We tested the H50 a while back. Corsair had already updated the packaging going from a dull white box to the colourfull design, sort of being reused for the H70. The mounting mechanism also went through a midlife update. Now including all the mountings for the Intel sockets (S775/1156 and 1366) and the AMD AM2/3 brackets.
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The thicker and slightly bigger rad of the H70 on the right. The first generation mounting mechanism of the H50 required a separate top bracket for each different socket. The new version is fully Intel compatible with the same bracket. No more screw/spring mountings either. Simple and effective is good enough.
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The pump design also received a serious trim down. Being far lower and getting a nice Corsair logo on top will bring that little bit of *bling* *bling* in your setup. This time I didn't open the unit but during the testing no more gurgling sounds were observed at start-up ( so less air trapped in the loop ) and the pump speed is still around the 1400rpm mark.
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The H50 unit had a PWM controlled fan setup ( so the motherboard could adjust the fan speed according the CPU temperature ) The H50 required you to hookup the white 4 pin fan molex to the CPU connector and the pump to another free 3 pin connector. With the H70, no more PWM controlled fans, just a normal 3 pin black molex.
The air cooler in this test is Thermalright's Venomous X cooler. Sporting 6 beefy 6mm heatpipes and an adjustable pressure mount. During all the performance tests in this review the Venomous X was equipped with the H70's fans spinning at 1600rpm. This cooler has replaced my good old TRUE 120 eXtreme.
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The new AMD mount allows you to mount the cooler either horizontal or vertical. The latter which was a no go with the normal TRUE 120 included mounting.
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