Corsair Blog - Watercooling

The Hydro Series H70 is a popular cooler for today's current CPUs. I was already using a H70 to cool my CPU, and I decided to try to mod one to cool my GPU as well. Mounting the H70 onto my GPU should make it run much cooler. In order to mount the H70 onto my GeForce GTX 480, the stock mounting bracket for the H70 needs to be modified.

To make the modified mount as stock looking as possible, I decided to use 20 gauge steel to make the new piece fit on top of the modified H70 bracket. After measuring the mounting holes on the GTX 480 and the outer diameter of the H70, I created a template I could follow. After the template was transferred to the sheet of steel the center hole was drilled with a 2-7/8" hole saw. The next step was drilling out the mounting holes. After drilling all of the holes I used a dremel to roughly cut around the outside line. I made small cuts with metal shears to give it the final shape. All of the surfaces were then filed and sanded smooth.

Round two of the ASUS® ROG Experience Overclocking contest was held during Blizzcon 2010 at Anaheim Convention Center. Two teams battled it out on October 22nd and 23^rd during Blizzcon at the ASUS booth. Along with the overclocking contest, all of the attendees were able to attend an overclocking workshop on the other side of the booth.

Before we get started, you need to know that we just added the AirFlow Pro to the Corsair web store. We have a pretty short supply, so get 'em while they're hot! Don't know about the AirFlow Pro? Click here to see what it's all about.

When it rains it pours, and we've had a virtual downpour of awards and accolades lately. Lets get started!  

Last week, we had the first mentions of our Hydro Series™ H70 CPU cooler. This week a few more H70 reviews came in, starting with this gem at Hexus:

"However, whilst a thicker radiator, an impressively-small pump and an extra fan are obvious enhancements to a winning formula, the end result is indisputable; the Hydro Series H70 is the best-performing CPU cooler we've ever tested."

How do you top being called the "best-performing CPU cooler?" By winning three awards in one review over at Hardware Heaven for the Hydro Series H70, that's how!

"After the very successful H50 Corsair were clearly aiming to take performance to another level with the H70 and they have very much succeeded. The H70 offers great build quality, an impressive design and unmatched performance; it really is in a class of its own."

Finally, Kit Guru got in on the act with their review of our Force Series F40 SSD drives in a RAID 0 configuration. They reduced their Windows 7 boot time from over a minute to a mere 22 seconds. They also called them delicious. Delicious? Hmmm...okay! And a Must Have award? We're blushing!

"We love the Intel X25-V 40GB drives, but these Corsair F40′s are much faster, and our testing shows that if you want an SSD solution and have £200 in your pocket then this is the best performance configuration on the market right now, without question."  

Alright, I have a ton of work to do and time's running out in this day. I haven't even had lunch yet! Hmmm...methinks tacos sound good.

Have a great weekend everyone!

How about that Hydro Series™ H70 CPU cooler? Pretty exciting stuff, if you ask me. In case you missed it, Maximum PC had the very first review of the H70 and they gave it their iconic "Kick Ass!" award.

"As they did on the old test bed, the H50 and Hyper 212+ performed within a few degrees of each other, keeping the CPU at full burn nearly 32 degrees cooler than the stock heatsink. The H70 brought full-burn temps down to 51 C—five to six degrees cooler than either."

  Over at [H]ardOCP, Kyle was so excited about the Hydro Series™ H70 CPU Cooler they posted not only an unboxing article, but also posted their initial impressions in an installation article. Their full review should be up shortly, but until then, here's their first impression:

"The H70 hoses are the same length as the H50 from what I can tell with one big difference. The H70 hoses swivel at the water block. This of course is going tomake a lot of installations easier without a doubt. So far the H70 is getting the thumbs up from us."  

I'll wrap this up with another excellent review of our Professional Series™ Gold AX1200 PSU at Hardware Heaven where we received both their Performance and Gold awards.    

"There was nothing of note to fault; even the selection of bundled cables is perfect. High quality components are used throughout, even down to internal wiring which is cut to exact fits and the design maximises airflow and cooling performance to the point where we can physically notice the improved airflow with cooler exhaust than other models."  

With all of these new products we're releasing, it's a great time to get out there and upgrade your system. What's your next hardware upgrade? Tell us about it in the comments!

Last year, Corsair announced what would become an enthusiast sensation, the Hydro Series™ H50 CPU Cooler, an all-in-one solution that requires no maintenance and provides outstanding performance. A lot of you guys really like the H50 — so much, in fact, that it’s got a healthy community of tweakers, modders, and overclockers all doing their best to get the last bit of performance out of it. From paint jobs to fan swaps to guys that put custom sleeves over the tubing, we’ve seen a lot of modifications out there on the forums.