Corsair Hydro Series H110i GTX Cooling

Pros: - No thermal paste needed (has a pad of paste already applied to the plate)- Huge radiator = more cooling- Hoses are flexible enough to forgive a good amount of bending- great potential for overclocking- I highly recommend this component(Situational) Cons: - Huge radiator = might not fit your build- requires a mini usb connector on the side of the unit that attaches to the CPUwhich could make it difficult to fit one of your RAM sticks (look at my pic to see what I mean, my MB has 4 sockets oneither side of the CPU I am only using 4 of the 8 and have thin place holders in the other 4 sockets)- Requires 3 Cables (Mini usb - SATA power - and CPU Fan)IMPORTANT NOTE: I removed no stars from my review because, the CONS are completely situational. For me this build was easy and the H110i GTX fit with no problem into my Corsair 540 Case at the top. The hoses were positioned on the right side in order to make room for the Liquid GPU cooler positioned at the back of my case.

So far its working perfectly, some people say it's noise is high, I find it completely acceptable even when the fans are at full speed. My old R9 290 I replaced with a MSI GTX 980 Ti Gamer made way more noise with it's one small fan.You can spend more for maybe 1-2 degrees Celsius in cooling your CPU but don't think spending the extra $20-30 for a better solution is worth it. (But each to his own)PROS:It works, and is easy to install.CONS:NONE, that I have ran into so far, it's easy to install and you don't need aftermarket thermal paste, the apply the paste perfectly. (It's dotted so it spreads out nice and thin for perfect application) Their are many reviews about how well the thermal paste works, even people who switched to Arctic Silver found it didn't work as well as the stock paste.

Worked well for a couple years, then I traveled for a few months, came back home, turned on pc and cpu was overheating in a manner of seconds before crashing, turns out the water inside had completely dried off. No leaks and not warning signs, just suddenly no water in the thing.

Pros: Cools a bit better than large heatsinks, quiet, highly customizableCons: Tubes not as flexible as before, fans not static pressure optimized, a bit pricey, Corsair Link is very buggyHaving always used large heatsinks for CPU cooling, the H110i GTX is my first AIO cooler. I had a Noctua NH-D14 in my rig but was looking for something smaller in size so it doesn't interfere with other components. I've read generally positive reviews about Corsair AIOs, so I decided to give this one a try. Installation wasn't too hard. It took about 30 minutes to remove my old heatsink, clean all the components, and install the H110i. For reference, I'm cooling a 3930k in a Corsair 650D. With the old NH-D14, I was getting idle temperatures of around 50 to 55C (overclocked to 4.0GHz). Without changing any of the default settings, I get about 40-45C on idle with the H110i, so there's a very noticeable difference.Corsair has an application called Corsair Link that allows you to configure the H110i in Windows. There are a ton of configuration options, but unfortunately the software is extremely buggy. Often times it is unresponsive to changes and the interface is very confusing. My recommendation is to just set the desired fan curve and leave it. I'm hoping they can improve the software with future versions. The manual also has a few errors. I'm not sure if they have an errata on the site, but I would recommend following Youtube videos or online tutorials for complete installation. For those who have used AIOs before, this probably isn't an issue. I also noticed that other models come with static pressure optimized fans (Corsair SPs), but the included fans for the H110i are from their AF line. I'm not sure if this is a mistake because even the manual says it comes with SP fans in the parts listing. However, I didn't notice too much of a performance hit, so it's probably fine.Overall I'm pleased with this purchase and I can use it for future builds as well. During regular usage it performs slightly better than Noctua heatsinks and at the same noise level. If you turn the fans to max, however, it sounds like a jet engine, but there's no need to ever use max settings. Note that the H110i is a 280mm radiator, while the H100i 240mm, so make sure you get the one that fits your case.

I recently upgraded my gaming machine and the new processor came with a heat sync. I used this for the first couple days and noticed that at rest my CPU was showing around 34 C and under load was up to about 60 C. With it all being new hardware I want to keep it cool as possible and extend its life the best I can. I received the h110i and I immediately put it in my case. I attached the radiator to two existing exhaust fans I have and attached the two it came with on its bottom half. All blowing the same direction. So I have 4 x 140mm fans to cool the radiator. Since hooking up this water cooler I have seen a change in idle and under load as far as temp of the CPU. At idle I am not coming in around 20-24 C and under load 45-50C. That is a huge difference in temp inside a case.The software it comes with is OK at best but I really like that I can change the LED color. Most of my set up is blue so its nice to add another device to the list. The radiator is rather large and I did have to do away with 1 of my exhaust fans on the rear of my case but as the CPU is a lot cooler in general I feel it was well worth the loss. There are a lot of cords that connect to the pump which makes cable management a little tough.