whe3ls

ok what would two mcr 320 equal in terms of a single rad performance.

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Martinm210

I don't think there are any 6 fan rads, so not sure you can compare it to anything.

Take the heat dissipated numbers at the bottom and double them..

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whe3ls

i meant like a high performance 360 or 480 rad

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XFreeRollerX

Probably the BI GTX 480 will be more than 2x better seeing as how much thicker it is and the fact that its less hose barbs=less restriction on the water so.... I'm going to safely assume that 2xMCR320=GTX480

If someone else knows better, do correct it, but this is my standing

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dr4gon

GTX480 will be close (and less restrictive which helps).

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XFreeRollerX

well the thing about the GTX is it needs higher CFM fans to maintain efficiency right? 40CFM vs 70-85 CFM...

Again, I am no expert with WC... This is just from reading around the forums alot..

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whe3ls

ok thanks

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Tufelhunden

Agreed I would think a GTX 480 would about equal 2 MCR320s, but you would have to use some high speed fans.

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ira-k

Hey I like the 5C rad out chart, thats a great addition...

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Martinm210

Yeah, still working on my rad spreadsheet template, but I like the 5C chart, it's a good quick look at high performance numbers.

Anyhow, I need to get my charts updated to make this easier, but regarding the 480GTX vs two MCR320s.

They are about equal with 3000RPM Ultra Kazes, but anything fans lower than that, the two MCRs would dissipate more, and you can check restriction in the estimator, but it's probably close. You can compare the 300watt deltas from the MCR charts I ran to the 600 watt runs from the 480 charts I ran.

When I get all these rad tests done, I'll work on some sort of estimator for everything to make this easier.

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