I am waiting on Corsair unit myself. I read about how well they perform and I've seen one in action. I am surprised at it.
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Bulding a PC and ran into serious issue
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H50?
I built my last PC with one... ended up not liking it and switched back to air (Megahalems). The fan wasn't so much the problem as it was the pump... the pump introduced a low level, but pervasive hum to the normal woosh of the fans I was accustomed to. The overclocks aren't significantly better with the H50 as compared to the better air coolers out there either, so I felt the addition pump noise wasn't worth it. I've built my water loops before, so I knew the pump was going to add an amount of noise... but I guess when I spent $60-70 on the H50, it seemed like spending $60-70 on an air cooler with no added pump noise and comparable temperatures seemed like a better choice to me.
It's a really easy install though, I was really impressed by the installation... wouldn't have been able to tell that this was Corsair's first venture into CPU cooling (even though it's a re-branded kit...), you can tell they did some research. Corsair in general has really been impressing me with some of their more recent offerings, like the 800D and 700D cases.
Agreed. The Corsair cases are impressive but way too pricey. I couldn't justify spending that kind of money on a case. Unless you're always replacing stuff in your computer, the added convenience of easily swappable drives or a removable mobo tray isn't worth the price.
On top of that, the obsidian cases are full ATX towers. Mid towers are good enough for most builds.
I didn't realize it wasn't already. Not as nice looking as the 700/800 IMO, but a lot of the same great features for cable management and the like.
edit: After looking at computex videos on the 600T, I see that they tout that it can handle dual 120 Rads, but even with the removable drive cages, you'd be hard-pressed to fit the pump and reservoir all inside that case.