Corsair H100i GTX Review

[Wraith]

Can you please begin proof reading these reviews for grammar and spelling?

"...should fir into..."
"...the rad an cold plate."
"The Corsair link Software..." << should be "The Corsair Link software..."

Also found were many missing periods, commas, and needlessly capitalized letters.

For an OC3D review; content was good, but quality was lacking.

Ouch! You joined in January, and your first post 2 months later on the forums is used to judge the grammar of a reviewer... :huh:

Not even a simple "Hi, I'm Tormidal". You shall from now on be known as Grammatica exequutor.

Welcome to the OC3D forums by the way.

 

[Doomslayer]

Can you please begin proof reading these reviews for grammar and spelling?

"...should fir into..."
"...the rad an cold plate."
"The Corsair link Software..." << should be "The Corsair Link software..."

Also found were many missing periods, commas, and needlessly capitalized letters.

For an OC3D review; content was good, but quality was lacking.

That's a big no no for a Newbie, Like Wraith said for your 1st post your judging people on grammar.

Ouch! You joined in January, and your first post 2 months later on the forums is used to judge the grammar of a reviewer... :huh:

Not even a simple "Hi, I'm Tormidal". You shall from now on be known as Grammatica exequutor.

Welcome to the OC3D forums by the way.

+1 This

 

[NeverBackDown]

Can you please begin proof reading these reviews for grammar and spelling?

"...should fir into..."
"...the rad an cold plate."
"The Corsair link Software..." << should be "The Corsair Link software..."

Also found were many missing periods, commas, and needlessly capitalized letters.

For an OC3D review; content was good, but quality was lacking.

Take your own advice and proof read your own crap. For a grammar/spelling/punctuation nazi, you sure should know that you can't simply throw in a semicolon despite whether or not your intention is to change the thought of the sentence.
ex. "For an OC3D review;" is not a complete sentence and therefore can not use a semicolon. When using a semicolon, both sentences must be an independent clause(or stand alone/complete sentence) that are related to each other. At least be good at it if you try to correct others.

In the end this is a tech forum. Please do not alter it to a english forum. Thank you.

Anyway back on topic. Not really impressed with these new coolers tbh. Its not that they don't perform great but it's the complicated naming scheme and the fact they are trying to milk these coolers as much as possible. I understand they keep refining them but they don't really add much more than previous coolers. Something like the original H100 to the H100i was a massive step. Want something like that again. We'll see I suppose.

 

[Feronix]

*ahem*

Back on topic everyone

 

[tinytomlogan]

Can you please begin proof reading these reviews for grammar and spelling?

"...should fir into..."
"...the rad an cold plate."
"The Corsair link Software..." << should be "The Corsair Link software..."

Also found were many missing periods, commas, and needlessly capitalized letters.

For an OC3D review; content was good, but quality was lacking.

Thats what happens when we do all of this in less than a day so we get you lot the review first. Gary was up till 1am the day before his birthday to get his side of things done.

Perhaps you should try a bit of appreciation before going in heavy with criticism

 

[NeverBackDown]

*ahem*

Back on topic everyone

I already said that!^_^

 

[kc5vdj]

I'm still tempted to buy this, as I'm getting tired of waiting for Corsair to begin shipping the freaking H110i again...

If anything, I'll use it for a month or so until Corsair gets it's act together on the H110i, and then it'll rotate out to my next build, a G1.Sniper Z97 for my wife. And even then, for both of us, they will only be in service for a year or less, as we are going to collect parts for custom loops as we can over the next year and that's next year's project.

I was looking at the H110, but in the reviews I've seen, this thing not only has the bling, it has the performance, and freaking beats out the H110. I can handle some noise, as long as it isn't too bad.

Any ideas on if that USB cable would go up, around the back of the motherboard tray, and up the bottom into the freaking USB connector on a Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK? Would I need a mini-usb b male to female extension? Another option I might have is to snug it along the heatsink wall, and then across by the RAM over along where I have the USB3 going behind, and bring it across to near the header. I wish Gigabyte would have spread the USB headers to multiple areas of the board, same thing for the fan headers. The board rawks, but, like everything, it has it's quirks and nuisances.

Either way, I make the decision tomorrow. Corsair is running behind on their H110i recall timeline.

 

[kc5vdj]

Just an update...

Got it in now, on a delidded i7-4790K.

Seems to be doing pretty good, but Prime with 4.8 GHz @1.35 Vcore got a bit hot. I might need to reseat, we'll see.

As far as the noise, well, I can hear it in Performance Mode, but it's far lower actually than the fan I had on the Scythe heatsink that was on prior, unless I put the H100i GTX's fans on a manual 100%, which at that point kind of remind me of being a systems manager at Sprint's Long-Distance Division Lenexa OSSC (a rather large computer room).

Balanced and Quiet modes are almost inaudible. Again, anyone who has ever worked in a computer room is familiar with the sound of the fans at 100%.

I'm not too keen on the way the hoses have issues being moved out of the way for a good view of the block, and when mounted with the logo right side up, the hoses have to be trained, prior to putting the side back on, to stay out of the 750D's exhaust fan. Put it this way, it went into the computer last night, and today I ordered a steel-rod 140mm finger guard.

Oh, and delidding got me 14-16C temp reduction. Seriously, if you are on Ivy Bridge, Haswell, or Devil's Canyon, you need to seriously consider delidding.

 

[Doomslayer]

Just an update...

Got it in now, on a delidded i7-4790K.

Seems to be doing pretty good, but Prime with 4.8 GHz @1.35 Vcore got a bit hot. I might need to reseat, we'll see.

As far as the noise, well, I can hear it in Performance Mode, but it's far lower actually than the fan I had on the Scythe heatsink that was on prior, unless I put the H100i GTX's fans on a manual 100%, which at that point kind of remind me of being a systems manager at Sprint's Long-Distance Division Lenexa OSSC (a rather large computer room).

Balanced and Quiet modes are almost inaudible. Again, anyone who has ever worked in a computer room is familiar with the sound of the fans at 100%.

I'm not too keen on the way the hoses have issues being moved out of the way for a good view of the block, and when mounted with the logo right side up, the hoses have to be trained, prior to putting the side back on, to stay out of the 750D's exhaust fan. Put it this way, it went into the computer last night, and today I ordered a steel-rod 140mm finger guard.

Oh, and delidding got me 14-16C temp reduction. Seriously, if you are on Ivy Bridge, Haswell, or Devil's Canyon, you need to seriously consider delidding.

Nice build, But i'm scared to delidded my CPU knowing my luck my CPU will die

 

[kc5vdj]

Nice build, But i'm scared to delidded my CPU knowing my luck my CPU will die

The safest way is to use just the vise, smooth-jawed one, not the one with the rough or grip-bump surface, google vise-only delid.

The next best is to use a utility cutter blade, not the thin safety razor kind, but the kind with angles on both of the ends. It's not thick enough to damage the board, but it is thick enough to cut through the glue, and act as a wedge at the same time, and thick enough that it minimizes the risk of nicking the board by raising the edge above it more than with a thin razor.

I had tried first a few weeks back on my wife's suspect 4770K (the ASRock Z87E-ITX that it was in ***SMOKED*** a MOSFET (LITERALLY!!)), so, seeing that it was out of warranty anyway after previously lapping it's IHS to a mirrored finish, I figured what the heck, it needed it anyway because of absurdly high temps. First I tried using one of those thin safety razors, the kind with the folded aluminum on one side. I was getting creeped out by the mount of pressure needed, and the fact that I wasn't really even getting anywhere with it.

We were going to buy a vise, but then I started thinking about the thicker utility cutter blades, and high school physics (wedges), and the fact that such blades are VERY stiff. I did hers in about four or five minutes.

I did mine today in probably two minutes or less.

There are MANY videos, showing both methods. If you choose the razor method, PLEASE use one of the blades like I did, and be very careful and keep it flat against the board, do not angle up or down, and know that the VR components are on the left hand side of the board, and their general position. You do not want to nick the board, and you do not want to slice your finger off.

If you have any concerns, seriously, google "Vise only delidding" on Youtube.

Temp drops are between 10C and 30C. The average is between 10C and 20C. I got 14-16C drop.

If you exceed 70C on a regular basis under water, seriously consider this. There is a REALLY GOOD guide, and tons of advice over here: http://www.overclock.net/t/1313179/official-delidded-club-guide. Just make sure you know the risks, and understand that it voids the warranty.

Late Edit: Oh, and if you are interested still, please also watch the disaster vids on youtube of people who did it wrong. It's always good to know what NOT to do. There aren't actually too many of such videos, as the vast majority of people do it safely and successfully. Just please educate yourself first. The link I gave above has a list of really cheap (like the Celeron 420) chips you can practice on, as well as the list of known Intel chips that are NOT soldered under the IHS. Do not attempt this on your Sandy Bridge, for instance, it's soldred to the IHS, so that's as good as it gets, and delidding WILL destroy chips of that family.