- Large 280mm radiator: more cooling capacity for cases which have 280mm radiator mounts
- Improved cold plate and pump design: better efficiency gives you lower temperatures with less noise
- Advanced SP140L PWM fan design: better high-static pressure air delivery and customizable speed
Amazing performace
03/16/2016
This review is from: Corsair Hydro Series H110i Extreme Performance Water / Liquid CPU Cooler Cooling. 280mm CW-9060026-WW
Pros:
It keeps my cpu at about 27 degrees Celsius which is perfect! The design is really sleek, and the added small touches really make a difference. For example, the device that covers the cpu itself, there are leds which can be programmed to indicate the temperature the cpu currently rests at. Which if you have a see through area on your case is really helpful. Also the ability to download the software and get all the information from the motherboard directly is a huge plus. I can now easily see all the temperatures of every device plugged in to my system and I can change all kinds of settings related to fan and pump speed. The install wasn't so easy though I imagine a larger more modern case would have made that easier.
It was very quiet as I knew it would be but I have to say I could hear the pump in that silence which got to be kind of annoying, but that's just me being over critical.
Cons:
The worst part about this was its installation engineering. In todays day and age, cases come in all shapes and sizes, I figure if the motherboard that fits the cpu can fit in the case, then so can the watercooler that says it fits the cpu. The problem I had was that it was WAY too big for my case, not so much of a problem though, I'll just mount it outside of the case, however that led to more problems. The problem of screw holes lining up. Even if this fit in to the case I knew I had no screw holes where the manual intended them to be. I ended up drilling a few holes and hooking the radiator to the case in my own way. A good way around this for future engineers would be to allow for adjustable screw holes to fit hundreds of more pc cases. Seriously.
Last little issue I had was that once I had this hooked up, I wasn't really instructed where to go from there. I actually didn't know there was software, I just figured there was because why else would the cooler have a hookup to the motherboard through usb? I did a quick google search and from there it was easy. The usb thing is another problem though, it took up a whole port on my motherboard which is very modern, only about a year old. Which meant to configure my cooler, I had to unhook a cable which went to two of the ports on the front of the case. Not a huge issue I guess but a different hookup would have been more enjoyable.
Overall Review:
All in all, for the money, with the right case, this is worth the buy, my issues were most likely not a common thing, which is why I only took one egg off for the problems. I know if my case was perfectly fitted this could have been a ten minute installation no problem.
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