CORSAIR Hydro Series H80i Water Cooler

Pros: Dropped cpu temps 10 degrees during load, also dropped my ambient temps and video card temps a few degrees due to the pushing air out of the rear fan slot

Cons: Extremely tight fit in my mid tower, needed to case mod to get it to fit

Other Thoughts: Should have bought a full tower to stick this in, works really well

Pros: quiet, efficient, and somewhat easy to install, and adjustable colors...ooohhhhhh!!!!

Cons: 1155 socket sucks to install and the corsair software is a bit shoddy

Other Thoughts: 17 3770k@ 4.3ghz, 24/7, never hit 47 degrees, even at full load. quite beastly.

Pros: Phenom II 965
AsRock 970 Extreme 3
3.7 Ghz
Vcore 1.4625

Ambient temp of room = 20-22 C
Interier of case 28C


Before:
ZALMAN CNPS9500A-LED
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118223
Antec FORMULA 7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835209053

The zalman was installed so it blew air up towards a pair of fans that blew air out of the case.

Open hardware monitor was used, the cpu temp was the motherboard tin not the cpu sensor.

the idle temp was 32.5C

on prime 95 the cpu maxed out at 65C with IES on with 1.424 VCore, with IES off voltage jumped to 1.512 and the test had to be stopped as temps were approaching ^70C

I installed the H80i with artic silver 5 after using the articlean two stage cleaner and purifying solution.

It was installed according to the directions with the hoses down and pulling fresh air in from behind the case.

With IES off tems did not go over 48C so I decided to push things farther.


I turned the multiplier to 20.5 for a speed of 4.1Ghz and set the voltage to 1.5

IES on 1.452 @ 53C
IES off 1.547 @ 56C

The results speak for themselves.

Cons: The software has not recognized the hardware yet, I need to check the cables one more time and do some research. Seems it may need an update.

Other Thoughts: Yes you can hear the fans, I'm sure you can reduce the rpm with the software if it works.

Pros: Easy to install, make sure to put backplate on the MOBO before installing MOBO into case!

Comes with 2 fans that go on both sides of the radiator. Runs very cool. Pump actually connects to USB header, unlike older water coolers.

Cons: Radiators are always a big piece to fit in a case, but it's always worth it.

Pros: Keeps everything exceptionally cool. Neat corsair logo, easy installation (for AMD at least)

Cons: the radiator and fans do take up a lot of space in the case. because of this, i was unable to mount an additional 120mm fan inside my case.

Other Thoughts: I don't know if this is just me, but i put this cooler in during my initial build. Corsair link did not appear as a usb device or attachment, and i couldn't find a way to download it without going on the internet. When i looked online, i could only find the version of corsair link compatible with the h60

Pros: Great cooler, easily installed, hoses seem to be sturdy and don't kink.

Cons: Software has told me once that there were three h80i's installed, until i figured out that i could delete the other two.

the software also lost its cooling profile after a random reset of the computer, leaving the fans and pump running on its maximum until I readjusted the settings.

Other Thoughts: I would reccomend this product despite my mild troubles with it. keeps my system cool under pressure. CPU idle's in the 30's, and mid 50's under load. I'm happy with the results.

Pros: This thing can really keep a CPU very cool. Ran several burn test and CPU never got super hot. Some reviews state that its difficult to install, but I did not have a problem installing it by myself. It takes planning, but the best way I handled it was by using the long screws provided to support the fan in place, then mounted the radiator block behind the fan and turn the screw to secure it all. Once one screw is in place, the rest falls into place as you install the three remaining screws. After that you install the second fan on the other side of the radiator and you are good to go. No problems

Cons: I do agree however that the instructions are good but not great. One line commands and Pictures do not make as good instructions to install this thing.

Other Thoughts: Solid cooler if you are looking for OC your PC. This thing can sure keep a CPU cool.

Pros: Great cooling when it's connected right. Idle 25-30C load 50-60C
Corsair link is neat, when it works.
Pretty lights.

Cons: Standoffs. See other thoughts.
Corsair link program is buggy. Doesn't recognize my CPU as having a temp every once in a while, making the auto-fan control worthless.

Other Thoughts: Standoffs for 1155 socket are loose. I had to put an extra spacer between the backplate and the motherboard in order for it to cool properly. Have had this problem now with 3 1155 builds, with both MSI and AsRock boards. Haven't checked if boards may be thinner than standard, but I have a good 1.5mm of space between standoffs and board, causing a bad connection between CPU and block. AMD builds have worked fine so far.

Pros: This product work outstanding. It improve my temperature by a 35% compared to my previous h60. My friend had a h100i and this h80i work as good as his h100i. It fit into my mid tower without any problem. Easy to instal anyone with a limited experience can instal this product. The radiator is nice and big and the two fans do a tremendous job at high rpm. I'm using the fans on silence mode and ruing prime5 will not go higher than 52c'

Cons: It can be noise if operated at high speeds. Therefore is ok just to keep it running in slow speed. it will create a annoying noise if operating above silence mode. Over clocking and increasing the voltage of your motherboard will force you to go balanced mode and it could be annoying.

Other Thoughts: I upgraded form a fx8150 to a fx8350 and with it I was force to upgrade from h60 to an h80i. I did not go to h100i because my mid tower space was limited. (Cool master enforcer) this product improved my temperature from 62c at max stress to around 52c at slow fan speeds. I can imagine if you are willing to sacrifice noise for performance you will get around 43 full load. In my case I don't mind having 50c full load with silence mode. Don't be afraid of buying this excellent product. You will get an excellent performance at a tremendous price. If you are thinking about getting an h100 or h100i without knowing if it will fix you case this h80i is the product for you.

Pros: Cools like a beast.

It's not a fair fight between this and the CM 212 EVO that I came from, and the EVO was immaculate for what it was...a budget "enthusiast" cooling solution. IntelBurnTest hit 95C with the 212 on the IBT high setting with the 2400k @ 4.5 GHz...with the same settings the H80i barely hit 64C and is still going strong.

I expected improvement. I didn't expect that.

Cons: It didn't come with a prepackaged guy to install it for me.

Other Thoughts: SPECS:
i5-2500k (3.3 stock) @ 4.5 GHz 24/7
AsRock z77 Extreme4 mobo
AMD/Gigabyte 7870 GHz Ed. @ 1200 core / 1350 mem
16GB G.skill RAM
Corsair TX650M PSU
128GB SSD Crucial M4 boot drive
1TB Spinpoint F3 storage drive