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Is there any type of comparison benchmark articles concerning water cooling rads?

It's hard to choose between a $60 rad and a $120 rad when they both say "Highest Performance" in the product descriptions. I need real results, ie. flow rates and temperature dissipation >.<

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dr4gon

It's hard to say really. There are some out there (french site notably is one of them, ira has the link or you can search and search here on the forum).

Comparing the GTX360 and the PA120.3, the GTX edges out the PA on all the tests at high and low CFMs but the difference is minimal.

Ira has done some testing with his 480GTX with shrouds and different fan speeds.

I would say for the "value," you cannot beat the GTS series (or a similiar rad at $60) as it's better than the Swiftech line but not quite at the GTX level.

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Martinm210

The difference between low cost and luxury is more of a cost for construction quality, craftsmanship, and asthetics.

If it was all about only performance, we'd still all be running bonnie heatercores...

Small differences, mainly just aim for a thicker more dense radiator for high speed fans, and thinner more open types for low speed fans.

The radiator marketing is really bad...

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