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Post Date: 2009-12-02
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    Posted: 02 Dec 2009 at 11:51pm
is the Corsair Hydro H50 CPU Liquid Cooler any good? it looks very similar to DS's Asetek LCLC Processor Liquid Cooling System.

it never has to be filled with a coolant since everything is sealed .. it has 50000 hour-life, BUT what happens if it's close to replacing it with a new one? HOW will i know when it's almost dead when there's no warning beep .. i DON'T want to play Crysis in my oc'd pc and all of a sudden my cpu gets melted.

should i just replace it every 6 months?

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First off, 50000 hours is more than 5 years, close to 6 I believe.

Second, from what I've heard, some air coolers like the Noctua are actually better than the Asetek and those like it.
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yes, i'm aware of the years, but liquid cooling is more vulnerable than air cooling. hence, the replacement question.

i'm beginning to think air cooling is becoming too large in size.
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they have not been around enough to see if they do actually last 50000 hours.

corsair's is a bit better but I would go Noctua NH-U12P or frostchill/zubzero, asetek is a waste of your time.

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Originally posted by philiporphillip

yes, i'm aware of the years, but liquid cooling is more vulnerable than air cooling. hence, the replacement question.

i'm beginning to think air cooling is becoming too large in size.
 
lol, and they're getting bigger once you stick more fans on.
 
I don't really care on the reviews of asetek, saw a few of them being checked to be installed, while i was installing other things in pc's
and I honestly thought they were some non name brands, look so cheap.
Noctua is good, but TRUE 120 EE is good as well.
I only liked Noctua cause it comes with one of the best cpu heatsink fans, Great static preasure at low dBA
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the Noctua NH-U14P is even better

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I have an asetek and my temps are fine.  These things aren't having some sort of high failure rate are they? 
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should be ok but they have not been around long enough for us to say.

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