Reddit reviews Corsair Hydro Series H80i v2 AIO Liquid CPU Cooler, 120mm Thick Radiator, Dual 120mm SP Series PWM Fans, Advanced RGB Lighting and Fan Software Control

There are a few things that need to be considered when you are experiencing performance issues. The first thing I would do is make sure it isnt just CS:GO. Play another game and see if you experience any performance issues.

If you do not, I would recommend verifying integrity of game files, then restarting your PC and seeing if that does anything.

If you do experience performance issues outside of CS as well, there is a multitude of problems you could be experiencing. Since the 7700k and the 1080 both run hot, you need to make sure you are cooling them properly. If you are running the stock Intel cooler, I wouldn't be surprised if you were thermal throttling your CPU.

Here are 2 great cooling solutions in the case you need to replace the stock Intel cooler:

• AIO (Water Cooling)
  
  
• Heat Sink (Air Cooling)
  
  Just be sure to get a cooler that your motherboard supports (in your case, one that supports Z270)
  
  Other things I can suggest:
  
  
• Reinstalling the game
  
• Cleaning out your case
  
• De-fragmenting hard drive (Not SSD)
  
• Checking for damaged/dead hardware
  
  If you have any other questions, I'd be happy to assist you.
  

2600k masterrace

mind you, I'm using one of these

Your cooler is probably very similar to the Corsair H80i V2, but without the 2nd fan. People on Amazon have reported being able to cool the 9900K non-OCed with Corsair cooler: Corsair H80i V2 used on 9900K

That seems to imply you could be ok depending on how you set up your case, but may need to bolt on a second fan to move more air through the radiator.

in my experience the 212 evo does fine for mild overclocking. but if you want a no compromises option then an all-in-one water cooler like the corsair hydro h80i would do the trick.

enthusiasts tend to go overboard on things like coolers and power supplies but thats just cause they enjoy the process and having crazy builds

Well, not
$300, it's $94 , which is also way too much, especially considering that the 240mm h100i goes for ~$110 and is double that.

Check reviews, I don't know how well the arctic performs to be honest. But those coolers in general are all from the same manufacturer, they simply change the fan(s) and plastics. I chose the Arctic because it's thicker than the H60 (so it will probably perform better) and not that much more expensive.

> If this is the end, is there any thermal paste you'd recommend?

New AIO coolers come with paste preapplied, yes. So you won't need separate new paste.

I was thinking of getting this. Would that be a good choice, or is the NH-D15 better? The price difference is marginal so I'm not too worried.

And it's you again F0RCE!! Thanks for always coming through to answer my stupid questions.

Liquid cooling is a bit expensive depending on the model you get. The cheapest one costs around $50 or so but they are the older generation but they work fine imo.

The liquid cooling I was talking about is pretty simple to replace. If you ever changed a heatsink on the CPU and the CPU Fan, its pretty much the same as that. This is the liquid cooler i was speaking about Liquid Cooler . You won't have to worry about water damage while installing this unless you break the tube but the tube is made of rubber and not easily broken or detached from the heatsink and fan.

What you see in the image of the link is the only thing that gets installed.

All you need is a screw driver and paper towel to wipe the old thermal paste from the CPU. Also need to make sure the liquid cooler fits your CPU socket by checking what CPU socket the liquid cooler is used for. Example: AMD3, AMD2, AMD1, LGA775, LGA1156, LGA 1136, etc etc.

Just giving you this information.

The NH-D15 is one of the best air coolers available

If your budget is strict, the NH-D14 is nearly as good.

If you're serious about the black/white theme, Phanteks makes a decent unit.

If you want to consider an AIO, the Corsair H80i is mostly black with RGB lighting.

you probably get better cooling performance using one of those AIO water cooling kits like this. have the pump plug wired directly to a switch which is then directly connected to the power source and whenever you need to use it, switch it on and leave it running as long as you need the flashlight then have another switch that controls the on and off of the leds. Or you could make your own custom water cooling with two "cpu" mounting units, mounting to the back of each led. which I recommend.

If that doesn't work, try the Hyper 212 EVO heatsink, its cheap. Or make your own heatsink with Solidworks or something.

Built an SG13/2700X/2080 back in March and I absolutely love it. Here are a few suggestions from my experience:

• If you don't mind only using one fan, you can fit the thicker H80iv2 for better cooling.
  
• I purchased a Noctua NF-A9x14 and set it up as a secondary exhaust as seen here (not my picture).
  
• SFX PSU with a vented ATX to SFX bracket made building easier while improving airflow.
  
  Bonus: Buy the pink version of the case to assert your dominance in a field of monochrome cases.
  
  Here is my build:
  
  PCPartPicker Part List
  
  Type|Item|Price
  :----|:----|:----
  CPU | AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor | Purchased For $280.00
  CPU Cooler | Corsair - H80i v2 70.69 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler | Purchased For $85.00
  Motherboard | Asus - ROG Strix B450-I Gaming Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard | Purchased For $120.00
  Memory | G.Skill - Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory | Purchased For $175.00
  Storage | ADATA - XPG SX8200 960 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive | Purchased For $153.00
  Video Card | EVGA - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card | Purchased For $710.00
  Power Supply | Corsair - SF 600 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply | Purchased For $150.00
  Case Fan | Noctua - NF-A9x14 29.72 CFM 92 mm Fan | Purchased For $16.00
  Case Fan | Noctua - NF-A12x25 PWM 60.1 CFM 120 mm Fan | Purchased For $30.00
  Custom | Makerfire 2pcs 2.4G 5.8G FPV TX Antenna RP-SMA Male Dipole Whip FPV Antenna for FPV Multicopter Racing Drone Quadcopter | Purchased For $13.00
  Custom | SilverStone Technology SFX to ATX Power Supply Adapter in Black PP08B-USA | Purchased For $10.00
  Custom | SilverStone Technology Ultra Small Form Factor Computer Case Mini-ITX in Pink SG13P | Purchased For $62.00
  | Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
  | Total | $1804.00
  | Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-12 11:28 EDT-0400 |
  
  
  Edit: Had to update my PCPartPicker build.

Question: Is its reasonable to stack radiators?

Specifically for the 1070 seahawk (aka, h60), on top of an h80i. The computer is stuck inside of an elite 130, so room and cooling is rather uncomfortable. My 770 Windforce thats in it now gets thermal limited.

My alternative was thinking about moving it back into an elite 110 and sticking Gigabyte's itx version in it. Just to make a high end, but cute gaming PC. I have no clue how the thermals will end up on that card though. Likely to be a nightmare.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019954Y2Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_bmM-AbS0CPVRZ though I didn't do a long testing for 5ghz, might've hit mid 90s soon after, but high 80s were already no in my likings, so I reverted back from 5ghz.

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do a safe overclock. 1.) put a water cooler on it such as (https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Extreme-Performance-Liquid-Cooler/dp/B019954Y2Q/ref=sr_1_7?srs=2529199011&ie=UTF8&qid=1482436061&sr=8-7&keywords=water+cooler) 2.) change your multiplier to the maximum.

So I want to get into a little bit of overclocking and I want to buy the h80i v2 https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Extreme-Performance-Liquid-Cooler/dp/B019954Y2Q

but I don't know if it's compatible with my motherboard as far as the corsair link cable goes

https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-A68H-SATA-Motherboards-GA-F2A68HM-H/dp/B00T7XTT6C/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1466183951&sr=1-1&keywords=motherboard+fm2%2B

idk, is it safe for 5.0 ghz with this cooler?

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Extreme-Performance-Liquid-Cooler/dp/B019954Y2Q/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1484396331&sr=8-1&keywords=H80i+v2&linkCode=sl1&tag=tecdea0f-20&linkId=8850c3b383fb0c8facf9578d75ebe3bb

How much do you want to spend? Because the higher end (and better) AIOs get expensive.

I wouldn’t go below a Corsair H80i with that proc and it’s almost $100

https://www.amazon.com/CORSAIR-Radiator-Advanced-Lighting-Software/dp/B019954Y2Q/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1541512654&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=corsair+hydro+series+h80i+v2&dpPl=1&dpID=41JI3KLaNCL&ref=plSrch

Cheap: https://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-RR-212E-20PK-R2-Direct-Contact/dp/B005O65JXI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1543389016&sr=8-3&keywords=hyper+12+evo

Great liquid cooler: https://www.amazon.com/CORSAIR-Radiator-Advanced-Lighting-Software/dp/B019954Y2Q/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1543389030&sr=8-4&keywords=corsair+liquid+cooling

Great Air cooler: https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NH-D15-heatpipe-NF-A15-140mm/dp/B00L7UZMAK/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1543388981&sr=1-4&keywords=noctua+nh-d15

Like the other comment said, the water is in a closed loop. Similar to this pc water cooler (https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Extreme-Performance-Liquid-Cooler/dp/B019954Y2Q).

The water in the tubing is always trapped in tubing. It just circulated from the cpu block (it gathers heat from the cpu) and moves to the radiator/fan (the radiator is constantly cooled by the fan, cooling down the water), then back to the cpu plate. It just goes in a heat-up, cool-down, heat-up, cool-down cycle forever.

Comes in about $20 cheaper by my math.

Phanteks 120mm, PWM, High Static Pressure Radiator Retail Cooling Fan PH-F120MP_BK_PWM https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OP2PUB8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_lv..yb782Z480 ($15)

Corsair Hydro Series H80i v2 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019954Y2Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_qu..ybWHTFQSJ ($85)

NZXT Kraken X61 280mm All-in-One CPU Liquid Cooling System (RL-KRX61-01) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L0YLJJG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_.v..ybA8CN6GS ($120)


You can just as well leave the stock fan on pull where static pressure is largely irrelevant with the h80, for marginally lower performance, more flexible mounting and $20 of beer money.

I don’t know it right off the bat, but it’s corsair. It’s similar to this one but it has two fans and it was I think about $130 or so when I got it.


I’d have to open up my PC, but I def know it’s a Corsair radiator.

Hey bud! Repaste your thermal paste. Another issue to note is that your Cpu fan is directly against your PSU door. No air seems to get in in this setup, I recommend getting watercooled, it's not expensive for a single rad (sadly only a single rad seems to fit). This should definitely fix your issues!

Use this stuff:

https://www.amazon.com/Thermal-Grizzly-Kryonaut-Grease-Paste/dp/B011F7W3LU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519371166&sr=8-1&keywords=kryonaut

edit edit edit I've done it! haha!

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-CW-9060024-WW-Extreme-Performance-Liquid/dp/B019954Y2Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1519371707&sr=1-1&keywords=h80i

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOlWxc9tt6s link to video!

Make sure it's the same system for me!

You don't have to thermal repaste with the paste that's on this, you can if you want to. Heck, the paste might even fix the first issue w/o a new cooler. Good luck.

If you are Oc'ing, you need to look at an aftermarket fan, the CPU will cook under the stock fan.
https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Extreme-Performance-Liquid-Cooler/dp/B019954Y2Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499883155&sr=8-1&keywords=H80i

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Hydro-Performance-Liquid-Cooler/dp/B00A0HZMGA/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_147_tr_t_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=CCA9YCE4838KY72B7GVF

There are some coolers you can look at. The H80i should be number one on your list for this, but if you are a bit strapped for cash, you can look at the H60 which is less costly, but results in slightly higher temps

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