 3.2GHz and my idle temps are 37/35/37/33c. Load temps are 59/57/58/55c with an ambient room temperature of 73F.

Specs:
Case - CM HAF 932
CPU - i7 920
Corsair 6GB Dominator
BFG GTX 275 OC
BFG 1200W PS
2 x WD Velociraptors

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great product for people who need high performance cooling in tight spaces, December 19, 2009

By 

chucky08016 "chucky08016" (NJ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H50 All in One High-performance CPU Cooler CWCH50-1 (Personal Computers)

Great product for people who need high performance cooling in tight spaces such as MATX HTPC cases. Unit is also VERY QUIET!! Performance is equal or greater to a high end air cooler.

The Corsair H50 was installed into a nMediapc HTPC-8000 wooden case cooling an AMD Phenom II X4 955 overclocked (3.7ghz) processor.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Efficient, simple, quite and inexpensive liquid cooling, February 23, 2010

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Eric Bickers - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H50 All in One High-performance CPU Cooler CWCH50-1 (Personal Computers)

Keeps my Q9550 idling at 36 degrees C and I'm hitting 60 C under sustained full load using Prime95. Vcore is set to 1.38 volts and with a 482 mhz FSB x 8.5 multiplier I'm running at a rounded 4.1 Ghz. Using my old Zalman copper air cooler I would hit about 85 degrees C running Prime95 at 3.6 Ghz and 1.3 volts so this is a huge improvement.

The instructions in my box were not the best and could very much be improved upon for someone with little system building experience. I've been building my own for some time now so it was no big deal to have to remove the motherboard to get the back plate on and figure out how the mounting bracket works. Thermal grease supplied didn't seem like it was quite enough so I put a very thin coat on the CPU itself to ensure having even coverage.