Corsair Hydro H100i GTX Liquid CPU Cooler Review

1. Introduction2. Packaging & Bundle3. The Corsair Hydro H100i GTX4. Installing the Corsair Hydro H100i GTX5. Testing Methodology and Overclocking6. Thermal Performance7. Acoustic Performance8. Closing Thoughts9. View All Pages

To test the performance of the Corsair Hydro H100i GTX, we built a powerful X79 based system on an open test bench to push the cooler to the limits.  As we were testing on an open test bench, we directed a Be Quiet! Shadow Wings 120 mm fan at the VRM circuitry to better simulate the airflow generated in a case.

For our extreme tests, we manually overclocked the i7-3930K to 4.7 GHz by increasing the multiplier to 47x, leaving the baseclock set at 100 MHz.

We set Load Line Calibration to ‘High', and increased the CPU Current Capability to 120% with a minor voltage increase.  Speed stepping was disabled for both stock and overclocked tests.

We tested the Corsair Hydro H100i GTX with the fans in performance mode and in quiet mode.  The pump speed was set to performance for both tests.

Coolers Tested

• Corsair Hydro H100i GTX
• Corsair Hydro H80i GT
• Cooler Master Nepton 240M (fans at 12V)
• Corsair H105
• Corsair H110 (fans at 12V)
• Corsair H90 (fan at 12V)
• Phanteks PH-TC14PE (fans at 12V)
• Noctua NH-D14 (fans at 12V)

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