CORSAIR Hydro Series H60 (CWCH60) High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

[blackplague]

Any thought's on if its good or not, Newegg had them on sale so i bought one, their reviews were good and it got a 4 egg rating. Just wanted to know your guys thought on this product.

[werty316]

I would rate it as a "decent" AIO watercooling unit.

[Scott]

Depends on you CPU. Decent product. H80 would be the smallest one I would use. I am using a TT 240 unit in my main rig and a H80 in my 970 rig.

[PP Mguire]

I personally would never buy the H60 with how thin the rad is. I have used my H50 on a plethora of CPUs with no problem even for overclocking but I would never use an H60. For a simple stock cooler replacement I suppose it wouldn't be that bad.

[foxmobouser]

Any thought's on if its good or not, Newegg had them on sale so i bought one, their reviews were good and it got a 4 egg rating. Just wanted to know your guys thought on this product.

First off its a decent cooler and if it was sold for 29.99 not 39.99 id get a few myself but being as I am i'm hoping they will be on some special after new years.

Second they are old stock, most of those 39.99 coolers weather its corsair,thermaltake,zalman, antec are old models and companies are selling off their old stock as new models are available already.

From what I have heard the new model H60 has quieter fan and improved copper plate.

If you need better cooling there are the H100 like models and like with all these closed loop systems mounting in case can be an issue.

[Cody_Irwin]

I prefer coolers from Asetek, (thermaltake, asetek, nzxt)

[PP Mguire]

Corsair has Asetek units as well such as my H50.

[Cody_Irwin]

I know, I just stated the three others besides corsair since we are already talking about Corsair >.>
No reason to say corsair again lol =P

Corsair has Asetek units as well such as my H50.

[blackplague]

Well what im trying to do is push ole betsy [CPU] to 4.0 GHz, Which right now what i have is a Intel Pentium D 935, which i do have it at 3.8 GHz. Im just trying to keep temp's cool. Im a rookie to overclocking and such, pretty much new to anything other then regular fan cooling too. And im hoping that this will keep temps cool.

[PP Mguire]

Well what is your current cooling? I would get the beefier H55 myself.

[ryandigweed]

Now that you've already got it. It's decent. It's good. It's better than a bunch of other coolers out there. So don't worry about it. :-)

[blackplague]

LOL yeah better then my stock cooling. I just pray it doesnt sound like a jet engine taking off when it runs, i havent seen anything anywhere saying they are loud. So here is hoping

[werty316]

You'll hear it at 100% fan speed.

[phenom2]

what's the difference between this H60 and the H55? I found the H55 at a really LOW price here in Italy...30€ in an online shop! But my bad..I have a chassis with 8cm fans....couldn't mount it :( (or can I?) i'm still unsure...and very tempted to buy it!

[werty316]

Two different companies; one was made by CoolIT and the other by Asetek.

[PP Mguire]

what's the difference between this H60 and the H55? I found the H55 at a really LOW price here in Italy...30€ in an online shop! But my bad..I have a chassis with 8cm fans....couldn't mount it :( (or can I?) i'm still unsure...and very tempted to buy it!
The H55 has a bigger radiator but the H60 has a better heat plate.

[werty316]

Bigger rad? Both are single thick 120mm rads.

The H60 actually has a larger area where the inlet and outlet ports are in comparison to the H55.

[PP Mguire]

Bigger rad? Both are single thick 120mm rads.

The H60 actually has a larger area where the inlet and outlet ports are in comparison to the H55.Thickness. Even though it looks like the fin surface area is smaller on the H55 by a tiny bit. Side by side though, the H50/55 is still thicker in comparison to the H60 and actually cools better. I have had both an H50 and H60 in my machine before.

Just to be clear, I'm talking the older style H60 and not the newer one with thicker tubing. The rad on it is still thinner though, but I think it has a better pump.

Edit: According to Hard the H60 is only slightly better in their testing. I'll admit, I never use the craptacular fans that come with these coolers. With dual Scythe Kaze fans the H50 was better than the H60 in my personal rig by 5c. Again, this isn't the newer units but according to them the new H60 isn't much better.
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/12/03/new_corsair_h60_h55_cpu_liquid_coolers_review/4

[werty316]

Do you have a pic that shows the H55 having a thicker rad than the H60? I always thought they were the same size so I am curious on how thick the difference is.

[PP Mguire]

Just look at them, it's obvious. The easiest way to tell is by looking at the rivets. The space between the center and side is much smaller. In person it's extremely obvious at first glance.

http://www.hardocp.com/images/articles/1352988268PNVWjx5jlG_2_1.jpg
http://www.hardocp.com/images/articles/1352988268PNVWjx5jlG_3_1.jpg

[werty316]

Interesting however..., upon further investigation it looks to me that the fan shroud gives off the impression that the H55 has a thicker rad.

Take a look at the tops and bottoms of both rads and then compare the distance between the fan mounts.

http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image/akg/water_cooling/H55andH60/Corsair_H55_box_open.jpg
http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image/akg/water_cooling/H55andH60/Corsair_H60_box_open.jpg

http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image/akg/water_cooling/H55andH60/Corsair_H55_rad.jpg
http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image/akg/water_cooling/H55andH60/Corsair_H60_rad.jpg

[Cody_Irwin]

Asetek (h55) uses more space for the screws to screw in as sometimes everyone knows... Radiators tend to strip if you screw a few too many times, they added more threads on it total pretty much so your fan screw goes deeps and can still stay in place.

Thats my view, and also another reason why I love em =)

[PP Mguire]

Interesting however..., upon further investigation it looks to me that the fan shroud gives off the impression that the H55 has a thicker rad.

Take a look at the tops and bottoms of both rads and then compare the distance between the fan mounts.

http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image/akg/water_cooling/H55andH60/Corsair_H55_box_open.jpg
http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image/akg/water_cooling/H55andH60/Corsair_H60_box_open.jpg

http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image/akg/water_cooling/H55andH60/Corsair_H55_rad.jpg
http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image/akg/water_cooling/H55andH60/Corsair_H60_rad.jpgIt's not the shroud. The H60 is seriously a lot thinner. After the holidays I'm having a friend come over with her H60 so I can do some testing to see who is better. I don't have an H55, but it looks like the only changed the cold plate a bit (can't believe I put heat plate up there).

[blackplague]

The one i got must be the old model of the H60 cause the fan and plate are different, but i must say for first time having water cooling it is nice, rather quite compared to my stock cooling that was in there. Overall i must say im happy with it for now.