Corsair Air Series A50

Zitat: Pro: sehr gute Verarbeitungsqualität (alle Lüfter) + Kühlleistung (alle Lüfter) + angenehm leise (Quiet Edition) + Ausstattung (Farbringe, Vibrationsdämpfer) + fairer Preis Contra: bei max. Umdrehungsgeschwindigkeit deutlich hörbar (SP120 Performance Edition) - bei voller Geschwindigkeit leicht höbar (AF120 Performance Edition) Die von uns getesteten Corsair Lüfter bieten eine hochwertige Verarbeitungsqualität, sehr gute Leistung und geringe Betriebslautstärke (abhängig vom Modell). Darüber hinaus gefällt uns die Idee mit dem austauschbaren Farbringen. Vor allem Casemodder werden dieses Ausstattungsmerkmal dankend annehmen. Aufgrund des fairen Preises können wir schlussendlich eine klare Kaufempfehlung für die Air Series Fans aussprechen. Christoph meint: Überzeugende Allround-Lüfter!

Zitat: and Conclusion Over the last couple of years Corsair has been branching out to other areas besides DRAM, and excelling in those new markets. It looks like Corsair has handled the growth extremely well. You can now get a system decked out with all Corsair parts aside from optical drive, processor, and motherboard. You can go with the Power Supply, Solid-State Drive, Memory, CPU Cooler (air or water) PC Chassis and Speakers, and it’s all very well built. With the Corsair A50 doing as well as it does and costing what it does, I feel it would make for a nice budget cooler because it will get the job done and not break the bank in the process. The documentation is very easy to follow, it was easy to install, and will fit all the popular sockets out today -- even the new Intel LGA1155 socket for ´Sandy Bridge´ processors as that socket same hole pattern as the LGA1156 socket. The Corsair A50 even comes backed by a 2-year warranty, which is nice for the price you pay. Not too many things can go wrong on a HSF, but you never know one of the three 8mm heatpipes might blow up or something! :) I can only think of one con, and it´s not a deal breaker by any means. It´s the 120mm fan; not too many people will be happy with a non-PWM controlled fan so the PC can control the fan speed. The stock fan is not the loudest fan I have ever had on a cooler, but it´s by no means the quietest, either. The A50 does come with a speed reducer, but to get quiet when you need it and performance when you need it the reducer needs to be removed. Currently the Corsair A50 can be found for $35.24 shipped without a rebate and that should be able to fit any one´s budget. For that you get a CPU cooler that works well at stock processor clock frequencies and even higher overclocks, and for $35 it makes for a nice upgrade over stock cooling. If you search around you should be able to find a heck of a deal for this HSF if you can find it with a rebate. We were able to find the Corsair A50 with a rebate over at Newegg, which means till the end of the month you can get this cooler for $20.24 shipped . At $20.24 you get a heck of an upgrade in cooling for a minimal amount of money! For that I am giving the Corsair A50 our value award. Legit Bottom Line : The Corsair Air Series A50 is a good performing cooler with a $35 price tag that is easy on the wallet and also carries a 2 year warranty.

Zitat: Simple and effective. This is the best description for the Corsair A50. Its design is very usual and conservative for current standards, and our first thought was "what a common cooler". As its price is close to most mainstream coolers, we thought it would perform like a mainstream product. However, its performance was more like a top-shelf cooler: it kept our CPU just six degrees Celsius hotter than the best CPU cooler we reviewed to date. The installation is smart, simple and reliable. The only issue we found was the lack of a PWM-controlled fan, so the fan will always spin at its maximum speed and, if you need silence sometimes, you will need to connect it to a fan controller. The Corsair A50 CPU cooler has great performance, simple installation, good looks and an attractive price tag, bringing an excellent cost/benefit ratio to the average user, and thus deserving the Hardware Secrets Silver Award.

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Zitat: The A50, for such a thin cooler with a mid range fan pushing the air through it, I found it to be an admirable performer against a lot more expensive coolers in the top half of that list. It saves the buyer a bit of money by Corsair choosing to only paint the top fin, as that is all most of what you’ll ever see if the cooler is the top anyways. The clip-on fan shroud assembly really simplifies installation and will make maintenance later on easier as well. Taking the time to isolate the shroud and the fan both from each other and the fins is also a nice touch. While there were no audible rattles, the use of such measures is lost with the 64 DB of fully operating noise levels. I used both the AMD mounting and the Intel setup and found both to be secure when either latched or bolted into place. If you are unsure how to move the studs on the back plate, the well written instructions will get you right through any issues. Another thing I like is that with the fan in place, the cooler is only 82mm thick and didn’t cause me any memory issues on the boards I tried mounting it to. This being Corsair’s first attempt at air cooling, I think they came out on top with this one. The A50 is very capable of doing the job at hand. With the Air Series A50 Performance CPU cooler being a relatively new release to the market, it can’t be found everywhere, but with the ten or so places you can find one, the coverage is still pretty good. For right around $35 you can walk into Best Buy and get one tomorrow on your way home from work if you wish. For those of us who have come to depend on the Ups and Fed Ex delivery drivers, the A50 can be found at Newegg.com for $39.99, plus shipping. Performing better than average for a cooler that can be had for $35-40 is something we don’t see here every day, and I have to say Corsair has taken a rather well placed foothold in the air cooling segment of CPU cooling. Now I eagerly await the testing results of the big brother, the A70 which we will get a look at very soon.