Corsair H115i Extreme Performance AiO Liquid CPU Cooler Review

CORSAIR LINK SOFTWARE

H115i uses Corsair’s LINK program which is easily downloaded through their site, click here. Below is the screen you’ll be brought to when you load the LINK program.

LINKThe program is quite intriguing as it gives a good look to everything in your system. Each fan, cooler, VGA, etc. Giving you a quick look at the science that is happening inside your rig. You’ll notice along the top there are tabs such as the profiles tab. The H115i comes preloaded with three settings:

Performance: which will run your Corsair connected fans at 138rpm and the H115i pump at 2910rpm;

Balanced: running at 1080 & 1860rpm; and

Quiet: at 840 & 1860 respectively.

We decided to manufacture our own profile which is very easy to do and we called it “Maxxed Out”, we assume what you know what that means. Pumping the fans at 2460 and pump at 2910rpm this made our rig sound like a helicopter coming in. Even in the 600Q which is a noise cancelling case it could not withstand sound from those rpms.

configureOne of the links we found very interesting was the “Configure” tab. Here all the information you saw on the home screen is on tabs listed on the left column. From there you can click and drag each to it’s place on the computer chassis. Now the chassis is not changeable from what we see but regardless it will allow you to move details to “roughly” where they would be on your chassis. SettingsAbove is the settings from the “Options” tab not much to tinker with here but some details to make it a little more user friendly.

Today we are going to take a look at a heavy hitting liquid cooler that boasts it's self as "Extreme Performance". As part of Corsair's Hydro series, we are going to take an up close look at the H115i 280mm Liquid Cooler. PACKAGING, UNBOXING & PRICING The retail ready packaging of the H115i is predominately black with yellow accents. The top of the package is the main face and proudly displays the bold H115i name as well as the unit itself. On a starting note level we think they need to give an actual name to the unit, labeling is…

Review Overview

Packaging & Allure
Installation
Performance
Software
Price

Keepin' Cool

The H115i is a great cooler and lives up to the expectations of a cooler claiming extreme cooling!

User Rating: 2.95 ( 75 votes)

One comment

  1. From Article:
    “Simply put, we wanted the word “Corsair” to be right-side-up and that made the tubing a little tight with our VGA.”

    It is not a fault of the hardware that the “Corsair” was upside down, but rather an installation choice.

    It could have been avoided by flipping the radiator 180 degrees and having the hoses come from the bottom. You would have sidestepped the video card “tightness” that way as well 😉

    Best solution is to choose a case that allows horizontal installation across the top of the case.

    The only fault I found with this radiator was the spacing between the fans on the radiator did not match those in my case which required breaking out the trusty drill to make new fan screw holes in the case.

    Otherwise for me it was a fine choice to replace the old and dying NZXT Kraken X60 that previously bolted into that spot.

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