1 00:00:08,559 --> 00:00:13,879 by popular demand this is my unboxing of 2 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:20,320 the Corsair h100 so this is I can tell you already 3 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:25,080 this is going to be one of if not the highest performance pre-filled 4 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:29,480 pre-sealed water cooling kits available on the market and Corsair actually this 5 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:33,559 this blew me away they do not do themselves jce at all with the numbers 6 00:00:32,119 --> 00:00:36,760 that they're giving on the back of the box here so uh you know what I'll get 7 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:41,160 into those a little bit more after why don't I talk about what this product is 8 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:46,520 exactly so we're all familiar with the H50 the 9 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:50,480 h60 uh the H is there any there's an HD 10 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:53,359 h70 the h80 so these are all Corsair's 11 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:57,520 uh pre-filled liquid cooling solutions that are maintenance free so it means 12 00:00:55,359 --> 00:01:00,800 you never have to fill it with water they are high performance they're also 13 00:00:59,519 --> 00:01:07,439 light weight that's one of the advantages of these pre-filled liquid cooling systems versus a heat sink 14 00:01:04,799 --> 00:01:11,040 because you can strap the huge heavy part of it the radiator to your chassis 15 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:15,000 instead of strapping it directly to your CPU socket which makes them more 16 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:19,119 shipping friendly it also means that you can carry the heat away from the CPU 17 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:23,240 much more efficiently and exhaust the heat directly out of your case rather 18 00:01:21,079 --> 00:01:27,880 than exhausting it from the CPU socket area to the air around the CPU socket 19 00:01:25,799 --> 00:01:32,200 area you can just kick it right out so General advantages of these water cooled 20 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:35,159 system systems are many they are fairly expensive but they do have the 21 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:39,000 performance to back it up so let's see what corser has to say for themselves on 22 00:01:36,799 --> 00:01:44,799 the packaging here corser link Digital support is supported by the h100 23 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:47,759 so uh you can be in complete control of your cooling monitor a wide range of 24 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:51,920 parameters including pump speed coolant temperature and fan speed and customize 25 00:01:49,719 --> 00:01:56,200 your own performance profiles requires the cors our link Commander which is 26 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:58,680 sold separately so there you go uh you will have to get the commander if you 27 00:01:57,439 --> 00:02:03,399 want to take advantage of that particular functionality all right Box contents we'll get into 28 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:07,079 that when we open it up so don't worry too much about that CPU compatibility is 29 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:12,800 pretty much everything on the market right now 775 30 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:17,840 1155 and 1156 same same mounting holes 31 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:20,120 1366 am2 and am3 uh remember am2 and am3 32 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:23,480 um are also am2 plus and am3 plus in terms of heat sync compatibility cooling 33 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:28,440 performance for the most demanding systems this is True Performance times two see this is actually probably more 34 00:02:26,959 --> 00:02:31,440 accurate than what they're saying over here control at your fingertip the 35 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:35,920 integrated pump and cool plate includes push button control so you can select the fan speed and cooling performance 36 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:39,480 setup that best suits your needs white LED display lets you know to glance 37 00:02:37,599 --> 00:02:43,400 which profile is being used so let's have a look at this all right h100 38 00:02:42,159 --> 00:02:49,599 they're saying is going to be good for 66.5 de C okay and they're saying the 39 00:02:46,319 --> 00:02:51,959 h80 is at 68.2 De C let me tell you what 40 00:02:49,599 --> 00:02:58,760 is wrong with this picture the h100 just by Merit of being a dual 41 00:02:55,200 --> 00:03:00,920 radiator has far more usable surface 42 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:06,599 area for cooling than something like an h80 even though it uses a double thick 43 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:10,120 rad the reason that that test is so 44 00:03:06,599 --> 00:03:13,280 flawed is that Corsair is only clocking 45 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:15,080 that CPU that core i7 CPU actually here 46 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:18,319 let me get all the stuff out of the box here first and then I'm going to go back 47 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:25,200 I'm going to show you that chart again they're only clocking that 1366 core i7 48 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:26,799 CPU at 3.8 GHz that means they're not 49 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:32,480 really dumping a whole lot of voltage into it now at 66.5 degrees 50 00:03:30,439 --> 00:03:36,120 you still have room to put More Voltage into that CPU I would say you should be 51 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:41,200 able to get a significantly better overclock out of the h100 than either of 52 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:46,239 these other coolers and the reason is that as soon as you increase the heat 53 00:03:43,319 --> 00:03:51,040 load that you are putting on the cooler a better cooler will start to distance 54 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:54,480 itself far more from an inferior one versus if you have a heat load that's 55 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:58,079 much smaller so if you were to take a stock CPU and show this graph I'm 56 00:03:56,599 --> 00:04:01,360 willing to bet all the water cooling solutions would be about equal but but 57 00:03:59,799 --> 00:04:05,360 as soon as you start to overclock the CPU more overvolt it more and dump in 58 00:04:03,519 --> 00:04:12,200 more heat you're going to see dramatically better performance from any 59 00:04:08,879 --> 00:04:14,280 cooler that either has faster fans or 60 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:19,600 more surface area that is what all cooling comes down to surface area and 61 00:04:16,959 --> 00:04:23,960 air flow all right so let's look at the at the radiator unit itself in a moment 62 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:28,400 and let's start with the documentation so first thing here is we've got the 63 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:34,919 parts list of everything that's included as well as uh picture instructions of 64 00:04:31,479 --> 00:04:36,600 how to mount the CPU block very nice 65 00:04:34,919 --> 00:04:41,160 okay stop do not return this product to the store very nice little Solutions 66 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:47,360 guide 2010 oops guys it's 2011 now that's okay 67 00:04:43,039 --> 00:04:50,080 um mounting hardware we find Ting 68 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:53,120 billion in one screws in here so those are going to help you mount it to 69 00:04:51,639 --> 00:04:57,800 whatever socket it is that you need to mount it to we've got an Intel back 70 00:04:55,479 --> 00:05:01,039 plate here okay so you can see these are adjustable for all the different sockets 71 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:09,600 you might need to mount it to and then we have the AMD hold down Hardware 72 00:05:03,759 --> 00:05:12,280 here all right included fans I'm not oh 73 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:16,520 o These are nice okay I was about to say I'm not a big fan of the fans that are 74 00:05:14,199 --> 00:05:23,000 included with the uh with the Corsair water cooling solutions typically but I 75 00:05:18,759 --> 00:05:25,919 have not yet unboxed the uh the h60 or 76 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:30,400 the h100 which are the new uh kolet ones the kolet designed ones so this as far 77 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:35,199 as I can tell is just a Corsair sticker over what appears to be the same fan 78 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:37,160 that kolit used to use I can I'm just 79 00:05:35,199 --> 00:05:41,440 I'm guessing here because the frame overall has very little Flex in it it 80 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:45,639 feels like a much better constructed fan than the ones that I've seen included on 81 00:05:43,479 --> 00:05:49,840 previous corsera liquid cooling systems this is a very encouraging step in the 82 00:05:47,319 --> 00:05:53,520 right direction and as we've come to expect from Corsair it's got nice black 83 00:05:51,720 --> 00:06:00,280 cables on it which means it's going to look slick in your system all right so 84 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:03,280 let's look at the H itself we have 85 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:04,759 power as well as an RPM monitor so you 86 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:08,440 are going to need to plug these both in separately but you can separate them out 87 00:06:06,919 --> 00:06:12,280 further if you need to Route them to separate parts of the case so and they 88 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:17,319 are black so you should be able to hide them fairly easily in any Enthusiast 89 00:06:14,759 --> 00:06:21,880 looking system we've also got and this is related to the uh uh the separate fan 90 00:06:20,599 --> 00:06:28,960 control that it does allow with the commander software we've also got other fan headers so we've got one four pin 2 91 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:34,720 four pin three four four pin pwm fan headers on the side of the CPU block 92 00:06:31,919 --> 00:06:39,080 pump unit itself on this side we've also got a little proprietary plug right 93 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:45,720 there and then on the other side we have nothing except for the um rotating hose 94 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:50,120 fittings right there so what that allows you to do is wherever you've got this 95 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:55,599 radiator mounted in your case most cases are going to use this as a top mounted 96 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:57,520 rad you will be able to have flexibility 97 00:06:55,599 --> 00:07:01,919 on the CPU block depending where your socket is located and you're not going 98 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:06,960 to put undue tension on the hosing itself which is 1/4 in and it is a 99 00:07:04,599 --> 00:07:10,680 corrugated tough plastic that will allow reasonable flexibility but don't overdo 100 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:16,960 it because if you kink it there is a potential you could damage it all right 101 00:07:13,599 --> 00:07:19,000 the block itself has thermal compound 102 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:22,680 pre-applied now I know for a fact this is a very high quality thermal compound 103 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:27,000 you actually won't get much benefit from replacing it with an aftermarket one 104 00:07:24,919 --> 00:07:32,319 however once you've mounted it once and taken it off you will have to take this 105 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:34,240 off and reapply thermal compound again 106 00:07:32,319 --> 00:07:38,440 okay just an FYI for you guys now let's have a look at the radiator itself so 107 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:42,360 this is a fairly typical uh thickness for a radiator it's a touch thinner than 108 00:07:40,319 --> 00:07:45,919 something from a hardware Labs um but it's about I I'd say it's actually yeah 109 00:07:44,879 --> 00:07:51,120 it's thinner than something from swifttech as well but just by Merit of 110 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:55,960 how large it is so let's hold up the 120 mm fan for comparison so this is a dual 111 00:07:53,360 --> 00:08:00,080 12 mil rad you will get excellent performance out of it as soon as you 112 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:03,039 start dumping more heat into it so you can see actually you know what why don't 113 00:08:01,319 --> 00:08:06,800 we do the iPhone comparison just so you guys can see this now I'm not going to 114 00:08:05,039 --> 00:08:11,199 expect you to be able to eyeball whether this is going to fit in your case or not 115 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:14,199 just based on my video what you will need to do is do a little bit of 116 00:08:12,919 --> 00:08:18,479 research now I'm going to tell you there's a few cases that it'll fit in no 117 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:23,319 problem it'll fit in the 800d um it'll fit in actually here maybe 118 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:28,639 crazy Russian knows if does it fit in the 650d yeah he says it fits in the 119 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:31,840 650d so anything that supports dual 120 120 00:08:28,639 --> 00:08:34,959 Ms in the top has adequate spacing 121 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:38,919 remember not just for the radiator but 122 00:08:34,959 --> 00:08:40,360 also for the fan has clearance for the 123 00:08:38,919 --> 00:08:48,760 barbs to come out and has the correct spacing for the 124 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:51,959 120 mm fan mounts some cases actually 125 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:55,279 have dual 120 mm fans but they're spaced 126 00:08:51,959 --> 00:08:58,200 out so what that means is that when you 127 00:08:55,279 --> 00:09:03,279 go to mount your fans on here and then bolt your fans to the case you can see 128 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:09,040 Corsair uses a standard spacing which means that there's no gap between the 129 00:09:05,519 --> 00:09:10,480 fans if your case has them like this 130 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:17,160 then it's not going to be natively supported and you may have to do some modding in order to make it fit okay 131 00:09:14,839 --> 00:09:21,360 guys I think that's pretty much all that there is to say now I do want to do some 132 00:09:19,279 --> 00:09:26,000 performance evaluation of this unit just to back up the claims that I'm making 133 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:29,279 about how it's going to perform very very well but I think that covers 134 00:09:27,959 --> 00:09:34,480 everything I wanted to do with this un boxing thank you for checking out my unboxing of the Corsair h100 don't 135 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:38,920 forget to subscribe to Linus Tech tips for more unboxings reviews and other computer videos and one more thing sorry 136 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:43,279 I'm going to do this before I cut the end of the video uh this button right 137 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:47,079 here is the one that allows you to see which profile you are using while the 138 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:51,320 device is turned on and it does have a white LED display or not display it has 139 00:09:49,279 --> 00:09:54,320 a white LED backl behind it