Corsair Hydro H55 All-in-One CPU Water Cooler Review

The Hydro H55 is a very cost-effective means for one to enter the world of water cooling.

Corsair Hydro H55 All-in-One CPU Water Cooler Review

The box comes with all that is required to complete the setup, all you need is a screw driver to secure the screws.

Corsair Hydro H55 All-in-One CPU Water Cooler Review

Here’s the cooler.

Corsair Hydro H55 All-in-One CPU Water Cooler Review

Accessories for the H55, installation was a little confusing due to the misleading drawing on the manual. I had to search Youtube / Google to get it done right.

Corsair Hydro H55 All-in-One CPU Water Cooler Review

The H55 comes bundled with a Corsair 120mm fan too.

Corsair Hydro H55 All-in-One CPU Water Cooler Review

Here’s a closer view of the unit.

Corsair Hydro H55 All-in-One CPU Water Cooler Review

Corsair!

Corsair Hydro H55 All-in-One CPU Water Cooler Review

The bottom portion comes pre-coated with thermal paste.

Corsair Hydro H55 All-in-One CPU Water Cooler Review

Here’s what the cooler looks like on a system.

Corsair Hydro H55 All-in-One CPU Water Cooler Review

User Experience & Benchmarks

I used the AMD A10 7850K for this benchmark. Room temperature is around 25°C.

CPU load was done by converting 10bit MKV video to 8bit using x264, set to -veryslow mode.

  Idle (°C) Load (°C)
Corsair H55 32 44
AMD Stock Cooler 34 56

Not only was it cooling, it was still running silent as well. 😀 The AMD stock cooler would’ve been shrieking away once the load kicks in.

The Verdict

The Corsair Hydro H55 AIO cooling system is priced at around RM 240, and it’s certainly a good upgrade for anyone who wants to go for a silent, reasonably cool and neat setup.

goldfries recommended