h220 Very loud

[mechanicalfluff]

Hey guys, I bought an h220 today and it's incredibly loud. Also it has a water trickling sound as it's running. Any ideas what it could be or how to fix it? 

 

the only fans that are running are the two helix fans that came with it. Both on rubber grommets. I attached a .wav with a few seconds of it. h220.wav

 

 

The hissing you hear in the recording is the water going through the pump.

[unidentical]

Rma time I think. That isn't righ

[airdeano]

verify the res service port it pointed up, tilt case to make the service port the

highest point and circulate/cycle the pump for 5-10min intervals. you may

even can see to slow down pump speed. if pump s maxed, the air bubbles

are whipped and will not dissipate because the pump is too fast. 

 

alleged the retails were to be vacuum filled (which makes no sense, as item

is not in any one position during shipping and they are not filled to capacity,

due to thermal expansion of coolant). kinda sounds like what linus went

through on primary H220 testing.

 

i learned some of this using an apogee drive 2 (not an adventure) to get air

lock out of pump base. similar setup to the H220 system. good luck!

 

airdeano

[mechanicalfluff]

verify the res service port it pointed up, tilt case to make the service port the

highest point and circulate/cycle the pump for 5-10min intervals. you may

even can see to slow down pump speed. if pump s maxed, the air bubbles

are whipped and will not dissipate because the pump is too fast. 

 

alleged the retails were to be vacuum filled (which makes no sense, as item

is not in any one position during shipping and they are not filled to capacity,

due to thermal expansion of coolant). kinda sounds like what linus went

through on primary H220 testing.

 

i learned some of this using an apogee drive 2 (not an adventure) to get air

lock out of pump base. similar setup to the H220 system. good luck!

 

airdeano

awesome, thanks a ton! 

 

i'm glad it's a heck of a cooler, I can run the pump down to 5% and maintain ~40c idle. i have to push it to 35% to maintain ~65c max load at 4.9ghz. If it gets quieter, it would be the best investment i've had on this rig.

[mechanicalfluff]

verify the res service port it pointed up, tilt case to make the service port the

highest point and circulate/cycle the pump for 5-10min intervals. you may

even can see to slow down pump speed. if pump s maxed, the air bubbles

are whipped and will not dissipate because the pump is too fast. 

 

alleged the retails were to be vacuum filled (which makes no sense, as item

is not in any one position during shipping and they are not filled to capacity,

due to thermal expansion of coolant). kinda sounds like what linus went

through on primary H220 testing.

 

i learned some of this using an apogee drive 2 (not an adventure) to get air

lock out of pump base. similar setup to the H220 system. good luck!

 

airdeano

 

I finally got it quiet, I ran it alternating lowest speed to highest for 10 minutes each while shutting down for 5 minutes in between. 

 

It was a real pain to get the fill port to face up since my ram was in the way. Of course there wasn't any room with the 500R to put it on top.. Thank goodness for tin snips! hah

[airdeano]

I finally got it quiet, I ran it alternating lowest speed to highest for 10 minutes each while shutting down for 5 minutes in between. 

 

glad that helped. yeah too bad about the fitment..

 

didn't there used to be a cutout in the rear for the H100 hose

pass-through? couldn't the assembly be rotated that way?

 

 

mount radiator inside, mount fans on top...

but glad it is quiet..

 

airdeano

[mechanicalfluff]

glad that helped. yeah too bad about the fitment..

 

didn't there used to be a cutout in the rear for the H100 hose

pass-through? couldn't the assembly be rotated that way?

 

 

mount radiator inside, mount fans on top...

but glad it is quiet..

 

airdeano

The slot on the back isn't wide enough and it's awful tight on my 8pin. Since the rad has that 3/4 inch high L shape res (knowing now that it needs to be facing upward), putting it under makes it hang down at a slant without cutting it wider to make it flush with the top of the case. If i were to just put it on top, the res would still be too tall.

 

 

Any lower it would sit on the heatsink on the left and the ram as well :/ 

 

Works though! super quiet.. it's now a permanent piece of the case..

 

Thanks a lot for all your advice and attention on this post! There really needs to be more forums with people this helpful.

[silencerbob]

verify the res service port it pointed up, tilt case to make the service port the

highest point and circulate/cycle the pump for 5-10min intervals. you may

even can see to slow down pump speed. if pump s maxed, the air bubbles

are whipped and will not dissipate because the pump is too fast. 

 

alleged the retails were to be vacuum filled (which makes no sense, as item

is not in any one position during shipping and they are not filled to capacity,

due to thermal expansion of coolant). kinda sounds like what linus went

through on primary H220 testing.

 

i learned some of this using an apogee drive 2 (not an adventure) to get air

lock out of pump base. similar setup to the H220 system. good luck!

 

airdeano

I have a weird noise on mine this past week... I cant explain why

 

its like a very fast ticking noise ..I have my rad in vertically, on the front of a HAF XB ( http://linustechtips.com/main/uploads/monthly_08_2013/post-6124-0-94296200-1376218756.jpg )

 

 

should I try something before I take it back to the store? sigh

[mrconan]

at least you can get an h220. Im so jealous

[2Supra4U]

I just picked my H220 from the post office yesterday. Keeps my 4770k at 26 idle 40 load. @ 4.5ghz @ 1.4v it holds it to 70-75

The only time you can hear the pump clearly it is if you have the pump is at max rpm. Then you can hear a low buzzing/whine. plus the fans going at full. and that's with an open case

when I have it at 100% load at stock 3.5, the pump stays at lowest speed and my NF-F12s stay at 700-800 rpm. This still keeps the cpu at 30 idle and 40 load. you can't hear anything.

my radeon 4870 drowns out everything lol. Cant wait for the 9000 series. then waterblock for it too. then add in my 2nd dual rad (swiftech xp) I have waiting and more swiftech flex tubing.

 

 

I am so happy I bought it and that NCIX got it in stock finally.