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Corsair Hydro Series H80i and H100i Liquid CPU Coolers Review

Cooling/Water Cooling by leeghoofd @ 2012-12-02

Corsair is renewing it's all in one liquid cooling solution series. After overhauling the high end AX series power supplies, their high end Hydro 80 and 100 models are getting a facelift too. Baptized as the H80i and H100i models; Without any clue what the i really stands for, however ignition or injection seem logic options. Most important upgrade is the inclusion of the new Corsair Air fan series, which already are renown for improving the cooling performance by a small margin. However that's not the only part where the new Hydro I series differ from their predecessors. Time to explore Corsair's latest addition.

Installation Pictures

The installation on our X79 testbed was quite easy. Screwing in the 2011 standoffs, position the Intel plate over the pump/cooling block and finally secure it all firmly with the provided thumbscrews. The radiator is held down by 8 x 3mm screws. In the case of our C70 Vengeance enclosure, the whole radiator setup is damped by the included anti-vibration grommets.

The USB Link cable (included ) is hooked up to the motherboard via one of the onboard USB connectors.

The full H100i installed below. Pulling out the hot air, build up in the C70 Vengeance case. A push and pull configuration was not tested due to lack of clearance in this medium tower case.

The H80i is installed in a similar manner, also pulling out the hot air, with the predecessors ( H50/60 and H70 units ) Corsair advised for maximum performance to suck in ambient air via the rear. The main disadvantage then was that the hot air was dumped into the case. With the current installation methods the case air flow is not disturbed at all.

Let's move onto the results...

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