Little_4nic8er
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So I finally got to install my H50 today now that I have my new mobo. (Gigabyte EP45-DS4P Got it for $139.99 Can. on sale.)
Unfortunately after going from the dead silent Noctua NH-U12P SE2, the H50 pump has this very noticeable vibration or rattle. If I unplug the pump, it goes away. The fan is fine, it's the pump that is annoying the hell out of me. If I wiggle the hoses, I can here air moving around in there. Could it be cavitation, or just a noisy pump? It sounds the same as when someone puts a small plastic cable tie into a spinning fan. It has the exact same sound. (But think low RPM fan, maybe say 20 "clicks" or "blade strikes" per second.)
Does anyone else have this issue the H50?
I'm so disheartened. I was so looking forward to using this but not if it's going to sound like this. My current temps are +3C vs the Noctua at idle as well, but it is using 1 fan were the Noctua used 2. (Considering using the 2 Noctua fans to test a push/pull.) The 120mm H50 fan is sucking in vs the original 140mm fan blowing out. (Nocua blew into the rear fan blowing out.) I ordered 4 Sythe GTs and a fan controller today. The new mobo's chipset cooler is pumping a lot of heat into the case and it only has a passive exhaust ATM. (Heat venting through the top 3 fan slots and the rear vent.)
Side note:
Good news with the new mobo though. I no longer have to bump my voltage.......at all to maintain the OC in my sig. I had to put the vcore to 1.425 on the old mobo, and all memory/chipset as high as they could go. If I dropped any, it failed OCCT/IBT. This one passed a default "Max" setting run (15 minutes.) on OCCT without a BSOD. Yay! Now I want to see if I can push it to 4.0. (Once I settle this H50 issue.)
P.S.
Well, it seems to be a known issue. Looks like an RMA is in order.
Unfortunately after going from the dead silent Noctua NH-U12P SE2, the H50 pump has this very noticeable vibration or rattle. If I unplug the pump, it goes away. The fan is fine, it's the pump that is annoying the hell out of me. If I wiggle the hoses, I can here air moving around in there. Could it be cavitation, or just a noisy pump? It sounds the same as when someone puts a small plastic cable tie into a spinning fan. It has the exact same sound. (But think low RPM fan, maybe say 20 "clicks" or "blade strikes" per second.)
Does anyone else have this issue the H50?
I'm so disheartened. I was so looking forward to using this but not if it's going to sound like this. My current temps are +3C vs the Noctua at idle as well, but it is using 1 fan were the Noctua used 2. (Considering using the 2 Noctua fans to test a push/pull.) The 120mm H50 fan is sucking in vs the original 140mm fan blowing out. (Nocua blew into the rear fan blowing out.) I ordered 4 Sythe GTs and a fan controller today. The new mobo's chipset cooler is pumping a lot of heat into the case and it only has a passive exhaust ATM. (Heat venting through the top 3 fan slots and the rear vent.)
Side note:
Good news with the new mobo though. I no longer have to bump my voltage.......at all to maintain the OC in my sig. I had to put the vcore to 1.425 on the old mobo, and all memory/chipset as high as they could go. If I dropped any, it failed OCCT/IBT. This one passed a default "Max" setting run (15 minutes.) on OCCT without a BSOD. Yay! Now I want to see if I can push it to 4.0. (Once I settle this H50 issue.)
P.S.
Well, it seems to be a known issue. Looks like an RMA is in order.
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