Quality cooler for the price - purchased for my new PC along with 6700k, went into bios on first boot and cpu was at 26°c, easy overclock to 4.7ghz and stable at around 80°c.
They also have some other refurb corsair parts, but this is the best deal. I got the K50 keyboard and the Corsair CX750M power supply, all looked new in box but come with reduced warranty (12 months)
Other parts I also ordered - in case anyone is interested, the build was very straight forward:
Samsung 950 pro 512gb m.2
Fractal Design R5 (excellent case but probably a little large for my needs)
Corsair 32GB Vengeance LPX DDR4
Asus A170 Pro Gaming Motherboard (can also redeem a game of Doom on this)
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Ricky302
2 Jul 1615#78
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LazybeatX
1 Jul 16#1
with postage it is £55.48
bobo53 to LazybeatX
1 Jul 16#2
worth it. Anyway, got a good experience with this stuff. Remember, not necessarily reduces the idle temperature but definitely reduces the final temperature. Still not sure myself if some of the air cooler around are just slightly better but the good one would cost more and no assurance to work any better than this after all.
LazybeatX
1 Jul 161#3
It is but the title needs adjusting to reflect the shipping cost.
kookiee
1 Jul 161#4
There you go........still half rrp from a lot of places :smiley:
LazybeatX
1 Jul 16#5
It is a good price.
asdasdtg4
1 Jul 16#6
Just purchased for £53.99 with shipping (dpd 3-5 days)
kookiee
1 Jul 16#7
Good air cooler is just as good as water in most cases, never had water previously, was gonna go with noctua nh-d14, but saw this was cheaper, would say it looks neater and is easier to adjust, very quiet, but not used cpu heavily yet.
MazingerZ
1 Jul 16#8
Very good price for what it is.
CHAOSEN3
1 Jul 16#9
Great cooler! I have one of these paired with my overclocked 5820k, and it has never exceeded 75 degrees when stress testing.
Not sure about it being refurbished but I suppose the 12 month warranty has you covered there.
rev6 to CHAOSEN3
1 Jul 16#10
What clock speed? It's relevant :smile:
CHAOSEN3
1 Jul 16#11
4.5GHz :smirk:
joshy_b5
1 Jul 16#12
It worries me that you think 80 degrees is stable for an overclocked CPU...
joshy_b5 to joshy_b5
1 Jul 16#13
My 6700K is OC'd to 5.1Ghz and it gets 40 degrees with a cooler half the size of that
kookiee to joshy_b5
1 Jul 16#14
Generally regarded up to low 80's is fine and that was just an initial test without the case fans connected.
What about temps when prime95 or something similar is running?
joshy_b5
1 Jul 16#26
Admittedly i've never heard of prime95, however if its anything like the software that pushes your hardware to its limit to test it, i tend not to run those because i want the maximum lifespan out of my hardware, pushing it to its limit would degrade its integrity and squander the investment i've made for the parts.
tcboy
1 Jul 16#27
vs Antec h1200 pro at 59.99 new Amazon?
adam45417
1 Jul 161#28
And running it a 5.2ghz doesn't "degrade its integrity"? What if your playing/doing something more cpu intensive? you don't even know what temps it could be running at or even if its stable. I'd much rather run a benchmark like prime95 for an hour or two to see if my overclock was stable and what temps I was getting vs not running one.
joshy_b5
1 Jul 16#29
My overclock has been stable for a solid 5 months with no worries of overheating, i'm careful with what i'm running, for example i don't run photoshop and 5 games like a silly person. I run one game and have one process happening in the background as its all i need, yes its overclocked to 5.2Ghz but that heat doesn't fully kick in until its under load due to how i've overclocked it.
I don't see what running photoshop and 5 games has anything to do with it? Running one game/application can max out your cpu but if you have been stable for 5 months you obviously don't run games/applications that are cpu intensive or you do and your system is stable but it must be more than 40c on load surely? :P
rev6
1 Jul 161#32
It's idle. Run something intensive.
adam45417
1 Jul 16#33
How long did you let the test run for? I'm running it currently just out of curiosity as I only use Prime95. Also did you use hw monitor for temps?
kookiee
1 Jul 16#34
Corsair is better and cheaper :laughing:
kookiee
1 Jul 16#35
Under load your temps will increase to max right away, you usually run it for time in prime to ensure it is stable, pretty confident at that simple clock and temp it is stable, nothing excessive there. Realtemp is accurate I believe, don't think a HW temp will be any better.
rev6
1 Jul 16#36
Right. Prime could run fine but loading a game could crash instantly. I found the best way to test stability is to go all out and run a ton of things, 5 YouTube videos, 2 games, load a bunch of random applications, etc, while running Prime95. Push it beyond any normal usage :smile:
Good for testing memory overclocking too.
adam45417
1 Jul 16#37
Oh I wasn't questioning your overclock/temps I was just curious how long you ran the test for as I wanted to compare my 6600k/DH-15 to your temps :P. Also are you sure once the cpu is 100% under load the temps max out straight away?
kookiee
1 Jul 16#38
Yep....make sure you run just the cpu test, take off the gpu test and any others.
adam45417
1 Jul 16#39
Oh ok I always thought you needed to let the test run for awhile ~10mins. Anyway my max temps are :
53-56c
i5 6600k Stock (Turbo to 3.9ghz on all 4 cores)
Max Cpu Volt 1.279
Noctua DH-15 with low noise adaptors on (Not sure if that effects temps much)
kookiee
1 Jul 16#40
Sounds about right if no overclocking, crank it up over 4ghz :smiley:
cnewlol
1 Jul 16#41
Only if you use it 24/7 for an extended time frame.
Dan-Fish
1 Jul 162#42
I'm confused why you guys are overclocking fairly recent i7's.
Genuine question because I'm actually curious to know: What are the benefits to overclocking an i7 in day to day use?
fishmaster
1 Jul 162#43
None unless you utilise the power, if you play games there's absolutely no reason to overclock at all. I think they're doing it because it's a hobby and they're getting the most out of the hardware, it's pointless but so is train spotting or collecting jam jars.
vulcanproject
1 Jul 16#44
Closed loop coolers are really all the rage. I have an i7 6700k on a Nepton 280L with Noctua A14 2000rpm PWM fans and it's truly amazing. Full load temps at stock even this summer (such as it is) don't exceed 50 degrees.
i7 6700k isn't the greatest overclocker in the world (relative to older CPUs I have had), but you can afford a bit more voltage when you run coolers like this. They are totally worth it.
rev6
1 Jul 16#45
Games do benefit from overclocking as they benefit from higher IPC. Up until they're GPU bound.
sergiup
1 Jul 16#46
Doesn't fit socket 775 :disappointed:
(yes, I'm still running a Q9550, and yes, it still does its job well :sunglasses: )
MBeeching
1 Jul 16#47
CPU overclocking is definitely one of those things I do for a week then roll back to stock.
I was hell-bent on getting a fancy Swiftech water cooling system but eventually stuck with my Noctua instead. Why would I want water and a pump instead of near silent, hassle free air cooling?
fishmaster
1 Jul 161#48
Around 1st gen i7 performance. There was a video I saw recently whereby some one pitted a Q6600 against a 6th gen i7, they got 85% of the performance with the same GPU. The cost difference in the build was huge as well.
fishmaster
1 Jul 16#49
I'd question why they need an i7 at all currently as they see no benefit from the HyperThreading.
rev6
1 Jul 16#50
That's an entirely different kettle of fish :stuck_out_tongue:
boomish
1 Jul 16#51
What the hell happened to Scan, I added this & a new monitor, over £170 order and it wants 9.58 delivery!! thats a joke ..the monitor is a £1 cheaper and free delivery with Prime..unfortunately not the refurbished cooler, that's out of stock
MBeeching
1 Jul 16#52
Intel is so stagnant with their popular i5 platform it's hard to tell if developers could really push additional virtual/logical cores in exciting ways. I honestly expected Octa-core to be standard by 2016 with incredible AI routines and outstanding physics simulation. Instead it's all resolution, anti-aliasing and particle effects which is GPU territory.
The SSD revolution has probably played a part, most general annoyances were solved with that hardware.
rev6
2 Jul 16#53
Now with DX12/Vulkan and the entire bottleneck being shifted over to the GPU, the CPU can have more time to do the things you mentioned.
unrealeck
2 Jul 16#54
Why do some of you think 80 degrees is unstable? Some CPUs are made to be 100 degrees maximum.
kookiee
2 Jul 161#55
My idle temps are low 20s, high 80s is not necessarily an issue, especially if you are not regularly maxing the cpu, probably be more concerned with the gpu temps if you are using it for gaming :confused:
kookiee
2 Jul 16#56
Some CPU's, for others 80 can be unstable, hitting 90+ on a regular and you want to look at better cooling...
mercutio98uk
2 Jul 16#57
Do love when these turn up. Scan have a bit of their site rented by corsair to do returns so the refurbs will be coming back the other way, I'd imagine. Very nice deal though, tempted.
xela333
2 Jul 16#58
No point wasting your money on this though, start saving :laughing:
ollie87
2 Jul 16#59
From what I read that can vary from game to game based on how the developer chose to optimise.
mart1976
2 Jul 16#60
These coolers are brilliant I have the corsair h115i on my amd fx 8350 overclocked at 4.5 and no load is at 22 degrees and when full load stress test it hits 47 degrees with the cooler set on quiet. Very very good coolers and this is one hell of a deal
Snoopey
2 Jul 16#61
Good price, got this for around 90 only a month ago
Hendies
2 Jul 16#62
Would not recommend getting a refurbished liquid cooler. Corsair units are known for buzzing and rattling issues, refurbished units are likely those who have already had these problems - may potentially have them again. Be wary!
adam45417
2 Jul 16#63
I actually bought and installed a Corsair H100i V2 to replace my Noctua DH-15 as I was switching to a Corsair 400c case with a full side window and wanted a AIO simply for the aesthetics. I had it in for about 10mins and had to switch it out to the DH-15 again as It had a noticeably different noise to it also I started to worry about the hassle it might give me down the line. What Noctua cooler are you using btw?
kookiee
2 Jul 16#64
12 month warranty. any issues send it back...
kookiee
2 Jul 16#65
no point in replacing noctura other than aesthetics, for those that dont have one, this will work better than equivalent air at this price. remember also radiator fans can be swapped....noctura fans are excellant :wink:
adam45417
2 Jul 16#66
Yeah personally I think this is a good deal. Imo prob the best looking AIO out of all the corsair ones. And yeah I didn't really feel like spending more money on replacement fans after spending £100 on the cooler lol.
kookiee
2 Jul 16#67
couldn't you borrow them from the dh15?
dezontk
2 Jul 16#68
I went from a Q6600 to a 4790k and the difference was night at day.
dezontk
2 Jul 16#69
Could probably get this somewhere a lot cheaper. Or scavenge from parts.
A lot of newer games are heavily threaded. I see i7's regularly getting 15%-25% gains over a similar i5. And overclocking is far from pointless, it has kept my 3770K up there with the latest CPU's for little effort and risk.
adam45417
2 Jul 16#71
The ones on the DH-15 are a weird shape and 140mm fans. The fans on the corsair aio were 120mm. Plus I was sending the DH-15 back :smiley:.
Even 'heavily' threaded games are not really heavily threaded compare to other applications.
Where are you getting the 25% gain figure from? I suspect there is a lot more at play there.
kester76
2 Jul 16#73
Garden warefare 2 uses 100% on all cores on my FX-8350. Runs like a dream and I'm pretty sure that's the way things are heading.
LazybeatX
2 Jul 16#74
Actually ended up purchasing this, thanks for the post.
LazybeatX
2 Jul 16#75
I've got a refurbished corsair psu, they are basically brand new when they come. The only way I could tell is the corsair box it came in said it was a refurb.
bountyhunter53
2 Jul 16#76
Their support is also top notch... Not once have I faulted them!
kookiee
2 Jul 161#77
Same with the bits I got, all looked new except a little sticker on the box saying refurb, if they sold them as new no one would know.
Ricky302
2 Jul 1615#78
centurion
2 Jul 16#79
Im sure these are a quality product but can someone explain why putting a twin fan cooler into a PC can reduce noise and improve cooling over say a CM Hyper 212 evo
rev6
2 Jul 16#80
Less RPM needed so quiter, in general.
minicale
3 Jul 16#81
Whats the point in screencapping not at load as it doesnt help your claims one bit, that and you only captured a tiny area that means it can easily be fake regardless.
sub 800rpm and still 37dba, that's far too loud for my liking :disappointed: Heat added for the deal and cooling power, but one of the noisiest coolers around at any given setting.
sergiup
4 Jul 161#84
Ooh, didn't know you could get that... Now you're tempting me to spend even more money :smile:
unrealeck
8 Jul 16#85
Can you show me proof of this instability at 80 degrees?
joshwarr94
10 Jul 16#86
does it come with just a skylake bracket or all versions of intel plus amd?
Signal11th
11 Jul 16#87
Bought one of these and have fitted it, for the price it's fantastic, would recommend spinning the fans at lowest possible rpm or replace stock ones with 3rd party quieter fans. Again for the price it's a no brainer.
Signal11th
11 Jul 16#88
Intel™ LGA 1150, 1151, 1155, 1156, 1366, 2011 and 2011-3.
AMD™ sockets FM1, FM2, AM2, and AM3.
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They also have some other refurb corsair parts, but this is the best deal. I got the K50 keyboard and the Corsair CX750M power supply, all looked new in box but come with reduced warranty (12 months)
Other parts I also ordered - in case anyone is interested, the build was very straight forward:
Samsung 950 pro 512gb m.2
Fractal Design R5 (excellent case but probably a little large for my needs)
Corsair 32GB Vengeance LPX DDR4
Asus A170 Pro Gaming Motherboard (can also redeem a game of Doom on this)
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Not sure about it being refurbished but I suppose the 12 month warranty has you covered there.
https://gyazo.com/9fde969db9d97494bcc91b8acd9f1231 - Temperatures (not on load right now)
https://gyazo.com/dde7c8931342970336483c6a39f5e436 - CPU clock speed
https://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/2089/real-temp-3-70
and run the cpu test in heavyload
http://www.jam-software.com/heavyload/
I get 64-74 across the 4 cores :sunglasses:
Good for testing memory overclocking too.
53-56c
i5 6600k Stock (Turbo to 3.9ghz on all 4 cores)
Max Cpu Volt 1.279
Noctua DH-15 with low noise adaptors on (Not sure if that effects temps much)
Genuine question because I'm actually curious to know: What are the benefits to overclocking an i7 in day to day use?
i7 6700k isn't the greatest overclocker in the world (relative to older CPUs I have had), but you can afford a bit more voltage when you run coolers like this. They are totally worth it.
(yes, I'm still running a Q9550, and yes, it still does its job well :sunglasses: )
I was hell-bent on getting a fancy Swiftech water cooling system but eventually stuck with my Noctua instead. Why would I want water and a pump instead of near silent, hassle free air cooling?
The SSD revolution has probably played a part, most general annoyances were solved with that hardware.
No point wasting your money on this though, start saving :laughing:
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-hydro-series-h60-h80-h100-universal-bracket-kit
Even 'heavily' threaded games are not really heavily threaded compare to other applications.
Where are you getting the 25% gain figure from? I suspect there is a lot more at play there.
sub 800rpm and still 37dba, that's far too loud for my liking :disappointed: Heat added for the deal and cooling power, but one of the noisiest coolers around at any given setting.
AMD™ sockets FM1, FM2, AM2, and AM3.