6 fans on a rad

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You would definitely benefit from it (please note how I wrote the word "benefit").
Your waterloop's temperature will most likely drop by a few degrees Celsius.

I'm not sure which of the following options deliver a better cooling performance though:
- getting one triple radiator with 6 fans push/pull
or
- getting two triple radiators with only 3 fans attached to each radiator

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I read the post but im still not quite sure what a shroud does. Is it just removing the fan from the housing?

I'm pretty the more surface area you have, the better your temps. So 2 radiators will always be better than one. 3 more fans on one radiator will provide negligible gains compared to adding another radiator.

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No. It pretty much provides an inch or so of space to improve airflow towards the center. You know how a fan has the bearing and electrical junk all in the middle? There's no airflow there. So lifting it off the rad will let the blades of the fan cover more surface area (ie, the part of the rad that is directly underneath the middle of the fan).

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You just gut some fans and put them between the rad and your fans. It sets the fans a little further off the rad and helps close the dead spot in the middle of the fans airflow. It makes the air flow more evenly across your rad surface and that helps temp's. Even gutted 120x25mm fans will help.

You should get a 10-20% or so gain from using shrouds. Really its about the cheapest few C you can get in WC'ing. Now if your already massively over-radded it wont help that much, but it will make your rad as efficient as possible.

I did this shroud testing on a 480 GTX with only a 320W load on it, you can see the gain with shrouds and the temp's with push only,pull only and using a push-pull with and with-out shrouds.Part-1-480 GTX-Temps W & W/O Shrouds

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I only have one loop to my cpu. I'm thinking of getting my gpu cooled but not anytime soon.

I also wouldn't be able to do the shroud thing on the fans i already have installed since space is an issue. I barely have enough room to close the ram clips.

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I am sure he's thankful that I corrected his orthographical error. And no, that was not a grammatical fault. Nope, my ego doesn't grow larger if I help out people who apparently need assistance with their orthography.
If you look around on OCN, you come across way too many grammatical and orthographical errors in nearly every other post and it's just horrible to read. Us humans we should strive for perfection in everything we do. Besides, our language (written or oral) is what sets us apart from other animals.
If by "berate" you mean "reprimand", then you're wrong because I didn't do that. I merely gave him a suggestion on how the word is correctly written.
Thank you for taking the time and attempting to answer my question about the radiators though.