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Currently I am running my r5 1600 on the wraith spire cooler with an overclock of 3.79 on 1.31 volts under max load it climbs to upwards of 85 c in my corsair carbide 400c. I want to upgrade the cooling solutions and am currently considering the nh-d15 and the h100i v2 from corsair. How do they hold up to each other in performance and noise?

I've had my H100i since late 2015 with my old Haswell-E processor. But recently i switched to a Ryzen 1700 and i've been trying to overclock it. It's currently at 3.7GHz 1.375v .Everytime I run a stresstest or even cinebench, it rises to over 100°C even if i have the pump and fans running at full speed. My idle temp is 45-60°C. Is it the cooler? Thanks in advance for the answers!

Hello all, At long last I am due to upgrade my current rig. It has seen me through the last 6.5 years and still runs really well however it is showing its age and struggles a fair bit now. Surprisingly it still boots quickly and has great temperatures when running under load but just doesn't have the power to keep up. Old specs: Coolermaster CM Storm i5-2500k Quad CoreASUS P8P67 PRO8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 (which I upgraded to a GTX970 when it came out)120GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SERIES SSD (3 of these died so was retu4ned for a refund and later upgraded to a Samsung Evo 850)750GB WD CAVIAR BLACKCORSAIR 850W TX SERIESCOOLIT ECO A.L.C With Windows 7 later upgraded to Windows 10 So what have I decided to upgrade it to? Well I decided to stretch my budget as far as I could. This is my first proper solo build. I have dabbled with replacing parts, taking out old or dead hardware eto replace it but I have never actually built a machine from scratch. I used to buy my computers from a pretty popular custom PC building company here in the UK (3 PC's and 2 laptops) and never had an issue however the build I want would cost a huge amount more this time around if I used them. I picked up some components whilst on a recent trip to the USA which saved me a small fortune. The rest of my parts are being delivered over the next two days. New specs: Corsair 570x i7-7700k 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200MHz ASUS Maximus IX Hero Samsung 960 m.2 NVMe Corsair H100i v2 Corsair RM650x I intend to get some PSU cables from Shakmods which I will install later. I know it will be a pain to do it later but I can't get them right now. Sadly I was let down today by Amazon so the case and the PSU won't arrive until Friday which has really screwed me over a bit. The only other things I need to sort out is getting a Windows 10 licence, get a new graphics card (I will keep the GTX 970 until I can afford a GTX 1080) and get another storage drive. As much as I would have loved to get a 1TB (or larger) SSD I will have to get something a little cheaper. I intend to post photos throughout the build until it is finished so if anyone sees any glaring issues please feel free to let me know.

Hi, My current plan for a new system has Corsair 570X as the case with H100i V2 mounted on the top. Many say that this can't be done, but I have found proof that it can be done. This guy on craigslist is selling his and he has the same case, AIO and motherboard that I am getting and according to the pictures he has posted there is ample room for memory under the fans. I guess what I am trying to say that if there is anyone with 570X case that has Gigabyte Z270 Ultra Gaming motherboard and H100i V2 top mounted, please confirm this. Based on the pictures I might even be able to get RGB ram instead of LPX...though it might be overkill The ad with pictures is here: https://stcloud.craigslist.org/sys/6167323676.html

Hey Guys, in my new build I want to cool my CPU with the H100i V2 but I heard that is it only possible to put it in a USB 2.0 connection on the motherboard but my motherboard only has USB 3.0 connections. So is that true and waht can I do to still use the H100i V2? Thanks for your help

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TNLBhq Not sure about memory, motherboard and cpu cooler. Will be overclocking(duh), and I know I don't need these things but darn it I want those bragging rights! Intended for video editing, streaming, photo editing, gaming and occasionally schoolwork... ._. Is there a difference in performance from 2x16 and 4x8? All help greatly appreciated! -Akzelele

Hello everyone! i am currently looking for a new AIO liquid cooler to replace my old one. I was just wondering if a Corsair H100i V2 can fit in my Corsair C70 case. ive been looking around online a bit but couldn't find a definitive answer. thanks in advance! -Jasper

Not looking to go down the road of it's not needed or shouldn't do it. This is an aio (h100i v2) I'm going clean and refill. I pick it up on the cheap. Its working "ok". But nowhere as good as it should be and after many temp issues I'm going to investigate inside the loop. Im just wondering what the best biocide and anti corrosion for this would be for when I refill? Was going to pick up primochill utopia but figured I'd ask in case there is something better.

Hello everyone My actual spects are as follows: Case: Phanteks P300S (Cpu cooler clearance 160mm) Cpu: I9 9900K Cpu Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 (240mm Rad) I´ve been running my pc on stock settings because my actual cooling solution cant handle a 5 GHz OC and its TOO loud even on gaming, so latelly i´ve been thinking about upgrading to a Noctua NH D15 (165mm tall with fans and 160mm tall without fans according to manufacturer) to take advantage of the OC without compromising on noise and temperature. Can someone tell me if i take the second fan out, will the NH D15 fit my case? Or if i get 2 120mm Noctua fans (ie Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM, or even Noctua NF-A12x15 PWM chromax) will it fit my case? I really want to keep my case if the is a chance to make this work, as i live abroad and it gets really expensive to import a good and quality case because of shipping (weight), taxes and so on. Every insight will be much appreciated. Regards

I am looking into changing the fans on my cooler. I am currently looking at a pair of sp 120 pro rgb fans. In order to get the rgb working I need to hook them up to a corsair lightning node so the fans cant be connected to my aio. Can corsair icue setup fan curves that are dependent on cpu temps to solve this problem?

Hi Guys, So I overclocked my i5 8600k to 5.0ghz @ 1.34V. Its not (yet) delided but temps are ok at max mid 70's deg C during max synthetic benchmarks. in real life gaming it never reach 60 deg C at ave room temp of 27 deg C. Prime95, passed at 8 hours Asus Realbench passed at 8 hours Intel XTU Passe at 8 hours Long hours of gaming, no crashes or whatsoever, smooth AF No any throttling recorded by HWinfo/Intel XTU. My problem is, when i do restart my PC (either hard reset or just restart from windows icon at lower left), it will boot and go to BSOD, collect freaking info and will proceed. When I shut down and power it up, there is no BSOD. What am I missing? what have I done wrong? Please help me.. My Rig (if it helps) MOBO: MSI Z370m gaming pro AC CPU: i5 8600k GPU: MSI gamingX 1080 8GB PSU: CM V750 Full Modular RAM: 2x 8GB ddr4 CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 SSD: WD Green 240GB (OS Win10 installed) NVME: PM981 512GB (installed games, got samsung nvme controller/driver) HDD: 1 TB Toshiba 7200 rpm (for keeping Pron) and some noctua fans on all slots (except the rad) Thanks in advanced for Your time and advice. EDIT: Uploaded the BSOD. Thanks

Hey all, I recently purchased and built my first ever PC, pretty happy with it. Gets amazing frames. But two things have been bugging me a little, the fan's whirring noises and the constant paranoia that comes with a first PC, is the temperature right? I'm quite the noob when it comes to PC's, I've been rapidly learning about all the parts, I just have no ability to compare.. I used to to use a family iMac (pls don't hurt me), it was okay, but obviously not built for gaming. One thing however I did like about the Mac was the fact that it was almost silent! My new PC however is almost the opposite. The main source of noise is my cooler, a corsair H100i v2, the stock fans are fairly loud, even on "quiet" mode in Corsair Link. Is replacing the fans to something like the Noctua NF-F12 a good idea? It seems to have good reviews, but I'd like a personal answer. I have 3 other Coolermaster stock fans which came with the case, an outwards on the back and 2 inwards fans located at the front of the case. Also what RPM (for all fans) would you recommend for this setup? Also I'm worried about my CPU temperature, in BIOS it says my CPU temp is about 35-50°C and after an hour or two gaming (ranging from Minecraft to Fortnite) it goes to about 55-70°C (according to Corsair Link) is this healthy? My CPU is an i7 8700k, not OC (3.7GHz) but I plan on maybe OC in the future (to about 4.8GHz). Apparently Coffeelake is a hot processor anyway.. But I'd really appreciate feedback, Thanks, - Tom My Build: • Case - CoolerMaster MC600P • CPU - Intel i7 8700k 3.7GHz • Graphics Card - Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1-Gaming Edition • Liquid Cooler - Corsair H100i v2 • Thermal Paste - Preapplied with cooler. • Motherboard - ASRock Z370 extreme4 • RAM - 16GB (2x8) Corsair Veangence DDR4 3000MHz • PSU - Corsair TX650W • HDD - 2TB Seagate Barracuda • SSD - Crucial MX500 500GB • Monitor - Dell S2417DG (24", 1ms, 165Hz, 1440p, G-Sync) • Potential 2nd Monitor - Dell 091H762 (24", 1080p, 60Hz)

Hi all, I just finished assembling my new PC, and I've noticed that the CPU temperature has been really high since the beginning. I have a Ryzen7 2700x CPU and Corsair H100i v2 cooler. The I've attached a screenshot of Corsair Link monitoring the temperatures. As you can see the CPU temperature is really high despite the low load. It fluctuates and even reaches 100C at some point. I heard that idle CPU temperature should generally be around 30C so this is pretty worrisome. The rest of the system components seem to be running in normal temperature. I searched up previous questions in this topic and people suggested cooler issue. But looking at cooler status the fan and pump are working properly. I followed the manual of H100i v2 and don't see any place I could've attached wrong (even un-mounted and re-mounted the heatsink just in case). I didn't change any configuration so it shouldn't be overclocked. I am going to buy a separate thermal paste and see if that helps, but in the meanwhile would like to see if people on this forum have seen this issue or know what could've been wrong. Thank you so much!

Hi, i have a corsair h100i v2 cooler to cool my i7 8700k and i switched the original fans that were 4 pin for Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition 3 pin fans. I know PWM changes the fan speed depending on how hot the cpu is but i dont really care about that, all i want is to change the speed of the fan and make it stay at that speed but at the same time i need them to be connected to the coolers fan connectors. The water cooler has two fan headers, the first one is a normal 4 pin connector the second one is wierd. It goes like this "PIN PIN SPACE PIN" ( * * *). So my question is why can i not change the speed of them?

Hello all, After replacing my Corsair h100i v2 with the Intel stock cooler for warranty repairs, I’ve been unable to log in to Windows 10 due to freezing at the sign-in screen. Each time the sign in screen appears it displays the correct time. I am able to move the cursor very briefly before it freezes. This happens every time I restart, with the sometimes-exception of the blue troubleshooting menu. In this menu, I experience no issues. When booting into the motherboards UEFI I’ve noticed that on occasion the BIOS fails to recognize the presence of any of my fans, while correctly identifying each of my components (RAM, CPU, drives). The fans are fully operational while being unrecognized. I've never experienced this problem before, and it began as soon as I installed the stock cooler. So far in my own troubleshooting I’ve reinstalled the AIO, reapplied thermal paste, disabled my CPU overclock settings, disabled the CPUs turbo, and wiped my programs and reinstalled Windows. The freezing persisted through all of this. Can anyone provide suggestions on what the issue could be or what else I can do to fix this? My hardware includes: i7 4790k, Asus Z97-A motherboard, EVGA GTX 1080, Samsung 850 Evo SATA SSD. Cheers. EDITS: Changes to sentence structures, typo fixes

I have a Asus z370 e gaming motherboard and when I was installing the pump, I noticed that I had two leftover headera that didn't fit in my motherboard. What should I do

When my h100iv2 fans are spinning at (or close) to 100% a this wierd noise comes: H100i v2 fans making noise.m4a. It sounds like somethi saying zumzumzumzum. Can someone explain me what is happening?

Hi Guys I have an H100i V2 cooling an R7 1700 on an Asus Crosshair VI Hero, I have been having problems with the pump. I am going to list below the problems 1st 1. Internal USB connector randomly connecting and disconnecting 2. Qfan set to disabled but still altering the pump speed 3. Unable to keep any changes i make in the Bios, Ai sweet or Corsair link. 4. at one point it just stopped pumping and overheated then shut down. I thought i had finally resolved the issue when i changed the pump header while switched on, this had a positive effect for a day, I had finally had the pump running at 2800rpm. My new issue is this; all looks well however if i change the pump to Quiet it runs at the correct speed of 1800rpm but if i increase it to performance it goes up to 2800 then drops to 1300. I have had enough and was wondering if anyone could help. P.S I am aware there are known issues with my motherboard and i have tried every fix in every forum and they only work for a few hours if lucky.

Hello, I have built my pc yesterday and everything went well. The only thing that I find irritating is the temps. The cpu runs very smooth and cool while gaming and multitasking. The idle temps are about 30 C and gaming and multi tasking temps don’t exceed 65 and and when I try cinabench the temps barely hit around 76. The chip isn’t delided. the problem is in blender the temps goes crazy in the middle of rendering the bmw demo.. two cores get to 92 or something. And in Aida64 the temps are normal! The temps are the same as cinabench.. the h100i v2(installed in the front) has only the two fans that came with it.. should I add two more fans? there is also a cpu fan error that I get on boot even though I have them connected to the pump fan splitter should I buy extensions and connect the fans to the motherboard? ^this probably doesn’t have a relation with the cooling issue just adding it here to make sure I have no issues. I have built PC before but this is the first time I’ve used an AIO. 8700k Asus Maximus X Hero H100i v2 thank you!

Hi all, Purchased an H100i v2 from a user in the Aussie BSS facebook pc community and I've not seen the performance I've been looking for when I installed it. I've been using the cooler in a NZXT H440 in the top mount position and had the block seated on my 4790k. I previously used the Coolermaster Hyper212 evo (which was great) but wanted to push some overclocks so I found this one. Unfortunately when I installed it, the idle temps have been around 10 degrees warmer and the load temperatures were about 10 degrees warmer again. I've tried 3d printing some washers for the backplate so that it would be more snug on my motherboard (asus mobos have varied pcb thickness causing oddities with mounting apparently), I've reinstalled the old cooler because it still works better. Though when running an AVX workload (y cruncher) they both get equally hot (around 90-100c) so I'm thinking I may have spilled some methylated spirits into the gap in the black silicon on the processor and washed away a little bit of thermal paste. Any help now is appreciated, I want to delid my processor but I want to get this sorted out first. Thanks

Hello eveyone, so I transferred my components into a new case (meshify c from master maker 5). I connected the pump header of the h100i v2 to the w_pump header on my z170-ar motherboard and the two radiator fans to the fan splitter from the pump. When I turned the pc on, the fans were running at 100% and it told me that I needed to connect a CPU fan. So I tried plugging in the aio header into the cpu_fan, still the same result. I tried plugging in the radiator fans to the cpu_fan and cpu_opt and the pump into the w_pump but same result again. I tried changing the fan curve in the ez bios but it doesn't change anything. The case fans are running normally, and quiet. The radiator fans are running at 2000 rpm all the time. What am I doing wrong? P.S. I did not connect the corsair link cable to USB since it has worked for me before I this happened. I was able to control fan speeds through bios

Hi guys, I have been troubleshooting with Corsair for over 3 months now about their H100i V2 and I'm thinking that there is definitely a need for outside help. I'll copy and paste what I've posted to their support ticket website. All the accurate except that the temperature has gone up to about 34C at 1049rpm due to the fact that I don't reapply the thermal paste every time I swap between the wraith spire and h100i V2: Hi, I have received my item today. Thank you. I have installed the cooler and was able to physically connect all parts. How do you know that the pump is working as intended? My Wraith Spire stock cooler that came with my R1700 maintains my temperature at a steady 29 +/- 1 Celsius while the CPU fan is spinning at 830-958 rpm according to my AI Suite 3. I only have that app and internet browser open right now. However, when I started using the H100i V2 with everything attached properly, the temperature steady rose from 51 to 77 Celsius before I manually shut it down. These temperatures were from the ASUS BIOS. I know that contact in between the head pump and CPU is made because the thermal paste that was used is different from my Arctic Silver so the colors are different both showed on the CPU after I took the pump head off. My arctic silver is a significantly darker than the grey thermal paste that you guys use. The symptoms: 1. high temperature rising from 50 - 77 Celsius steadily. 2. Boot up had ASUS warning me that there is a CPU Fan failure or some sort. 3. Two fans from H100i V2 are spinning when I turned on the computer. 4. All cables are connected including the pump cable connecting from the head to the motherboard USB header 2.0. (I tried both ones that are available and both headers work because I was able to use my USB sticks and external hard drives on the external ports of my case). SPEC: CPU: R1700 MOBO: ASUS B350 PRIME PLUS GPU: RX 580 NITRO+ SSD: 850 EVO PSU: 850 W Silent Pro Cooler Master OS: Windows 10 Pro Can you advise? thanks, S.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pCyxD8 Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pCyxD8/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($404.00 @ B&H) CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($107.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: MSI - Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($169.89 @ OutletPC) Memory: Kingston - 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($139.99 @ B&H) Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.88 @ OutletPC) Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GAMING X 8G Video Card ($569.98 @ Newegg) Case: NZXT - H440 (Matte Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg) When i plug the pwm cable to syst_fan 4, it shows 0 rpm on all fans. When i plug ONE fan directly to syst_fan 1 for exampl,e mobo and bios recognise it. Should i try to plug the fan hub on the syst_fan 1 ? But cable it too short to access it. Also, im having issues with h100i v2, i pluged the usb cable to a usb hub on the bottom of my mobo (msi z370 carbon), and the 2 fans to the cable that goes to the pump. The cable coming out from the pump (3pins one), i plugged it in the CPU_FAN 1. PLease note that this seems to run at 100%, and bios wont recognize it (says 0rpm as well as case fans). PLease note that in the BIOS, i've set the cpu fan as DC with smart mode (as its only a 3pins cable??), the pump 1 as PWM and all case fans as DC smart mode. Last thing you need to know is that the water cooling is extremely noisy, which makes me think its running on 100% speed. I cant change anything as all the fans (case + water cooling) are not even recognised by any softwares. So i have few questions : 1) Where do i plug in the case hub ? Now its on sys_fan 4, working fine, but mobo dont read it. 2) Should i plug in every case fans separately from the case hub, so directly on the mobo, into the syst_fan 1, syst_fan 2... -> 4 ? 3) I pluged the corsair h100i v2 USB cable in a usb port called JUSB2 on the bottom of my mobo. Is it correct ? 4) I pluged the corsair h100i v2 power cable (coming out of the pump) to the CPU_FAN 1 on my mobo. Is it correct ? Also, the 2 fans from the cooler on the cable that comes out from the pump. Is it correct ? 5) In the BIOS, how should i set the fans ? DC or PWM mode ? Smart or normal ? I read that on 3 pins (like the cooler power), its on DC mode only. REMIND : atm, none of the fans are read by the mobo and bios, 0 rpms on all, h100i v2 fans being extremely noisy. Help a lost man. i can reward the one finding solution for me.

I am hitting 80c spike on a non overclocked 8700k but it hovers around 60c. i'm stress testing it on prime 95. i'm not sure if spike temps are an issue or if i should be looking at temps its usually runs at. Also it overclocks to 5ghz but with 1.37v it stays around 75c but spikes to 98c randomly. could my cooler be faulty? or did i maybe install it wrong?. Thoughts?

I am building my new PC and I chose to go with the i7-8700k Will this Corsair Hydro Series, H100i v2 240mm be able to cool the 8700k Efficiently, Keeping safe temps and making sure it works at its optimum. I am thinking of Clocks around 4-5 Hz https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019EXSSBG/?tag=pcpapi-20 Other Specs PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor ($390.98 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.89 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($121.98 @ Newegg) Memory: Corsair - Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($225.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.99 @ B&H) Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GAMING X Video Card ($794.98 @ Newegg) Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($147.89 @ OutletPC) Total: $2001.68 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-26 15:57 EST-0500