#Cpu cooler corsair h50 vs h60 upgrade#

I'll even swap my only fan hanging on the D14 and put it on the D15 - which will STILL do better than their fans. Maybe - another couple hours folding and gluing artboard and Spire foam-pad cutouts. Howsoever it proves out in bench tests we expect soon, suppose it limps out a 5C improvement over the D14's performance in earlier mass-comparison reviews? I'm willing to bet that I can squeeze out another 10C on top of that, without any major changes in my system. We're have a spasm of speculation on another thread about the forthcoming D15 cooler. What's to fail on a heatpipe cooler? A solder joint? Seriously.Īnd what nitromullet says there is also correct, insofar as the observations in an nexus of failure, damage risk and RMAs. Like I've said - and I can say I saw a 40-plus-year-old white paper from NASA or their contractor - the MTBF for a heatpipe was estimated at a million years. How many of these coolers do they have to have crap out to be able to keep refurb stock at all these major retailers?Ĭlick to expand. Sure, it's anecdotal, but the failure/return rate on these AIOs appears to be significantly higher than high quality air coolers. If the total incidence of these observations out of the entire AiO customer base or the customer base for Corsair AiO's is a tiny number, then they'll live up to their warranty spec.Ĭlick to expand.The fact of the matter is that it's not common to see factory refurbed Noctua, Thermalright, or Phanteks air cooler for sale anywhere, but I've seen hundreds of refurbed Corsair AIOs at my local Fry's. These are individual facts and observations. My personal feeling: If you're going to 'do it,' pick the best one out of two comparison reviews which test ten or more makes/models.įirst, take the remarks of some others here about what we've all read and heard: Sometimes the pumps fail one guy bought a used unit and one of the hose-fittings soon came loose. I'd think that more of us in the latter category tend to exaggerate the importance of the very real incident reports we've seen.

#Cpu cooler corsair h50 vs h60 upgrade#

I think those of us who haven't chosen to upgrade to AiO coolers can be put in two groups: those who water-cool with custom water loops, and those who air-cool and anticipate only custom water-loops in their future. So the warranty period has become a useful spec to HDD, SDD, PSU and other customers. They'll choose a warranty period that gives them a good compromise between MSRP and profits based on customer performance perceptions, and the unforeseen costs of RMA service to customers under warranty. If the total incidence of these observations out of the entire AiO customer base or the customer base for Corsair AiO's is a tiny number, then they'll live up to their warranty spec.Ī rational corporate entity or firm will design its warranty program around cost-accounting concepts, testing and probability. First, take the remarks of some others here about what we've all read and heard: Sometimes the pumps fail one guy bought a used unit and one of the hose-fittings soon came loose.