CORSAIR Hydro Series H55 Quiet CPU Coolers CORSAIR Hydro Series H55 Quiet CPU Coolers

Pros: Great value for a water cooled solution. Considerably cooler than my Hyper 212, 10 C.

Cons: Directions for 1155 could be more clear, videos on You Tube helped alot.

Other Thoughts: H60 actually looked easier to install.

Pros: $73 for a closed-loop system (with a copper CPU block) is a great price, and this brought my stock AMD Phenom II 955 temps to 33c idle and 55c load. Nothing shameful about that!

Cons: Doesn't perform as well as a H110 but hey, it doesn't cost $129 either. It would be quite foolish of me to expect the moon with a humble H55, wouldn't you say?

Other Thoughts: There are a lot of foolish individuals posting reviews on Newegg lately. This is an H55 "quiet" series, which means 1) moderate performance compared to other, larger coolers, and 2) an underwhelming fan (it's QUIET, which usually means "not high-performance").

So, listen up: If you're expecting $100 performance, you should be buying $100 water coolers, which this thing is not.

Also, it is IMPOSSIBLE to cool anything below room temperature (since the room's air is ultimately what cools your system). And, even if you live inside a refrigerator, the device that is generating heat will ALWAYS be above room temperature, even if just a little bit. The CPU's that are at or under room temperature are the same CPU's that are under tubes of liquid nitrogen.

Lastly, if you think the fan is too loud or too slow, NEWS FLASH: replace the fan. Duh.

Don't label yourself "Tech knowledge: 5 - high" if you don't understand the basics of how computer cooling works. If you can't plug the cooling fan into the right header (which should be obvious to anyone who's even pretended to install computer parts), you shouldn't be buying these things yourself.

Pros: Keeps my CPU cool under heavy loads. Not the best but gets the job done well.

Cons: Wish the instructions would tell you that you have to install the pump to the CPU plugs on the mobo and the fan to an aux plug. Hooked it up wrong and CPU went up to 100C... Re-did the plugs and temps are back down to 30C where they should be.

Doesn't do that much better than my old Xigmatek Gaia. About 3C better but that's nothing. Didn't knock an egg off because of this because I wasn't expecting much.

Other Thoughts: Bought this mainly wanting to get rid of my Gaia cooler with the 120mm that came with it that's just loud. This was on sale at a local store and picked it up. Now, everything's more quiet and working as it should. Please keep in mind that this doesn't do as well as a lot of high end heatsink coolers in the market. But it most certainly get's the job done. If you find one for sale, grab it. It's a great cooler.

Knocked an Egg off because the instructions should state which plugs you should plug the 3-pin connectors to. Otherwise, the pump won't turn on at all and all that heat will be in one place, not transferring heat to the radiator.

Pros: - Silent.
- Cools very well.

Cons: - I had the hardest time installing this cooler in a push-n-pull configuration.

Other Thoughts: Overall: not bad.

Pros: Worked out of the box no issues. Install was easy. The supplied fan I put in another system, it's not loud. Fit in my case, looks cool.

Cons: I was hoping to get better cooling then the 212 plus but honestly it is only about 5c cooler then the 212.

Other Thoughts: On the 212 I had 2 fans on it and the exiting case fan so 3 total. I was hoping for more then that, like 20c, but it's 5c less with 2 fans ( push/pull ) and I could use the 3rd fan for the side case spot.

Pros: Easy install

Cons: It's not as good as one would expect for a water cooler. I was not that impressed. FX-6100 @ 4.2 ghz and my idle temp is 23C. Full load and the processor can get past 60C. I had to dump this one for a better performing cooler.

Other Thoughts: This is a great cooler if you are doing minor overclocking say just 200mhz or so. Or great for stock settings. At stock, it knocked my idle temps down to as low as 5C and maxed out at 28C. But once I put it to the test and did some serious overclocking, this cooler started to perform very poorly.The fan to me is also not that great, loud and not efficient. Not what I expected for a water cooler.

Pros: Temps are very low

Cons: This thing is loud. I mean it is TWICE as loud as my STOCK AMD heatsink fan.

I don't understand why it would need to run at 1600 RPM's while sitting at the desktop under 10% or less load.

I can hear it through noise cancellation headphones. I've re installed it twice and changed the settings in the bios, fan wont slow down.

Honestly if you're going to go this route i'd make sure to account for a fan controller or buying a lower RPM fan.

Other Thoughts: Don't know if i'm crazy or there's some giant thing i'm missing. I'd love some help...

Pros: Keeps the CPU Ice cold. Under decent load i'm getting temps at 25C

Cons: The downside to buying this fan is 2 fold.
1. It's literally TWICE as loud as my AMD stock heatsink fan. I mean i'm all for having a healthy CPU but you'd think Corsair would have the common sense to realize that this fan doesn't NEED to run at 1700 RPM CONSTANTLY. I can't sleep with it 30 feet away in the other room because it's so loud.

2.Corsair Customer Service. First of All I know this may be a standard for tech companies but not having a number to call about these issues is a deal breaker for me. I sent a support ticket like 40 hours ago and have heard nothing back from them.

Other Thoughts: I'm honestly puzzled as to why anyone would buy something like this. I can hear it playing games with noise cancelling headphones on. Real smart. Corsair's got 1 more day to contact me before this thing gets put in a box and shipped right back.

/rant

Pros: Pros:
-Looks nice when installed
-Sealed system

Cons: Cons:
-Very poor cooling performance for price
-EXTREMELY CONFUSING INSTRUCTIONS! Probably the most poorly written instructions I have ever used
-EXTREMELY LOUD! This is suppose to be a quiet cooler, but the fan is extremely loud and can be heard even when wearing headphones. For reference I am using a Thermaltake Soprano Silencing case and this thing could be heard in another room.
-Hard to use for Socket 1155

Other Thoughts: Back to air cooling for me. Pick up a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO. Even paired with a Noctua 120mm fan it is still cheaper, quieter and COOLS BETTER!

Pros: Compared to the Cooler Master V6-GT, This was an easy setup process. Doesn't feel cheap like other CPU Coolers.
Very Quiet, and allows me to have more room for my ram fan system.

Cons: The Radiator hoses seem a little short, I feel like it should be an inch or two longer. It also needs some kind of indicator if the pump dies on me or not working properly.

Other Thoughts: Overall it works very well, keeps my Quad OC' CPU @ 4.5GHz 25-30°C IDLE and 50-55°C Full Load. That is a difference from the previous LOUD heat-sink of 15°. I run my PC 24/7 for streaming purposes.

I do recommend having great airflow in your tower since it is also a factor in your Core temperature.