Corsair H170i Elite Capellix all-in-one cooler installation and review

This is a video on the ‪@corsair‬ H170i Elite Capellix - Corsair's largest all-in-one cooler which sits at 420mm to provide the best cooling you could get in your case without a full-blown custom liquid cooling system.

In this video I'll be showing you how to set it up and install and on an AMD AM4 socket motherboard. I also have a video on the previous versions where I installed them on an Intel socket if you want to see the difference:

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Highlights of the H170i Elite Capellix AIO include:
High performance cooling without excessive noise
Support for both Intel and AMD CPUs with multiple options
Zero RPM mode which helps it run quietly when just idling
Large fans with good airflow that spin upto 2,000 RPM
Low noise pump which generates less than 20 dBA
(Mostly) simple installation

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Specs of the H170i Elite Capellix AIO
Product SKUs CW-9060055-WW
Pump Noise 20.0 dBa @ 1m
Pump Harness 24-Pin Commander CORE Data/Power; 3-Pin CPU_FAN
Pump RGB Features Multi-Zone CAPELLIX LED Pump Head (33 LEDs; 21 Zones)
Coldplate Material Micro-Skived Copper
Coldplate Dimensions 65mm
Radiator Dimensions 450mm x 140mm x 27mm
Software Compatibility CORSAIR iCUE Software Suite
Fan Series ML140 RGB
Fan Bearing Magnetic Levitation Bearing
Fan RGB Features 8x Individually Addressable RGB LEDs per Fan
Fan Speed 0; 400 – 2,000 RPM
Fan Static Pressure 3.0 mm- H20
Fan Noise Maximum 0; 10 – 36 dBa
Fan Control Method PWM Controlled via Pump Harness
Socket Compatibility AMD AM4, sTR4, sTRX4
Intel 1200, 115x (1150, 1151, 1155, 1156)
Intel 20xx (2066, 2011-3, 2011)
Warranty Five Years

Specs of this machine are:
Asus B550 Pro Art Creator motherboard
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X CPU
XPG Spectrix S40G RGB NVMe SSD
XPG Spectrix D60G 32GB 3000Mhz RAM
Corsair H170i Elite Capellix AIO
Corsair RM850 PSU
Corsair 7000D Airflow
Commander Pro
8 x ML120 RGB Pro fans
Nvidia RTX 2060 Super GPU

Benchmarks (run on balanced mode):
Cinebench With STANDARD paste
CPU Min/Max temp 37/90
Score 20868
GPU Min/Max 27/30

Cinebench with arctic cooling paste
CPU Min/Max temp 37/78
Score 21960
GPU Min/max 28/30

GeekBench 5 - https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/...
Single Core 1668
Multi Core 13728
CPU Min/Max 37/78

PC Mark 10
https://www.3dmark.com/pcm10/62995727?
Score 7770
CPU Min/Max 40/69

Heaven
FPS 71
Score 1809
FPS Min/Max 33.8/140
CPU Min/Max 41/51
GPU Min/Max 28/71

Firestrike Ultra
https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/62996409?
Score 5439
GPU Average 63
CPU Min/Max 44/62

Port Royal - https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/62996783?
Max GPU Temp 67

Fire Strike Extreme Stress Test
https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/62997274?

Time Spy Extreme https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/62997647?

Big thanks to my super awesome YouTube members:
Meatykeyboard, Rawrr483, SirSpawnsALot, Jeffery Johnson, Kraken Tortoise, Beaster Bunny, Jay Shank 007, DStarastins and you?


0:03 Product overview
1:12 Compatibility
2:20 What's in the box?
4:10 Product details and recent changes
7:00 Top mounting radiator
7:25 Fan orientation
8:32 Commander Core overview
9:45 Pump head
10:04 LED and RGB information
10: 58 Radiator installation into case
11:26 Liquid cooling
12:30 Setup problems
13:28 Cooler setup
14:05 Fan installation
14:32 Motherboard/Pump Head installation
15:55 Thermal paste issues
16:27 Pump installation
17:19 Pump tube issues
18:03 USB connections
18:27 End Result
19:20 Peel
19:29 Fan setup
20:19 Benchmarks
21:59 RGB examples and software
26:28 Wrap up thoughts

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