High temps on Corsair H60

[Mogan s]

Hi all,

I just purchased and installed a corsair h60 liquid cooler.At idle I'm getting temperatures around 48 c.Previously my stock cooler shows same 48 c.There is no difference.

I'm using Asus Sabertooth X58 mobo.I have disabled the Q-fan.

Pump speed is 4440 rpm

Fan speed is 1940 rpm

I have connected the pump(3 pin) to Cpu fan header and the 120mm fan to one of the chassis power(4 pin).

Is the above readings and the setup are normal? or is there anything i need to do in addition?

 

[Firat]

Air and water idle temps will be similar, on load though and on water temps should be lower.

You must have a very warm room!

 

[Vicey]

The H60 isn't really a great water cooler it's more comparable to a high end air cooler in its performance. The H100 is a better buy if you want something closer to water in performance in a sealed and easy to fit bit of kit. But like Firat says it is the load temps that will show the biggest difference.

A few years ago I had a H50 which is almost the same as the H60 and the temperatures on that were almost identical to the high end air cooler I had before I bought it.

 

[Matthias2437]

I do agree that the primary difference comes in when under load, but I do think that not being any different from a stock cooler is a little strange. When I upgrade from my stock cooler to the H70 a few months back my idle (on a 4.0 Ghz 1090t) went from 35 to 19, and under load only hits 35.

I would like to know what temps you hit under load though.

EDIT: I also normally keep my room around 68F though so obviously that has an effect on temps.

 

[Ru5ty_t00l]

try re-placing the cpu block and adding new tim

 

[S_I_N]

kinda surprised at all the comments when nowhere near enough information has been provided. First off we know its a X58 and a H60 thats it nothing more so how can we say its high temps bad seating or anything without knowing what cpu what volts what overclock and ambient temp?? Also helpful is what case and airflow it has.

Please when asking questions provide us with the details to allow us to make a proper diagnosis for you. In other words help us help you better.

 

[Vicey]

kinda surprised at all the comments when nowhere near enough information has been provided. First off we know its a X58 and a H60 thats it nothing more so how can we say its high temps bad seating or anything without knowing what cpu what volts what overclock and ambient temp?? Also helpful is what case and airflow it has.

Please when asking questions provide us with the details to allow us to make a proper diagnosis for you. In other words help us help you better.

Whilst I agree with you that the OP hasn't provided all the information. I've owned a H50 which is basically the same as a H60 with a different pump and the performance was pants. I also used it on a LGA 1366 system with a Core i7 940 which is one of the lower i7's you could get on that socket. In my experience the temperatures he is describing are about the same as what I got idle. It wasn't any better really than my air cooler that I replaced with the H50.

So with my post I was just kind of going off my own experience with these products. The H100 in my opinion is a better cooler its larger radiator just adds higher cooling potential especially when using a 130 Watt TDP CPU which is what all the 1366 i7's were rated at.

 

[Mogan s]

Sorry for the incomplete details.Here they are

CPU:Intel i7 950 (not overclocked)

Chassis:Cooler Master CM 690 II advanced

Ambient temps:around 34 c

 

[S_I_N]

Whilst I agree with you that the OP hasn't provided all the information. I've owned a H50 which is basically the same as a H60 with a different pump and the performance was pants. I also used it on a LGA 1366 system with a Core i7 940 which is one of the lower i7's you could get on that socket. In my experience the temperatures he is describing are about the same as what I got idle. It wasn't any better really than my air cooler that I replaced with the H50.

So with my post I was just kind of going off my own experience with these products. The H100 in my opinion is a better cooler its larger radiator just adds higher cooling potential especially when using a 130 Watt TDP CPU which is what all the 1366 i7's were rated at.

yeah i agree with what ya said mine was a general post sorry should of pointed at which posts i was talking about

Sorry for the incomplete details.Here they are

CPU:Intel i7 950 (not overclocked)

Chassis:Cooler Master CM 690 II advanced

Ambient temps:around 34 c

I'd say you are within the norms for that ambient. the H60 as said isnt what I would choose for a 1366 processor. I dont think I'd even use the H100 with those ambient temps but it would do alot more than the H60. If your stuck with the H60 i'd try and get some better fans to help it cope more.

 

[BKCXb]

my h-60 had higher temp than my stock cooler the first time installed it, I reseated it and the temps got better,but not great.

I used it for a few weeks and decided to see if I could get better temps from it, to overclock a bit more.

When I took it off , I saw the TIM wasn't touching all the way, basically it had thickened up too much sitting on the shelf, replaced the TIM, temps dramatically dropped.

I'm on 775 but, still using 130W TDP CPU, overclocked till the chip won't go anymore, not because of temps.

I changed out the rad to a 40mm 240, for a homebrew h-100,temps went up a few degs.

You could also have bubbles in pump, the unit is shipped with alot of air in it, and the pump isn't very strong, you might have to help the air out the pump by tilting the whole machine while it is running.

Mine was a bear to refill and get the bubbles out the pump unit