Corsair Hydro Series

The new H100 seems to be even better than topshelf aircooling. But what about the liquid. Do you need to fill it up like ordinary liquid coolers? Considering its a closed circuit?

i just sat teh H100 and all i have to say is WTF? ill need to get a full tower with 2 back fan slots to make mae it work

Well since a Coolermaster Hyper 212+ with two fans is pretty much equal to a H70 and a H70 is only has a 5-7C difference vs the H100. I think spending $100+ on a all in one cooler is pointless when you can spend less then $50 and get a cooler that performs close. Also one bad thing about liquid coolers is that if the pump dies your trouble(cant cool at all) while most good aftermarket coolers even if a fan dies has enough surface area to passively cool until you replace the fan.

Well since a Coolermaster Hyper 212+ with two fans is pretty much equal to a H70 and a H70 is only has a 5-7C difference vs the H100. I think spending $100+ on a all in one cooler is pointless when you can spend less then $50 and get a cooler that performs close. Also one bad thing about liquid coolers is that if the pump dies your trouble(cant cool at all) while most good aftermarket coolers even if a fan dies has enough surface area to passively cool until you replace the fan.

04dcarraher

you do have a point, and i forgot where i read it but a normal life span for a liquid cooler is 5 years. but still one nice thing about those liquid coolers is that it does free up a bit more space in you case.