Reviewers Liked
- Good cooling
- Great value
- Quiet
- Robust mounting solutions
- Lightweight direct contact design
- Easily beats out stock and entry level coolers
- Great fan installation/design
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Generic heatsink design
Corsair A50 Cooler
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Expert reviews and ratings
By ThinkComputers
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The Corsair A50 wasn’t really designed to be optimal in terms of high-end cooling competition, but it was rather designed to beat out stock and entry-level CPU coolers. I have to say that the Corsair A50 included one of the most pleasant fan...
By HardwareHeaven
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All four coolers being tested today are impressive in their own way. Titan offers a unique appearance, solid thermal performance, easy installation and the quietest operation when using the fan adapter. Cooler Master on the other hand offers an imposing...
By Kitguru.net
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The pricing is out of wack, but the coolers themselves are very well designed with a very high level of engineering quality throughout.EDIT: 23 July 4.00 PM Corsair have informed us that some UK dealers are selling the products for less already so be...
By Legit Reviews
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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....
By TweakNews
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Corsair's A50 CPU cooler is an excellent cooling solution for the user who wishes to upgrade from the OEM cooler for quieter operation and more overclocking headroom. Corsair positions the A50 as an upgrade to the OEM cooler and not as a premium,...
By Hardware Secrets
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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...
By Overclockers Club
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After completing the testing of both the Corsair A50 and A70, I was pleasantly surprised with their performance. Even though their design is simple, their cores are small, and their bases could have a better finish; they both did quite well for what...
By Neoseeker
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For a mainstream cooler the Corsair A50 did an exceptional job, and while it couldn’t quite match the cooling performance of the higher-end heatinks it does have a better price to performance ratio than that of the more expensive offerings. This...
By Technic3D
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Der Corsair A50 CPU-Kühler platziert sich wie von Corsair geplant sicher im Mittelfeld der bisher getesteten Kühler. Eine weitgehend sehr saubere Verarbeitung, der guter Lieferumfang sowie die gute Lüfterhalterung anstelle der nervigen...
By Nexthardware
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L'A50 invece si è rivelato il dissipatore più compatibile e meno rumoroso della nostra recensione, di contro ottiene delle prestazioni inferiori al fratello maggiore, ma è ugualmente capace di gestire delle buone frequenze di...
By Sabios del PC
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Despues de haber realizado las pruebas oportunas, nos hemos quedado bastante satisfechos del resultado obtenido, la verdad que el disipador tiene muy buena pinta, facil de instalar y con posibilidades, soporta un overclocking aceptable, con un aumento...
By CowcotLand
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entirad Corsair, on a découvert il y a peu de temps avec le A70, qui faisait très bien son office, même s'il restait un peu bruyant. Le A50 se veut lui moins performant...
By Clube do Hardware
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Simples e eficiente. Essa é a melhor descrição para o Corsair A50. Seu projeto é bastante comum e conservador para o mercado atual, e nossa primeira impressão foi "que cooler comum". Como seu preço está próximo ao...
By Mundobip
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Corsair ha entrado de forma correcta en el mercado de los disipadores refrigerados por aire. Con el Corsair A50 y A70 cubren dos necesidades distintas, la de los usuarios convencionales con el A50 y la de los entusiastas con el A70.La calidad de...
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