Bought this cooler after trying an EVGA CLC 360 and returning it due to the fans being insanely loud (although it performed well) even under idle. This Corsair cooler was a night and day difference when it came to noise, the mag-lev fans are whisper quiet and aren't too annoying even in their extreme profile setting. The pump is not noisy either, I can't hear it unless I open the side panel and stick my ear up close to the block...even then it's almost silent. Cooling performance is great with my OC i7-8700k, maybe a couple of degrees hotter than the EVGA cooler, but I would gladly take this performance with the noise levels over that other cooler. The CPU block looks good on both coolers, but once this one turns on and lights up it adds way more to the look of your PC than the EVGA one does, and the customizability of all of the LEDs on the block is way ahead of EVGA's setting to just change the static color of their logo.
On to the software, I am not sure what the complaints about Corsair's iCUE software are for, because it's ran great and is much much nicer looking with a larger variety of settings than EVGA's frankly garbage Flow Control software. In addition to being able to set the radiator fans to a "Zero RPM" profile which ramps them down to 0 at idle, you can create custom fan curves that aren't limited to 25% minimums like EVGA's software limits you to.
I did not have any installation problems or trouble installing the fans as pull intakes. I know some other reviewers were having issues with the threads not being drilled out on their radiator, but my fan screws went in perfectly fine and I was able to hand tighten them most of the way. This may be because of a manufacturing change that Corsair made at some point after the launch of these coolers, but safe to say I did not have any issue at all installing it, and the pivoting tubes on the CPU block made me feel more comfortable in the angle that the tubes were mounted when compared to the tubes coming straight out of the block on the EVGA cooler. Overall, a great buy and I do not have any doubts that it will continue performing as well as it has considering the quality and build of the product.
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HIGH PERFORMANCE COLD PLATE AND PUMP
Equipped with a thermally optimized cold plate and pump designed to provide high clock speeds and maximum cooling performance under high CPU loads.
MAGNETIC LEVITATION FANS
CORSAIR ML Series fans deliver improved airflow for extreme CPU cooling performance.
ZERO RPM MODE
Zero RPM cooling profiles in CORSAIR iCUE software allow fans to stop entirely at low temperatures, eliminating fan noise.
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iCUE software gives you the power to control and synchronize your cooler’s RGB lighting with all iCUE compatible devices, monitor CPU and coolant temperatures and adjust fan and pump speeds, all from a single intuitive interface.
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First time install using liquid cooler been a PC enthusiast for 23 years. at $89 dollars You get the quality feel of Corsair products that was easy to install for a first time user.It is a closed loop the liquid coolant is provided. It's an AIO so this is more for the beginner or for the person who doesn't want all the extra that come with open loop coolers experts and experienced liquid cooling users tend to use. -74C full load down to 50C ish- Big gains considering I was using an after market cooler from MSIIf you have a high end chip like a 5950X as I do you start to see real performance gains when the chip is properly cooled.Sure 5950X's are expected and designed to run at temps up to 90C "Considered Normal by the AMD Engineers"But you won't be getting 100% performance from the chip as it gradually heats up the curve is designed to gradually to lower clock speeds until you actually hit 90C considered thermal throttle limit for the 5950XSo whether you have high end Intel or AMD CPU, I recommend a top of the line high end cooling solution so you can experience all that hard earned money you sank into that high end chip.----- On a side note. the pump uses a MICRO USB interface that connects to the USB header on the MOBO.Micro USB is inherently flawed by design as in the housing gets loose or worn out easily given connection problerms.This pump continues to reset and freeze I can tell due to the OS making the "USB Disconnect" Sound and I was like what is that???? Then I noticed the RGB on the pump will stop or freeze and then reset the RGB effects on the pumpThis is not an issue with the actual function of the cooling I will attempt to re-seat the USB Micro cable into the pump before reaching out to product support. Besides my minor issue which is most likely unique to me.Go ahead and buy this product. Great price point @ Great Gains---------------------------------------------------------------------UPDATE 4/19/2022---------------------------------------------------------------------UPDATE TO RGB AND DEVICE PRESENCE ISSUES WITH CORSAIR iCUE & RGB LIGHTING FAILS.There is no STANDARD protocol created by IEEE when it comes to RGB lighting, Each manufacturer of RGB protocols write their own proprietary code for this.The issues I and many others have reported with issues about the RGB lighting or the device failing to show up in the iCUE software is a driver issue. Only the RGB seems to be affected (and device presence in the iCUE app) PUMP function is power driven, there is no ON/OFF for the pump so to speak. You plug it in and it pumps.I fixed my RGB / Device Presence issue. From the get go I have experienced issues like this with ALL of Corsair's RGB products. (Some other issues were caused by my MSI board RGB taking over the Corsair Hardware This was fixed with a software switch found in (iCUE Settings > Software & Games)Unfortunately that only fixed my MSI Mystic Sync from taking over RGB on Corsair devices. It didn't fix the pump RGB / presence issues.To fix that I had to go into the BIOS (Switch to Basic View) and turn off RGB completely on the mobo.Now Corsair's RGB software is the only one running on the PC.Issues have been resolved completely.I'll update if issue returns.HOPE THIS HELPS!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2021
On to the software, I am not sure what the complaints about Corsair's iCUE software are for, because it's ran great and is much much nicer looking with a larger variety of settings than EVGA's frankly garbage Flow Control software. In addition to being able to set the radiator fans to a "Zero RPM" profile which ramps them down to 0 at idle, you can create custom fan curves that aren't limited to 25% minimums like EVGA's software limits you to.
I did not have any installation problems or trouble installing the fans as pull intakes. I know some other reviewers were having issues with the threads not being drilled out on their radiator, but my fan screws went in perfectly fine and I was able to hand tighten them most of the way. This may be because of a manufacturing change that Corsair made at some point after the launch of these coolers, but safe to say I did not have any issue at all installing it, and the pivoting tubes on the CPU block made me feel more comfortable in the angle that the tubes were mounted when compared to the tubes coming straight out of the block on the EVGA cooler. Overall, a great buy and I do not have any doubts that it will continue performing as well as it has considering the quality and build of the product.
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Amazing cooler, easy install, great RGB/looks
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2021
Bought this cooler after trying an EVGA CLC 360 and returning it due to the fans being insanely loud (although it performed well) even under idle. This Corsair cooler was a night and day difference when it came to noise, the mag-lev fans are whisper quiet and aren't too annoying even in their extreme profile setting. The pump is not noisy either, I can't hear it unless I open the side panel and stick my ear up close to the block...even then it's almost silent. Cooling performance is great with my OC i7-8700k, maybe a couple of degrees hotter than the EVGA cooler, but I would gladly take this performance with the noise levels over that other cooler. The CPU block looks good on both coolers, but once this one turns on and lights up it adds way more to the look of your PC than the EVGA one does, and the customizability of all of the LEDs on the block is way ahead of EVGA's setting to just change the static color of their logo.Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2021
On to the software, I am not sure what the complaints about Corsair's iCUE software are for, because it's ran great and is much much nicer looking with a larger variety of settings than EVGA's frankly garbage Flow Control software. In addition to being able to set the radiator fans to a "Zero RPM" profile which ramps them down to 0 at idle, you can create custom fan curves that aren't limited to 25% minimums like EVGA's software limits you to.
I did not have any installation problems or trouble installing the fans as pull intakes. I know some other reviewers were having issues with the threads not being drilled out on their radiator, but my fan screws went in perfectly fine and I was able to hand tighten them most of the way. This may be because of a manufacturing change that Corsair made at some point after the launch of these coolers, but safe to say I did not have any issue at all installing it, and the pivoting tubes on the CPU block made me feel more comfortable in the angle that the tubes were mounted when compared to the tubes coming straight out of the block on the EVGA cooler. Overall, a great buy and I do not have any doubts that it will continue performing as well as it has considering the quality and build of the product.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2020
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This is my second purchase of a Corsair AIO watercooler and I was not disappointed. Just as with my previous Corsair H60 purchase, the iCUE H100i Pro XT was easy to install, built very well with excellent fit-and-finish, and the cooling performance was and is excellent.
I used the H100i Pro XT to cool two processors at separate times - an overclocked Core i7 2600K (2nd-gen) and a Core i7 9700 (9th-gen).
When I used to run a system with the Core i7 2600K, I kept experiencing thermal throttling on a modest 4.0GHz overclock on the crappy stock Intel heatsink and fan (from 3.4GHz base/3.8GHz Turbo Boost). Once I installed the H100i Pro XT, my 4.0GHz overclock idled in the high-20's to low-30's (down from 72 C idle), and peaked around 50 C (down from 98 C). Even after I increased the 2600K's overclock to 4.5GHz (with an Offset voltage of +0.055V), I idled around the mid-30's and peaked at 61 C while gaming or running CPU stress tests.
After switching over to a new motherboard and an Intel Core i7 9700, I experienced similarly low temperatures - idle in the mid-30's and peak at 57 C while playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
Since I can't overclock the Core i7 9700, I'm instead running it at full all-core Turbo Speeds using Intel XTU and ThrottleStop. Even at an all-core core speed of 4.5GHz, both of my idle and peak temperatures are low, and I never hit the thermal throttle limit.
Considering I live in very warm southern California in a house with poor ventilation, I'm even more impressed by the performance of the H100i Pro XT.
The only hiccup I experienced was getting the RGB lighting to turn on. As it turns out, I had to connect the RGB SATA power cable to a 5-wire SATA power cable from my PSU. When I initially had it connected to a 4-wire SATA power cable from the PSU, the RGBs refused to light up, despite the iCUE software saying that my lights were activated.
Besides that initial stumble, everything else has been peachy - cool RGB lighting control, adjustable fan speed and noise, and no concerning noises coming from the water pump. 5 stars all the way~!! 👍
I used the H100i Pro XT to cool two processors at separate times - an overclocked Core i7 2600K (2nd-gen) and a Core i7 9700 (9th-gen).
When I used to run a system with the Core i7 2600K, I kept experiencing thermal throttling on a modest 4.0GHz overclock on the crappy stock Intel heatsink and fan (from 3.4GHz base/3.8GHz Turbo Boost). Once I installed the H100i Pro XT, my 4.0GHz overclock idled in the high-20's to low-30's (down from 72 C idle), and peaked around 50 C (down from 98 C). Even after I increased the 2600K's overclock to 4.5GHz (with an Offset voltage of +0.055V), I idled around the mid-30's and peaked at 61 C while gaming or running CPU stress tests.
After switching over to a new motherboard and an Intel Core i7 9700, I experienced similarly low temperatures - idle in the mid-30's and peak at 57 C while playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
Since I can't overclock the Core i7 9700, I'm instead running it at full all-core Turbo Speeds using Intel XTU and ThrottleStop. Even at an all-core core speed of 4.5GHz, both of my idle and peak temperatures are low, and I never hit the thermal throttle limit.
Considering I live in very warm southern California in a house with poor ventilation, I'm even more impressed by the performance of the H100i Pro XT.
The only hiccup I experienced was getting the RGB lighting to turn on. As it turns out, I had to connect the RGB SATA power cable to a 5-wire SATA power cable from my PSU. When I initially had it connected to a 4-wire SATA power cable from the PSU, the RGBs refused to light up, despite the iCUE software saying that my lights were activated.
Besides that initial stumble, everything else has been peachy - cool RGB lighting control, adjustable fan speed and noise, and no concerning noises coming from the water pump. 5 stars all the way~!! 👍
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Jesus Alberto
Excelente producto y Económico
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Quiet and well built liquid Cooler
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