Did Corsair discontinue their great A70 Cooler?

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If so, what's an at least as good replacement for it?

Not wanting to go water. Don't need it. But I don't care much for intels factory coolers these days....

Edit: Guess I should indicate what the hell I'm building :)....

Building a new racing machine. So far I've decided on:

Corsair 650D Case (Already Have).
ASUS Maximus V Extreme
Intel 3770K
8GB Corsair Vengence Low Profile
Corsair AX860i Power Supply
1TB WD Black HD
Corsair H80i Cooler

Need to figure out the cooler and Video Card. Still hung up on 7870 vs 7950 vs 7970.
 
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The corsair water kits are just like having an awesome heat sink in a way. set it, forget it. You don't need to do any upkeep but dusting, like any other heat sink. They're quite when set on quiet, and they do their job extremely well.
 
FM_Fixxxer said:
The corsair water kits are just like having an awesome heat sink in a way. set it, forget it. You don't need to do any upkeep but dusting, like any other heat sink. They're quite when set on quiet, and they do their job extremely well.
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either one of corsairs AIO watercooler kits or a Coolermaster Hyper 212+
 
Verified. Discontinued. I sent them a sad email. That was silly of them :(

Ok, will look at the new stuff!

I really love the company and it's stuff. I'd like to stick with it.
 
Holy shit. H80i looks cool, and it's not terribly expensive. Is this a good one?

The h100i looks a bit extravagant for my needs.

Where do you mount the radiator?

What do you fill it with?

I'm a TOTAL liquid cooling newb and need Liquid Cooling 101 here :)

Also, should I buy a Lifejacket? hehe
 
the Cooler Master Hyper 212+ or Evo are both great budget air coolers

I have 2x hyper 212+ coolers and they do a fine job of cooling my i5-2500K and i5-750 respectively

i have push pull on both my i5-750 is in my ESXi server at this point (running stock) i have the stock cm fans one from each 212+ installed on that

and then on my i5-2500K i have 2x Gelid Silent 12 PWM fans .... my 2500K is @ 4.3Ghz and it is keeping the hottest core low 60s in Prime95

the evo is $25~ after a rebate at newegg right now

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=2#scrollFullInfo
 
TechLarry said:
Holy shit. H80i looks cool, and it's not terribly expensive. Is this a good one?

The h100i looks a bit extravagant for my needs.

Where do you mount the radiator?

What do you fill it with?

I'm a TOTAL liquid cooling newb and need Liquid Cooling 101 here :)

Also, should I buy a Lifejacket? hehe
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the radiator part mounts wherever you have 120mm fan mountings, or in the case of the H100, two 120mm fan mountings side by side. the AIO kits are very simple to install and setup, its all closed and if you can install a regular heatsink you can install an AIO
 
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the radiator part mounts wherever you have 120mm fan mountings, or in the case of the H100, two 120mm fan mountings side by side. the AIO kits are very simple to install and setup, its all closed and if you can install a regular heatsink you can install an AIO
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What the fuck. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Been doing this for over 30 years and it's time to learn something new :)

I know it's not the right forum, but everything else look ok on my list?

Also, seeing a few noise complaints about the coolers. Is it really a big issue?
 
well the PSU is going to be overkill for a single hd7000 series card, but if you get more power you can always XFire later. big speed boost would be to get an SSD boot drive to go along with that 1tb drive. other than that i looks like a standard awesome build, go for it

also the AIO/closed loop cooling systems don't require you do anything with liquid, it really is just mount to case, mount to motherboard, done.

i did just google and saw a picture of a 650D with an H100 mounted to the top of the case, which means you could mount an H100i in that case (as well as the H80i you mention, that one could go pretty much anywhere you want it, back, back top, middle top.)
 
the H-80i and 100i are very close in terms of cooling, the 100 can pull off a few degrees lower at full loads, and of course a bit more headroom overclocking. If you're just looking for a good overall cooler, the 80i is fantastic. My buddy just got one and he is extremely impressed with it. I personally run the 100i. I have it in my current case, the HAF XB, and I had it in the Corsair 500R and Vengeance C70 with ample room to spare. However in the 500R there wasn't enough room for push pull, so take that into consideration.

The noise complaints are coming from people cranking them to performance mode. The i series has a USB connection where you can control the fans from a tiny program in your task bar. I personally use a bay mounted fan controller, and the corsair air series fans. I have the SP fans on my rad, push pull, and they're dead silent, and 18-20c idle on a 4.1ghz i7 3820k. I only have to turn the system fans up at a LAN party or what not where the room temp is a bit high.

The noise will be a personal preference really. I personally cant hear mine above my homes furnace and the vent is above my head. The only thing personally I'd ever trade my h-100i over is a full custom loop
 
I love my a-70 have 4 of them rnning on machines in my basement with very low rpm fans. check out your local best buy or best buy website thats were i got all mine if there discontinued you mght be able to pick them up real cheap
 
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Verified. Discontinued. I sent them a sad email. That was silly of them :(
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Here's the deal: Corsair decided to completely exit the CPU air cooling market because their tower-style air coolers did not sell as well as the company had hoped for. All future CPU coolers bearing the Corsair brand name will be self-contained liquid coolers such as the H100i.
 
All together except for the PS which I had to order from Amazon. Be here today.

Hardest part was scrubbing the old case :)
 
Jbort1984 said:
I love my a-70 have 4 of them rnning on machines in my basement with very low rpm fans. check out your local best buy or best buy website thats were i got all mine if there discontinued you mght be able to pick them up real cheap
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Yeah, the A70 is fairly boss. One of the best looking tower HSFs out there. I'm not really a fan of the Corsair "cookie cutter" parts that seem to populate most rigs these days, but I have almost no qualms with the A70. It was probably the best hsf in the $30-40 price bracket, shame it got discontinued really.

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TechLarry said:
All together except for the PS which I had to order from Amazon. Be here today.

Hardest part was scrubbing the old case :)
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Which gpu did you end up going with?
 
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7970. Why screw around, and Microcenter had the Diamond for $379.

Only problem I ever had with the A70 was their tall vengeance RAM. The low profile vengeance fixed that.

On one machine I just left the right fan off. Barely affected temps at all.
 
I installed the Radiator fans as recommended in the manual. with them pulling air in from the outside, which is different than I normally do but I get the point.

so I have two 120's pulling in from the back, a 240 (I think that's what that big fucker is) pulling in from the front, and a 240 pushing out at the top.

Using basic fan surface area only, that gives me 240mm more intake fan surface than exhaust.

In the old days with the sealed up cases we used to have, that would cause me concern of pressurization and stagnant air flow, but since todays cases are basically cheese-graters, I actually like a bit of positive pressure. Helps keep the dust, dog hair, rat droppings, etc.. from being pulled in through the CD drives and every other little crack there is.

I think it should be ok.
 
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7970. Why screw around, and Microcenter had the Diamond for $379.

Only problem I ever had with the A70 was their tall vengeance RAM. The low profile vengeance fixed that.

On one machine I just left the right fan off. Barely affected temps at all.
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Right on. That system is gonna scream. Luckily I didn't run into clearance issues with my A70. I will say, however, that I am considering replacing it with one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/Macho-HR-02-S...1357912889&sr=8-1&keywords=thermalright+macho
 
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I installed the Radiator fans as recommended in the manual. with them pulling air in from the outside, which is different than I normally do but I get the point.

so I have two 120's pulling in from the back, a 240 (I think that's what that big fucker is) pulling in from the front, and a 240 pushing out at the top.

Using basic fan surface area only, that gives me 240mm more intake fan surface than exhaust.

In the old days with the sealed up cases we used to have, that would cause me concern of pressurization and stagnant air flow, but since todays cases are basically cheese-graters, I actually like a bit of positive pressure. Helps keep the dust, dog hair, rat droppings, etc.. from being pulled in through the CD drives and every other little crack there is.

I think it should be ok.
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They're 200mms, not 240s, if you ever want to find a replacement.

You have it set up the exact way I did. I found I had worse temps with the H70 exhausting in the back. Good choice. I would add in a filter as well ($5 on ebay/newegg) onto the rear intake to keep out dust.

If you really want to make the system scream, try to find Scythe Ultra Kaze 38mm fans. 3000 RPMs high static air flow fans. Use 1.75" bolts to mount them onto the radiator, your stock bolts aren't long enough. I'll take a pic of mine eventually, but it screams on full blast.
 
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They're 200mms, not 240s, if you ever want to find a replacement.

You have it set up the exact way I did. I found I had worse temps with the H70 exhausting in the back. Good choice. I would add in a filter as well ($5 on ebay/newegg) onto the rear intake to keep out dust.

If you really want to make the system scream, try to find Scythe Ultra Kaze 38mm fans. 3000 RPMs high static air flow fans. Use 1.75" bolts to mount them onto the radiator, your stock bolts aren't long enough. I'll take a pic of mine eventually, but it screams on full blast.
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Shit, I have filters and forgot about it :)

However, thee screws that hold the radiator barely thread in enough to hold it. I doubt with a filter it would ever work.
 
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Shit, I have filters and forgot about it :)

However, thee screws that hold the radiator barely thread in enough to hold it. I doubt with a filter it would ever work.
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Just order longer screws on ebay. 6-32 screws. If you get 1.75", use a dremel or a cutter to cut it down to length. The screws can actually thread it a lot more into the radiator than you'd think, it's just that with the stock screws and 25mm fans, you won't be going very far in.
 
Ok, I guess the Indy reference to snakes was a little to vague :)
 
Ok, big change.

I had to return the H80i. I'm also not going to recommend it until a couple of engineering changes are made.

I had the system all built up and ready to go. I was just doing last minute cable checks, tug checks to make sure everything was tight, etc...

I put my fingers on the fan/radiator/fan sandwhich and gave it a little tug, and one corner of it separated right from the case.

:eek:

I noticed the more I wiggle it, the worse it got. I'm not talking hard pulls are brute force here. Just reasonable tugs to make sure things were tight.

I took it apart, and was not impressed with what I saw.

The screws go through the back of the case, through the fan, and into the radiator. The ENTIRE grip surface for the screw is only about 2/32 of an inch, and it's a soft aluminum tab that's part of the radiator frame. The screw had pulled clean out of it, threads and all.

I looked at the other 4, and they were almost as bad.

I most definitely did not have them cross threaded, and I use small tweaker handle screwdrivers on this stuff to ensure I don't over-tighten.

IMHO this is a piss-poor design, and I'm very surprised Corsair would ship a product like this.

The fix is easy. Instead of threading directly into the soft, light aluminum radiator frame, they should have manufactured threaded steel inserts into the tabs.

I took it back and exchanged it for a different cooler. I decided to just go with a Cooler Master 212 Evo. It seems to be very popular and two of the sales guys there said they personally use that cooler and it works great.

Got that installed no issues (though their retention bracket system is a bit of an oddball...).

I was going to use my old Corsair A70, but the specs only call for 1366 and 1156 for Intel. Didn't want to chance it.

Now if only I can figure out why Windows 7 won't install :)
 
Uh.. I don't know how that's possible. Take a pic for us maybe. All of my kits, have the long threaded screws with washers, and they screw in and secure WELL into the rad's frame. nearly touching the fins. As a matter of fact, the first h-100 I screwed it in too tight and went INTO the fins. As I look at and wiggle my H-100i right now, the screws are extremely secure. But whichever, to each their own, as long as you're happy with whatever you got now that's all that matters.
 
It's already been exchanged and I assure you, it's possible.
 
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I was going to use my old Corsair A70, but the specs only call for 1366 and 1156 for Intel. Didn't want to chance it.
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Shame the H80 didn't work out, although I've never been a fan of the "pump on the block" designs (too much noise). However, I wanted to point out that socket 1156 and socket 1155 mounting are identical, so there's no reason you can't use the A70 with your 3770K.
 
I've never seen it and all of mine have been rock solid. I'm very diligent in making sure things are secure for LAN party movement of my system, assure all you want, I still personally cant see it without some type of error lol.
 
Never a fan of the A70. It just didn't perform. 95c with a 2500k at 4.5ghz and 1.4v.

Much happier with thermalright venomous x. 55c at 5ghz and 1.5v.
 
the corsair water cooling kits are sealed units and you dont put anything in them.
 
Just a quick update:

The CM 212 Evo cooler seems to be doing a pretty amazing job for it's size. I actually think it's better than the Corsair A70, and there are no RAM clearance issues.

I'm not a fan of the mounting system though. Corsairs was far better. The CM is a bit of a fishing expedition when setting the cooler down on the processor and getting the screws started.

Once on, it seems to be great.

I did notice that you can slightly rotate the cooler when it's in place, but it doesn't appear to be an issue.
 
My H70 only had a few threads in too. Shame, you should've just used longer bolts like I did.

The A70 would've mounted to the 1155.. my old A50 did.

In any case, enjoy.
 
I bought a H100i, but I returned it because of the high pitch noise..
So I went back to my Corsair A70...

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My max temps after running prime 30 minutes with H100i were 71-77-72-67 with 19C room temp. (using the default H100i thermal paste)

My max temps after running prime 30 minutes with A70 were 69-74-71-66 with 21C room temp. (using MX-4 thermal paste)

So with 2C more on my room the A70 is performing better than the H100i.
 
That threading seems odd. I have my H50 mounted on the back of my case and I only used 2 screws for it. It's rock solid even with just the 2 screws since I went push/pull and didn't want to go buy new screws. I would have contacted Corsair and see what they say since they have been amazing with service for me in the past.
 
I agree it was odd :)

You could see the black was worn off the threads from when they pulled out showing the shiny metal underneath, yet the screws were not stripped. It's like they were just a tad too small.

I needed the system up, and thus went with another solution.
 
M0rph3us said:
That threading seems odd. I have my H50 mounted on the back of my case and I only used 2 screws for it. It's rock solid even with just the 2 screws since I went push/pull and didn't want to go buy new screws. I would have contacted Corsair and see what they say since they have been amazing with service for me in the past.
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I actually thought of a way around that, and almost did it but decided in the end to just swap it.

My idea was instead of using the long screws, use small 3mm or whatever they are screws and bolt the radiator to just the set of fan ears it comes up against. The screwdriver would go through the holes in the outer set of fan ears. Then do the same for the other fan.

Then mount the whole stack to the back of the computer with standard fan screws.
 
Eureka! said:
My H70 only had a few threads in too. Shame, you should've just used longer bolts like I did.

The A70 would've mounted to the 1155.. my old A50 did.

In any case, enjoy.
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I still have it. Now that I know, I can still keep it for a future project :)
 
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