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Corsair's new H150i Pro liquid cooler is another excellent addition to the Hydro family.
The company's first 360mm liquid cooler, it is obviously a fair large unit that won't necessarily fit in all cases. However, the pump's design has been tweaked and I think it looks great. The pump also sports RGB lighting, as one would expect from Corsair, and it is nice and subtle.
Installation is also dead easy given that this is an Asetek-based liquid cooler – the process barely takes a minute, it is that simple.
Now, in terms of performance, the H150i Pro does very well indeed. It isn't the absolute best-performing 360mm liquid cooler we've seen – that award still goes to the Alphacool Eisbaer – but it is still very competitive and will tame any CPU on the market right now.
That is all the more impressive when consider the fact that the H150i Pro is actually very quiet. This may come as a surprise to some, as Corsair's liquid coolers do have a reputation for being on the louder side, shall we say, but the H150i Pro bucks that trend completely thanks to its new ML-series fans.
As such, it is hard not to be impressed. Here we have a top-performing cooler, that looks good and is easy to install, and isn't earth-shatteringly loud. Good job Corsair, the H150i Pro is well-deserving of our ‘Must Have' award.
We don't yet have UK availability information, but the H150i Pro has a $169.99 MSRP in the US, so expect similar pricing here.
Buy from Overclockers UK for £164.99 inc vat HERE.
Pros
- Very competitive performance.
- Looks good.
- Very easy to install.
- Actually very quiet despite the impressive thermal performance.
- Zero RPM mode ensures fans switch off under low load.
Cons
- Not the cheapest liquid cooler around.
KitGuru says: Corsair has nailed it with the H150i Pro. In my opinion, this is the best liquid cooler they've made.
I want one….great review..
In your review you did not mention whether it can support threadripper.
Why didn’t they use 1,200rpm fans like the h115i is using? I wonder how it compares to a NHD15 noise/perf wise..
Usually AIO’s have always been louder, would be nice if that’s changed now.. It’s taken long enough.
It doesn’t. The list of supported platforms is on the first page of the review.
Intel LGA 1150 • Intel LGA 1155 • Intel LGA
1156 • Intel LGA 1366 • Intel LGA 2011 • Intel LGA 2011-3 • Intel LGA
2066 • AMD AM2 • AMD AM3 • AMD AM4 • AMD FM1 • AMD FM2
it has been mentioned in other reviews that a threadripper plate may be available as an accessory
I know you tested it with the fans connected to the motherboard but would that not have spun the fans up a lot higher speed then using the pumps cables. I think the idea is the LINK software will let you set the mode and its aimed at QUIETER . Would the results here be different by much ? Would have been nice to see another test done using these just so we could compare and changing cables would take less then a minute 🙂
It must really suck to be these websites that get paid by Corsair to do advertising then they can’t do a proper review. On all reviews I saw, the 360 model lost to 280/240 AIO’s (like on this one) on the comparisons chart, yet, on the conclusion part no one mention it and said “great product”.
What is “great” about a 360mm that loses to a 280mm AIO that is more cheap? Wtf..
How difficult would it be to swap out those bland fans with RGB fans, Let’s say.. AZZA Hurricane RGB Fans for example?
I’d have to agree. Marketing it as an RGB item only because of the cooling block is kinda lame. For that price, stop being cheapskates and put on some RGB fans as well. Bland black fans are kinda, well.. boring as hell.
well have the 115i RGB and have changed my mind slightly, the RGB on the head is a lot better then the previous version and unless you have the RAD at the front you wont get any use from the RGB fans.
still should be RGB fans………..