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Corsair Hydro H100 CPU Cooler Review

Cooling/Water Cooling by leeghoofd @ 2011-11-21

One of the main remarks we had when testing all the different all in one cooling solutions was the size of the radiator, which limited the heat dissipation. Secondly the modern units generate a fair amount of noise, if it's user opted for maximum cooling capacity. A bigger radiator increases the cooling surface, thus logically should aid in lowering the processor temps. Another big plus is that it allows for more fans to be used, which can spin slower and yet have the same or better cooling capacity then it's single or dual 120mm fan solutions. A while ago Corsair bundled forces with CoolIT, to manufacture it's latest generation of Hydro coolers. And the feedback from it's numerous users resulted finally in a 240mm rad version baptized the Hydro 100.

Thermal performance with AM3 (+) Socket

Performance with AMD 1090T@4.2Ghz

Sorry but no complete 8 core Bulldozer test yet. You will have to live with the 6 core Thuban series and a small test on the new FX CPU. The 1090T still very affordable and being more then capable enough to provide smooth FPS in games. Compared at stock clocks, they can still manage to best some Bloomfield CPUs (in some tests ofc).

Test Setup:

Asus Crosshair V Formula

AMD 1090T @ 4.2Ghz 1.425Vcore

4Gb Corsair Dominator 12800C8 rams

We used coretemp to monitor the CPU temperatures with a 15°C offset. No surprises compared to the previous tested platforms. The H100 is the best all in one liquid cooling solution in the Corsair lineup. It does exactly what it was designed for : outperform the rest !

We already tested the H100 at performance preset with the AMD FX 8150 running at 4.7Ghz, 1.47Vcore. The other coolers in the below graph is the rebranded Asetek cooler by AMD (extreme preset in the chill control ) and the Alpenföhn K2 air cooler. I still have to retest the H80 but the CPU is at another reviewer for the time being.

Comment from Teemto @ 2011/11/21

I upgraded my H70 for a H100 a while back and can only recommend it.
I use it to cool my main gaming PC (1090T).
The 3-way button is easy to use. Cooling performance is better than the H70 and with less noise. Mounting the unit on the CPU is also much easier.
And it's prepared for use with corsair link commander.

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