Corsair H80i V2 CPU Cooler

[rfielder]

Does anyone know if the Corsair H80i v2 cpu cooler will work under FreeNAS/FreeBSD?

It seems to rely on the Corsair Link software, which is Windows only. I don't know if you can just plug it into a PWM fan header and have it controlled and read correctly under a non-Windows environment.

Any experiences with this or similar products?

Thanks in advance!

 

[rfielder]

After doing a bit of research, I am going to add a second query to this thread.

Does anyone know of an AIO CPU water cooler that does not depend on special software?

What I think would work is a solution where the pump just runs when plugged in, and all the fans are just PWM controlled by the motherboard and standard fan control software as used by FreeNAS.

In other words, a dumb solution. With the cooling equivalent of a Corsair H80i V2 or similar.

FYI: I don't like having a huge air cooler hanging off my motherboard. It always looks to me like one good bump and you end up picking up pieces of your motherboard from the floor!! I know that isn't really true, and I have used a Noctua CPU cooler in the past without issue, but still....

And since my servers sit in the furnace room, and do need to be moved on occasion for cleaning, etc, the bumps to the cases may actually occur.

 

[sretalla]

If you read the manual for those all-in-one water cooled systems, it just tells you to plug one PWM into any powered header and the other to the CPU FAN header. (going on my experience with the H60)

Reading the install guide for your model, I now see that it talks about connecting the pump to the CPU FAN header and then has a USB connection for the radiator control, so different from mine.

I anticipate based on my experience with it that there's more than enough cooling power there to just run it at a constant moderate speed (which is also quiet).

 

[rfielder]

The more I read and think the more I question using anything that is not a simple solution. Perhaps an AIO is not the best idea.

An air cooler with fans that work may be the way to go.

In my setup noise is not a factor at all. The server will set in a room that is seldom visited. It can be loud and that is ok.

I like Noctua but there are issues reported with their fans under FreeNAS control. Guess I will have to dig a bit more on that brand. Also see if anyone is using a be quiet! Dark Rock 4.

 

[sretalla]

I'm using Noctua fans with good results in the systems where I am not using the H60.

We haven't seen the specs of your system, so I can't point you directly to a resource to control the fans based on drive temperature that works well with Supermicro boards of some generations. (Kevin Horton's script available on GitHub).

I have published the required resources to use a Corsair commander pro to use that same script to control fans in any FreeNAS system (see links in my sig.).

 

[rfielder]

I'm using Noctua fans with good results in the systems where I am not using the H60.

I will have to search again but there was a discussion about Noctua fans not being recognized well at low speeds even witho7t the quiet adapter thing.

MB is a Supermicro X11, sorry don't have the full model right here.

 

[tfran1990]

Make sure the header the pump is connected to runs at 100%. i have used a newer aio on an old am2 socket and as long as the pump is going 100% there shouldn't be any problem.

 

[rfielder]

Make sure the header the pump is connected to runs at 100%. i have used a newer aio on an old am2 socket and as long as the pump is going 100% there shouldn't be any problem.

If I understand correctly the pump is intended to plug into a fan header. That would mean setting the control in the system BIOS to run at 100%.

Am i correct so far?

I would then plug in the fans to standard fan headers and let tue system control them as required.

Correct?

If all this right. then one question. Should the pump fail will the only warning be an overheating system? Just so I understand since I do hope to have system moniting tools in use.

 

[Ericloewe]

Pretty much all AIO coolers run the pump at 100% all the time. The only thing that is controllable are the fans. Corsair Link has been reverse-engineered by some and some google-fu should help you find more details.

The H80i/H100i have a wire that provides the pump tachometer signal, which you can use to monitor and/or shut up motherboards that don't like to not have a CPU cooler attached (since the fans would normally be connected to the Corsair Link controller embedded in the pump).