Corsair has yet another couple products for us from their H series of all-in-one
liquid coolers yes don't be fooled despite the addition of GTX and GT at
the end of the model names there was not a collaboration with NVIDIA but Jokes
Aside these coolers promise a number of performance improvements and some
interesting aesthetic changes as well so stay tuned to see how they stack up and
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let's kick things off with a physical overview of both units the h80i GT and
the h100i GT X have both received fairly
substantial makeovers they now feature a more angled look with gray accents not
only on the pump but on the radiator as well on the h100i GTX and other feature
GTX models the gray design plates can be removed and swapped out for a variety of
different colors though at the time of writing this review not even Corsair's
own website had anything to say about when those came out and none seemed to
be actually available at this time although a little snooping on the
product page did reveal what looks like a red replacement plate lucky for us
though I have the inside hookup and have been informed that they should be coming
out sometime around May both units feature an RGB LED on the top logo area
of the pump which can be adjusted in the Corsair link software gone is that
little Snap-on over the pump magnetic mounting bracket that came on previous
generations of the H series coolers but now they have a kind of Hardware
mounting solution which is pre-attached for Intel and has a general Twist on
Twist Off mechanism for swapping it out if you need AMD overall the mounting
block is fairly similar to previous a cooler setups with a standard back plate
standoff thumb screw setup which should be easy enough to install the tubing has
also received a bump up with some very nice and clean looking sleeving that has
no gaps or bare threads to gripe about which in my opinion is pretty amazing
overall the aesthetic Improvement compared to the bare black tubes of old
is pretty cool in my opinion the tubes also go straight into the pump blck
which results and a very clean looking finish although doesn't feel as flexible
as the rotating arms of last gen the included fans are the exact same as
before they cool all right at low RPMs and they can get really loud at high
RPMs but they do manage to shove quite a lot of air through your rad when they do
you can configure them however you'd like through Corsair link so pick your
poison the fans aren't exactly Square they don't form a perfect seal to the
radiator but they do manage to keep their overall static pressure quite High
regardless moving on to the tubing for the coolers the h80i GT and h100i gtx's
tubing runs are both quite long and stiff resulting in some issues with a
few of our cases this might be less of a problem for a full tower perhaps but the
tubing runs are so long and sturdy that closing the side panel can prove to be
difficult in a few of these cases and a little awkward if you happen to have
fans installed on the side panel as well the sturdy overall tubing plus the
sleeving does have the awesome benefit of B being very unlike to Kink which is
pretty great for people who are just trying to avoid issues the final gripe
is the fittings yeah they can swivel in socket which looks incredibly great and
very very clean but they don't have the Rotator arms that the previous
generation has as I brought up earlier which in combination with the stiff
tubing can again make installation a bit tricky in a few Solutions but it does
look sexy as hell once you get it in place properly and when you sit back and
gaze upon what you've created it makes the Fairly minor installation issues
seem entirely worth it now that we got that out of the air I can finally talk
about how it performs and stacks up against the rest of its competition we
had some issues getting the default fans to run at our standard testing speed of
1100 RPM hence why they are listed at 1500 RPM on the chart do keep in mind
that they do perform well at that speed but have a much louder overall noise
profile that being said the h8i GT with its thick single 120 mm design had a
hard time keeping up with our super hot test bench which was expected as our
setup often throws off coolers in that range I may dial it down a little bit in
the future but it should perform on more reasonably overclocked CPUs we see the
h100i GTX Flex a little bit with its new cold plate and pump designs that it
shares with its little brother the H GT this results in a bit of a leap from the
predecessor and slotting it in as the best cooler under 280 mm that we tested
this time around in conclusion Corsair stepped their game up up improved
Aesthetics across the board with sleeve tubing and cool replaceable logo plates
which can match your color scheme improved performance through their
improved cold plate and pump design efficiency but is it enough well I don't
think anyone who already has an h100 or h100i should run out in the replace
their cooler anytime soon if it's still working fine but anyone that wants a new
240 mm cooler for their build or to replace a malfunctioning cooler this
would be a fine option and it performs pretty damn well to boot what do you
guys think let me know in the comments down below or over on the forums
personally I don't mind the stiff tubing I don't think I'll really have any
problems with it and I'm totally willing to make that sacrifice if you want to
call it that uh for the awesome looking sleeving and all that kind of stuff but
yeah let me know what you guys think over on the Forum specifically by the
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