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Is the Corsair H60 liquid cooler any good?

I am new to the field of liquid cooling so I thought I would just pick up an all in one for ease.

 

Yesterday I ordered the H60 by corsair because it states that it is usable on 1151 series boards, I assume the the mounting points for the 1151 and 1151 (300 series) are the same.

I also bought an i5-9600k to overclock.

 

So did I mess up buying a semi cheap AIO or will I be alright for awhile?

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Problem with small AIO is their performance, they dont beat big heatsinks that are often cheaper. Meanwhile. they are not as durable because plastic is not as durable as aluminum.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Problem with small AIO is their performance, they dont beat big heatsinks that are often cheaper. Meanwhile. they are not as durable because plastic is not as durable as aluminum.

The stock speed on the i5-9600k is 3.7GHz and the turbo is 4.6GHz. In the case that I do install it and try to push at least to the turbo speed, assuming thermals are okay on the way there, should I just check on it every now and again to make sure everything is running smoothly?

 

I should also note this is a mini-ITX build, hence the smaller cooler.

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It will be better than like, a box stock cooler, but maybe consider the H80i v2?

Desktop: i9 11900k, 32GB DDR4, 4060 Ti 8GB 🙂

 

 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Theguywhobea said:

It will be better than like, a box stock cooler, but maybe consider the H80i v2?

Unfortunately the H60 is already on the way shipping wise, I just wanted to see how much I goofed with buying it before it arrived. 

 

If you don't mind my asking though, what really differentiates the 2 coolers besides the one having 1x 120mm fan and the other 2x 120mm fans?

 

edit: the k series/overclockable chips from Intel actually don't come with stock coolers because even Intel knows they are awful XD

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5 minutes ago, KhakiHat said:

Unfortunately the H60 is already on the way shipping wise, I just wanted to see how much I goofed with buying it before it arrived. 

 

If you don't mind my asking though, what really differentiates the 2 coolers besides the one having 1x 120mm fan and the other 2x 120mm fans?

 

edit: the k series/overclockable chips from Intel actually don't come with stock coolers because even Intel knows they are awful XD

The H80i is probably twice as thick

Desktop: i9 11900k, 32GB DDR4, 4060 Ti 8GB 🙂

 

 

 

 

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13 minutes ago, KhakiHat said:

The stock speed on the i5-9600k is 3.7GHz and the turbo is 4.6GHz. In the case that I do install it and try to push at least to the turbo speed, assuming thermals are okay on the way there, should I just check on it every now and again to make sure everything is running smoothly?

I mean, I'm using a laptop without overclocking support, yet I have HWinfo, a monitoring program, running in the background at all times...

 

14 minutes ago, KhakiHat said:

I should also note this is a mini-ITX build, hence the smaller cooler.

how small? what case is this?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Just now, Theguywhobea said:

The H80i is probably twice as thick

Ohhhh, I see. But then the issue of clearance becomes an issue again because I am using the Cougar QBX case which is pretty small and poorly optimized for anything really.

I'll just have to go look at the case documentation to make sure there would be enough clearance prior to buying it, sadly.

 

Thanks for all of your help :)

 

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I'm not worried software wise about thermals but I have a Cougar QBX case.

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2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I mean, I'm using a laptop without overclocking support, yet I have HWinfo, a monitoring program, running in the background at all times...

 

how small? what case is this?

I'm not worried software wise with thermals but I have a Cougar QBX case.

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