It's buggy and not worth the headache to have a multi-colored logo on the pump. The cooler works great as I already stated, and I can still control the fans in my BIOS so no biggie I guess, but this Corsair Link leaves something to be desired.
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I uninstalled and reinstalled the software until I finally got fed up with it and completely uninstalled it and detached the USB cable from the pump. This software caused a slew of issues for me, including crashes, lockups/freezes, and a dozen errors in my Event Viewer. One thing you didn't realty talk too much about was the Corsair Link software. I am amazed everyday when I use this rig that it idles so cool. I always remove it with alcohol and apply a pea sized dollop of MX-4 on the CPU die before mounting the water block. I'll have to say that I am still old school and don't trust that factory TIM they pre-apply. I have a large Corsair Air 540 case, so the size of the unit was not an issue for me. Very happy! It is quiet as a mouse and was relatively easy to install. hapkiman - Monday, Novemlink I recently used the H80i GT in a new Skylake i7 6700k build and I am very happy with it.POST A COMMENT 47 Comments View All Comments But the 140 mm models seem capable of significantly greater thermal performance or similar thermal performance at much lower noise levels. Otherwise it's worth noting that despite the use of two fans, the H80i GT actually is not louder than most other high performance 120 mm radiator fans. The H80i GT is actually slightly quieter, but the difference is imperceptible to the human ear. It is not the loudest AIO cooler that we have ever tested but 48.7 dB(A) are way above what we consider a comfortable limit.Īs the H80i GT is using the same fans and pump, the noise figures were expected to be similar. That noise does not only come from the two very powerful fans, but from the pump as well, which is making a clearly perceptible whining noise while operating at its maximum speed. The high performance of the H100i GTX has a significant downside however: noise. For having two powerful 120 mm fans, the H80i GT could fare a little better. However, it falls significantly behind the 140 mm Nepton 140 XL and all of the 240/280 mm radiator coolers. The performance slightly improves as the load increases and eventually it outpaces most of the similarly sized coolers. On the other hand, the H80i GT did not fare as well as it displayed middling low power thermal performance. It can be noticed that the performance difference over the H100i is relatively small, but it is distinctive and enough to place the H100i GTX at the top of our performance charts. Meanwhile the average thermal resistance is just 0.0732 ☌/W, which is also the best that we have recorded to this date and outpacing even Cooler Master's super loud 280 mm offering, the Nepton 280L. It displayed the best low load performance of every AIO cooler we have ever tested and heavy load performance comparable to that of the best 280 mm radiator coolers available. The Corsair H100i GTX is having a field day when the fans and the pump are running at their maximum rated speeds. We'll start off our testing with our fans running at their maximum fan speed and normal operating voltage (12V).Ĭore Temperature, Constant Thermal Load (Max Fan Speed) Testing Results, Maximum Fan Speed (12 Volts)