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Review: Corsair H115i RGB Pro XT liquid cooler
We are reviewing an AIO cooler from Corsair: the H115i RGB PRO XT. It’s a new version of a product that’s been available on the market for about two years the, H115i Pro. It’s a 280 mm AIO with an aluminium radiator and pump coupled into a single loop and cooled by a set of two fans (140 mm fan size).
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#5763645 Posted on: 02/26/2020 05:48 PM
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why are you using corsair software at all?
i had enough H1xx and never used the software at all.
pump runs off psu, fans on motherboard, and if it had leds i used the software to control it, then uninstalled it.
@slicer
because it is. price is not the same as value.
and the cables can easily be hidden, never had any problems.
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kakiharaFRS
why are you using corsair software at all?
i had enough H1xx and never used the software at all.
pump runs off psu, fans on motherboard, and if it had leds i used the software to control it, then uninstalled it.
@slicer
because it is. price is not the same as value.
and the cables can easily be hidden, never had any problems.
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#5763724 Posted on: 02/27/2020 12:06 AM
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why are you using corsair software at all?
i had enough H1xx and never used the software at all.
pump runs off psu, fans on motherboard, and if it had leds i used the software to control it, then uninstalled it.
@slicer
because it is. price is not the same as value.
and the cables can easily be hidden, never had any problems.
When you have several Corsair components its good software, I have Corsair Dominator platinum @3600 ddr4, Corsair H115i platinum, Corsair H1000i psu, Corsair K70 lux keyboard, Corsair M65 RGB Elite and finally my Corsair headset with rgb, its just a shame i can not get icue to get on with Asus Aura, if Corsair made motherboards i`d probably get one, its nice to have all my parts in one app so i can control and monitor them all.
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kakiharaFRS
why are you using corsair software at all?
i had enough H1xx and never used the software at all.
pump runs off psu, fans on motherboard, and if it had leds i used the software to control it, then uninstalled it.
@slicer
because it is. price is not the same as value.
and the cables can easily be hidden, never had any problems.
When you have several Corsair components its good software, I have Corsair Dominator platinum @3600 ddr4, Corsair H115i platinum, Corsair H1000i psu, Corsair K70 lux keyboard, Corsair M65 RGB Elite and finally my Corsair headset with rgb, its just a shame i can not get icue to get on with Asus Aura, if Corsair made motherboards i`d probably get one, its nice to have all my parts in one app so i can control and monitor them all.
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#5763826 Posted on: 02/27/2020 09:55 AM
Arctic Freezer Liguid 280 is costing 40usd less (@95usd) and is better in every test here? Including perf. and noise. Also it only has 1 cable to connect to motherboard. This Corsair has +3 cables.
How You can justify saying that Corsair H115i is a good price?
Looking at your point of view from the lowest price possible you'd be right. But you are doing just that, price, performance, period.
However, if you like the iCUE ecosystem, things like warranty and more premium looks + advanced RGB setup, yeah, this is still a product that is priced pretty fair while offering more. Remember at the other side of the scope there are LCS products out there hitting 200 USD as well.
Arctic Freezer Liguid 280 is costing 40usd less (@95usd) and is better in every test here? Including perf. and noise. Also it only has 1 cable to connect to motherboard. This Corsair has +3 cables.
How You can justify saying that Corsair H115i is a good price?
Looking at your point of view from the lowest price possible you'd be right. But you are doing just that, price, performance, period.
However, if you like the iCUE ecosystem, things like warranty and more premium looks + advanced RGB setup, yeah, this is still a product that is priced pretty fair while offering more. Remember at the other side of the scope there are LCS products out there hitting 200 USD as well.
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#5763833 Posted on: 02/27/2020 10:35 AM
@slicer
because it is. price is not the same as value.
and the cables can easily be hidden, never had any problems.
Okay, so what adds value in this case? "Go faster" RGB? Harder to install and hide the cables?
Looking at your point of view from the lowest price possible you'd be right. But you are doing just that, price, performance, period.
However, if you like the iCUE ecosystem, things like warranty and more premium looks + advanced RGB setup, yeah, this is still a product that is priced pretty fair while offering more. Remember at the other side of the scope there are LCS products out there hitting 200 USD as well.
In EU the 3 year warranty stands. Thats good enough. I really dont get the RGB... if the product has best performance and price and while being the guietest out there. That tics 3 very good boxes.
And you mentioned the 200usd LCS's... were are to blame here, when sites like this recommend products that offer nothing more than their earlier versions, but the price is higher... Next year we get a "successor" to this Corsair H115i RGB XT Pro, while the performance is same or worse than competitor, but price is higher (lets say 155usd), then reviewer gives positive and recommended buy feedback... and yet again people see that this is such a "good" buy, company sees that people are buying with that price and raises prices yet again next year. Fuck that!
The LCS prices have gone up unnecessarily, because we as consumers are buying same shit with premium prices. I remember when the AIO's cost max 130 usd and most of them where around 100usd mark.
Today, the performance is same, but so many of us are uselessly spending our money on same performance, but giving away more money.
In my view Arctic is doing something special here. But lets go ahead and buy some premium brand's AIO's that offer nothing more than fancy RGB fan.
We are the reason behind that all the comapnys are raising prices for no apparent reason...
@slicer
because it is. price is not the same as value.
and the cables can easily be hidden, never had any problems.
Okay, so what adds value in this case? "Go faster" RGB? Harder to install and hide the cables?
Looking at your point of view from the lowest price possible you'd be right. But you are doing just that, price, performance, period.
However, if you like the iCUE ecosystem, things like warranty and more premium looks + advanced RGB setup, yeah, this is still a product that is priced pretty fair while offering more. Remember at the other side of the scope there are LCS products out there hitting 200 USD as well.
In EU the 3 year warranty stands. Thats good enough. I really dont get the RGB... if the product has best performance and price and while being the guietest out there. That tics 3 very good boxes.
And you mentioned the 200usd LCS's... were are to blame here, when sites like this recommend products that offer nothing more than their earlier versions, but the price is higher... Next year we get a "successor" to this Corsair H115i RGB XT Pro, while the performance is same or worse than competitor, but price is higher (lets say 155usd), then reviewer gives positive and recommended buy feedback... and yet again people see that this is such a "good" buy, company sees that people are buying with that price and raises prices yet again next year. Fuck that!
The LCS prices have gone up unnecessarily, because we as consumers are buying same shit with premium prices. I remember when the AIO's cost max 130 usd and most of them where around 100usd mark.
Today, the performance is same, but so many of us are uselessly spending our money on same performance, but giving away more money.
In my view Arctic is doing something special here. But lets go ahead and buy some premium brand's AIO's that offer nothing more than fancy RGB fan.
We are the reason behind that all the comapnys are raising prices for no apparent reason...
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The conclusion is very underwhelming here ....
"The Corsair H115i RGB PRO XT is available at an MSRP of 139.99 USD. Simply put that is a good price for the provided cooling and relatively low noise performance."
Arctic Freezer Liguid 280 is costing 40usd less (@95usd) and is better in every test here? Including perf. and noise. Also it only has 1 cable to connect to motherboard. This Corsair has +3 cables.
How You can justify saying that Corsair H115i is a good price?