CORSAIR CWCH50-1 High Performance CPU Cooler

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put this on an i5 750 system. cools very well at stock cpu speeds but I found it didn't cool nearly as well for overclocking.

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this is the best water cooling system ever made it cool my Amd phenom ii x4 4.2ghz at 39c this is a most have !

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Been using this for about 2 weeks now. My temps lowered 10C compare to my previous non stock air cooler. 40% O.C 26C idle 46C full load. I gave a 4 on features because it uses black hoses, it would be nice to be able to tell if your pump is still working besides always just checking your temps or at least have a flow meter of some kind on the line, so you really just have to trust Corsair that the pump won't fail. Amazing Cooler, Amazing Price.

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bought this to go with my 965 and never even installed it. Right out of the box i just put it up to my system, it didnt line up with the fan holes. If your power supply is mounted up top and not in the bottom of your case you may not be able to fit the radiator in your case. all in all the radiator is about 140mm. now im stuck with modding the radiator voiding the warranty or sending it back. im sure it would have been a great cooler. but i just dont know

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This product is the shiznets! Corsair is smart to price at an affordable rate, so everyone can buy it. Price is just right. Value is great. I gave features less one star because i couldn't get the backplate installed because it didn't fit on my 775 as advertised. So i improvised and cut the adhesive and punctured a hole and mounted the ring that way. Quality seems to be reliable product, nice. Performance is awesome temps are down by a much more comfortable margin when compared to air cooled. (20-15 degrees cooler celsuis)

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Wow this lowered my CPU temp from 50c-90c to now it never goes over 34C and usually stayed in the 22C-29C. Idles mainly arround 26C

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Completed easy install today so far so good

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Buy it..if your looking at it..buy it..Corsair just won a customer..never bought from them before.

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WOAAA! 45% OC and 47-50 C idle easy to install, quiet, good looking the best air cooling is performance 3 star, this one is 4 star full water cooling is 5 star! BUY IT!!!! 4 monts, no leak, no sound all working good!

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Made mods to my coolers by adding a 240CFM fan at idle 32c at full load only 38c I am switching out all my junk V8 coolers with this Corsair unit. Also added a grill over the aluminum radiator for safety since these added fans almost blow to core out of the radiator.LOL Customer for LIFE!!!

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EASY TO INSTALL, VERY QUITE, KEEPS TEMPERATURE OF CPU LOWER. LOWERED IT ABOUT 4 DEGREES FROM AIR COOLER, GREAT PRODUCT, I DID HAVE TO ADD A SECOND FAN TO INCREASE THE AIR FLOW OVER THE RADIATOR PUSH PULL WHICH BROUGHT THE TEMP. DOWN ANOTHER 2 DEGREES AND MADE IT MORE STEADY.

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IT SO FAR FUNCTIONS WELL COULD PROBLY USE SOME THERMAL GEL WITH IT FOR THOSE TIMES YOU HAVE TO INSTALL IT OVER & OVER.

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Quiet and small. Keeps the CPU on ice. Corsair is quality. I like quality.

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Ok so I have one thing to say about this cooler: BUY IT! It is simply amazing. I have a Intel Core i7 920 and at first I didn't even have it over clocked and it was staying around 25C and the majority of my CPU usage is video transcoding and when that is happening, the CPU is cranked to about 85% or so and at that point the CPU was only at about 41C and that correlates to just over 100F or so, in other words that is not hot at all. So I decided to overclock it to 2.96 and I am still getting about the same results. This is definitely the greatest cooler I have ever had.

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Well, this is the best cooler I've ever owned. I went from an i7 to a Phenom II 955 (I know, I have my reasons) and this cools my 955 AMAZING. Right now I'm idling at 21C and maxing out at 43C when Overclocked to 3.88GHz, to me that's very impressive. SYSTEMPhenom II 955 OC'd 3.66GHz CPUG.skill 4GB 1600MHZ DDR3 RAMMSI 790FX-GD70 Motherboard Diamond HD5850 1GB GPUCorsair TX650W PSUCorsair 800D Fulltower CaseCorsair H50 Watercooler Western Digital 150GB Velociraptor

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Applied for I7 extreme. Using mb Intel Desktop Control Center for monitoring, temps seem more stable and don't reach the Highs as did the stock fan cooling system. Capable of overclocking, I do not intend to but ran processor at 75 pct during video render, gained appx. 5 deg. C, 3.4 gigahertz w hyperthreading on, turbo on. Bought this unit after researching push-pull config. is Highly recommended. Using dual bearing super quiet fans, less fan volume than pre upgd and used included fan to exhaust out bottom of my case, made whole system cooler too. Cannot trust system will always work if not monitoring due to no visible moving parts. Do you trust the manufacturer? Still having hard time with that one. Several system lockups since installing, not sure why, it never did before I installed this. Have to completely remove mobo to install, give yourself 3 hours of focused assy with testing. Take it slow and easy and use ESDS precautions.

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I bought the H50 about 4 months ago around Christmas and got it for a great price during a sale. Runs quiet and cool. Easy installation which was nice. A simple and quiet solution coming from a Noctua CPU cooler which was bulking and heavy. Great for people looking to get into water cooling, just as a start, I will probably move on to a custom full loop later on in a new build, but for now this will get the job done. I would recommend having a push-pull set up on the rad.

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This cooler is great! It's super quiet! Perfect for the like full sized case. It brought my CPU temps from 80C to 30C I loved it so much i bought another one for my older computer!

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This is a pretty nice tech and this cooler perform pretty good (my phenom II X4 idle at 34 which is pretty good). However if you are looking for a silent cooling solution I can't recommand this due to the buzzing noise from the pump.

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with the stock fan this cooler is no better then my oczvendetta with a 3000rpm fan, i will put a 3000rpm and hopfully temps drop.

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I bought this cooler as part of my Home Theater P.C. build. It sits on top of my A.M.D. Phenom II X4 965. So Far my processor hasn't passed 47 degrees celcius. It runs very quietly, and aside from having to modify (dremel) my Themaltake htpc case to fit, install was easy. I should mention I used Gelid GC-EXTREME thermal compound. I have had the cpu running at 80 to 90 percent for 6 hours and only saw 47. Running windows and basic programs it runs at 38. I am very satisfied with this cooler, and it isn't too tall like some of the big air coolers.

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After installing this on my custom built with i7 920 CPU the temp dropped between 6 and 8 deg C and it runs relatively quiet. On idle it's consistently under 40 deg C; before it was in the mid 40's

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Used for overclocking an i7 920 processor. This processor usually runs at 2.66GHz, but easily pushed it to 4.0GHz. Heat output easily removed by this device. Helped overclocking so much, system runs at substantially lower voltage compared to other overclocks with the same processor. Used a differnt fan to push more air through radiator. Super quiet. Used included fan to replace a generic case fan.

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Nice entry level water cooling system. This should have come with a more aggressive fan from the factory, but I guess the focus was more on being quiet then maximum performance. Doesnt get good marks from me for value or performance considering i had to purchase a better fan to get my temps to where I felt comfortable using it.

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I use to be skeptical about liquid cooling but seeing this as a closed circuit needing little if any maintenance. I bought this back in February of 2010 and the first several days i notice it kept around the 120 to 130 degrees Fahrenheit but over time and mainly depending upon the temperature of my room. It worked best in pulling in air to the phins but adding a 3000 RPM intake fan and the corsair fan that came with the product in push-&-pull setup works great. Cooling a Intel 3.0 GHz Dual Core OC'd to 3.6Ghz at temperatures rarely exceeding 115 Degrees Fahrenheit. The lowest its been is right about 89 or 90