Corsair h100i gtx will freeze during shipping?

[Guest shotgun10ga]

Hello, I am new here and i have a quick question, I am going to get a corsair h100i gtx from new egg and they ship with purolator, but purolator doesnt have temp controled trucks. so will my h100i arrive frozen? if it does will it still be usable after it thaws? 

[W-L]

Hello, I am new here and i have a quick question, I am going to get a corsair h100i gtx from new egg and they ship with purolator, but purolator doesnt have temp controled trucks. so will my h100i arrive frozen? if it does will it still be usable after it thaws? 

 

Welcome to the Forums!

 

For as of right now since temps aren't super cold no it won't freeze since they account for this with a coolant capable of low temps during shipping. This however has occurred before in Canada where some users had leaky units arrive due to freezing but mind that was -30C those weeks where that occurred. If anything does occur Corsair should cover it as a DOA unit.

[Guest shotgun10ga]

Welcome to the Forums!

 

For as of right now since temps aren't super cold no it won't freeze since they account for this with a coolant capable of low temps during shipping. This however has occurred before in Canada where some users had leaky units arrive due to freezing but mind that was -30C those weeks where that occurred. If anything does occur Corsair should cover it as a DOA unit.

Thanks, so what temps outside would be relitivly safe to ship? Like the lowest safest temp.

[W-L]

Thanks, so what temps outside would be relitivly safe to ship? Like the lowest safest temp.

 

They don't specify an exact temperature range or give data on the fluid mixture that has glycol as an antifreeze but shouldn't be a problem in general when shipping.

@Corsair Joseph might be able to provide more insight.

[Guest shotgun10ga]

They don't specify an exact temperature range or give data on the fluid mixture that has glycol as an antifreeze but shouldn't be a problem in general when shipping.

@Corsair Joseph might be able to provide more insight.

so shipping in -15 wont be a problem then i assume right?

[W-L]

so shipping in -15 wont be a problem then i assume right?

 

It should be fine at -15C, but I can't confirm that since I don't know the exact fluid mixture they use.

[brandishwar]

From what I've heard, they use ethylene glycol -- i.e. antifreeze -- in their AIOs, which has a freezing point of -36F/-37.8C. Which even if the temperatures didn't get that low, you wouldn't want to install the thing until it reached room temperature. Once that happens, you'll know whether the item was damaged by temperatures during shipping. Propylene glycol could be used as well, which has an even lower freezing point.

[Corsair Joseph]

Storage temp for our AIO coolers is -20°C to 70°C. So yeah, -15°C is not going to be a problem. 

 

Operating temp range is 5°C to 50°C