Corsair H60 - how loud is the pump noise?

[Fjodor2001]

Hi,

If you run the Corsair H60 water CPU cooler at low speed (< 2000 RPM), how much noise does the pump make? Is it silent, or can you still hear it (assuming the other parts of the system is silent)?

Thanks!

 

[Hmongkeysauce]

I can't hear mine, although I'm not sure what it's suppose to sound like. I run all my fans at the lowest speed possible and the fan is set to quiet profile. My computer is about 3 feet away from me and tucked into a corner.

 

[N4g4rok]

I don't think i've ever heard it. If it's made any noise, it's been eclipsed by whatever oteher ambient sounds are in the room.

 

[dkm777]

People say that the noise varies greatly. Mine makes a low buzz that is audible when under low loads my Gentle Typhoon fans spin down - in fact it's the loudest thing in the box closely followed by an old Seagate hard drive. When the fans spin up to ~1400RPM the noise of air rushing through the radiator drowns it out.

 

[Hmongkeysauce]

The Corsair fan is probably the loudest part of that system and you'll probably hear that before the pump.

 

[jackstar7]

I have heard of some people having louder pumps, but mine has been inaudible.

 

[Skott]

If your unit makes a loud noise then you got a bad unit. A good H60 should not make much noise. In fact you should not be able to hear it unless you have your ear right up on the pump. When working properly it should never be heard over anything else in your pc. Some of the early batches had bad pump units. Last I heard Corsair fixed the problems.

 

[PCTC2]

I have an H60 and my first unit was a lemon and sounded like 4 hard drives clicking themselves to death. My second unit is dead quiet and the fan is the quietest of the case.

You should note though: The fan it comes with is PWM so you should shove it on the CPU header and toss the pump onto another header.
Also note that the pump is meant to be run at 100% (~2000-2200 RPM). Corsair tells you this. It is not meant to be run any slower. Run it at full speed.

 

[Smartazz]

I don't have an H60, but I have an H80. It's the loudest part of my system when I'm not gaming, if I'm gaming my reference 6870 gets pretty loud.

 

[jackstar7]

I don't have an H60, but I have an H80. It's the loudest part of my system when I'm not gaming, if I'm gaming my reference 6870 gets pretty loud.

Is the noise coming from the fans? Or the actual pump?

 

[slayernine]

As an experienced owner here is my extremely scientific verdict: too loud

 

[PCTC2]

I don't have an H60, but I have an H80. It's the loudest part of my system when I'm not gaming, if I'm gaming my reference 6870 gets pretty loud.

Yeah, I have an H80 as well, and it is louder sometimes. What do you have the internal fan-speed setting on? I have it on the lowest, and though it does start as a screamer, the controller eventually brings it down to the level of the rest of the system fans.

The H60 is quieter than the H80, especially if you have your MB set to run the PWM fan lower. The H80 with its built-in fan controller sometimes pushes the fans too high. The pump is almost unnoticeable with my new unit.

 

[slayernine]

The Corsair fan is probably the loudest part of that system and you'll probably hear that before the pump.

Yeah I swapped out that fan pretty quickly with two cheap but quiet fans. After over a year of ownership the pump has gotten a lot noisier. I can hear it when the room is quiet and I'm trying to sleep.

 

[Smartazz]

Yeah, I have an H80 as well, and it is louder sometimes. What do you have the internal fan-speed setting on? I have it on the lowest, and though it does start as a screamer, the controller eventually brings it down to the level of the rest of the system fans.

The H60 is quieter than the H80, especially if you have your MB set to run the PWM fan lower. The H80 with its built-in fan controller sometimes pushes the fans too high. The pump is almost unnoticeable with my new unit.

I was keeping it on the lowest setting and yeah it's loud at startup but quiets down to the point of being almost inaudible.

 

[Smartazz]

Is the noise coming from the fans? Or the actual pump?

It really could be either since both are pretty quiet. If I had to guess, it's probably the pump that's the loudest part. I've since turned up the fans a bit since it was too quiet for my taste. I need a little bit of fan noise while I work.

 

[MyCoder]

Hi everyone.

I have the same problem from me
My cooler corsair h80
Replace the need to solve the problem?


Is the loss of future times when the noise grows, will you?

 

[Hmongkeysauce]

I take back my comments. The pump is pretty loud, almost like a hard drive clicking. I think I need to swap it out for another one.

 

[slayernine]

Next system I'm going back to a Noctua cooler, this "Easy Watercooling" was fun but definitely not the best.

 

[p_monks33]

Mine is loud. Sometimes makes a knocking sound like a coffee pot when its almost done brewing you know. I am going to RMA it. Has anyone had pump noise from the H70? Im thinking of picking one up before they are all gone.

 

[majnu]

I have the H60 and there is no way to set the rpm of the pump. Are you getting mixed up with the H80?

In the UK the people who make the Corsair closed liquid coolers have released a H80 rad with the H60 pump for about £46 (It comes without the Corsair branding and warranty but it should be a better cooler). I would have bought that had I not had my Corsair H60.

 

[Meghan54]

I have the H60 and there is no way to set the rpm of the pump. Are you getting mixed up with the H80?

In the UK the people who make the Corsair closed liquid coolers have released a H80 rad with the H60 pump for about £46 (It comes without the Corsair branding and warranty but it should be a better cooler). I would have bought that had I not had my Corsair H60.

Strange. In the U.S., Corsair released an H80 cooler, branded and everything. Essentially an H60 w/thicker radiator, two fans that have a higher rpm than what comes with the H60, and fan speed control.

 

[PCTC2]

I have the H60 and there is no way to set the rpm of the pump. Are you getting mixed up with the H80?

In the UK the people who make the Corsair closed liquid coolers have released a H80 rad with the H60 pump for about £46 (It comes without the Corsair branding and warranty but it should be a better cooler). I would have bought that had I not had my Corsair H60.

I would want that unbranded cooler. I like the H80 radiator, but the H80 pump fan controller is definitely not calibrated perfectly. I would like to just use a PWM fan with the H80 radiator with the H60 pump.

As for people with noise:

Yeah. I had the clicking noise. I freaked out because it was on my storage server, so I thought a hard drive went bad. It was the pump. I RMA'd it (really quick because their RMA facility is like 2 hours away) and the noise is almost unnoticeable now.

 

[Fjodor2001]

Seems like there are some mixed opinions. For those claiming the H60 pump to be "almost inaudible", what other noise making stuff do you have in you system? Could it be that the other fans or hard drives in your system drown the noise from the H60 pump?

In my case plan on building a system where the only noise source will be the CPU cooler fan (and possibly the pump if I go for an H60). I.e. the rest will be completely silent; SSD, fanless PSU, and so on. So in such a set up, will the H60 pump noise be heard?