Corsair Hydro H50 Self-contained CPU water cooling kit

Author: Jouni 'Jipa' Vasama Published: 20.08.2009 Manufacturer: Corsair Product Group: Cooling In English Suomeksi

Installation

The installation requires a rear plate to be installed on the motherboard, but seeing most enthusiast cases nowadays come with cutouts for this exact purpose, chances are you don't really need to remove the motherboard from the case anymore.

After the rear plate is in place, you should loosely attach the plastic bracked in place. No tightening at this stage, just have it hanging in there.

Next slip the block/pump unit in place, and twist to lock it. After that is done, simply tighten the screws evenly like you would with any bolt-through cooler installation.

To finish things off, mount the radiator and the fan into a ventilation hole in the case. Corsair stresses very much in the installation manual and reviewer's guide that the fan must be sucking air from outside the case and blow the air through the radiator. Now this isn't a problem in large cases with plenty of fans, but the guide even tells to use this method in cases like Sonata 3 that only has one fan. Sure it provides the coolest air to the rad, and thus gives the best CPU temps, but it will also totally mess up the common, and partly natural airflow of the hot air inside the case.

If you have a case like Sonata, I'd recommend experimenting to find the best overall temperatures. Having the rear fan suck air from outside the case also means that there's no dust filter, and the fan is constantly blowing dust into the radiator and into the case.

Installation Video

04.12.2009 Update

Here is an installation video from Corsair that demonstrates the installation to systems with different kinds of CPU sockets.

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