Corsair H150i RGB AIO

[Fir]

What a disappointment!
I figured a gen 6 pump would be an improvement. Nope, considerably inferior to the H115i I swapped it out with!

It feels flimsy in comparison. The maglev fans are nice but it (the system) can't keep up with high loads.

Oh, and by high loads I'm talking 7980XE at 1.1V 4.6GHz all cores! I realize this is custom territory and that's the direction I'm going but for anyone thinking of switching, it's not going to please in the temp department.

And out of the box, the lighting effect is a changing rainbow! It can be killed with their link software but that doesn't save the settings (in a firmware like some AIOs) so you have to run it all the time. Last thing I want in the middle of a box is something that looks like a firework spinner!

It was tested twice, with factory application of tim and with Cooler Master Gel Maker Nano which does quite well. Both times temps were bad but consistently bad.

It is quiet though. The default fan profile is far too aggressive (quiet) though. Even at full speed, the maglevs are very quiet compared to the usual Corsair offerings.

 

[aigomorla]

I realize this is custom territory and that's the direction I'm going

lolz... then why did u make a side stop?

:T

for a beast of a cpu like that you definitely need a custom.
Even when i had the 7940x @ 4.8ghz i had to use a custom.

I think my 7920X which does 5ghz (the current cpu im using) i couldnt even imagine putting this guy on an AIO in fear it would melt my motherboard like how the old athlons did.

 

[Fir]

I put my EK Supreme on it with the 5 jet plate and can stay below 80C at full load at 4.8GHz!
Same conditions with the AIO would hit throttling in under 10 seconds on majority of cores and blue screen within 2 minutes. Amazing difference.

I need to delid and throw a monoblock on there. I know someone else that did and gets 4.8GHz full AVX (Prime95) load under 70C!

You really need to cool the VRMs to OC these chips, the 16 and 18 core especially. I have the X299 Prime Deluxe with 8+4 CPU power. It seems OK but I may switch to the WS Sage with 8+8.

 

[aigomorla]

yea you do which is why i sort of downgraded to a 7920x from a 7940x.
That extra TDP makes a lot of difference especially when overclocking.

i dont see my mosfets ever getting hotter then 40C on the 7920X under full load with just a good fan over it.

Also i really only mostly game on this rig.
I have a dedicated server with Xeons and ECC to do stuff like video encoding, and those are also tied directly to my NAS on a 10GBE, so on this rig i really needed a faster core vs more cores due to the gaming aspect.

Anyhow, im glad your happy, i would delid that puppy if you didnt get the performance tuning warrenty from intel, and run the chip lidless with just the mono block.