Radiator and fans

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Discussion Starter · Mar 14, 2009

just wanted to know if Danger Den Black Ice GT Stealth 360 Radiator - Red and a Swiftech MCR-120 "Quiet Power" Series Radiator/Reservoir - Black will be enough to cool an i7 920 + 2 gtx285s? Or is it better to have this other combo, XSPC RX360 Triple 120mm Radiator and Swiftech MCR-120 "Quiet Power" Series Radiator/Reservoir - Black?
The first one was for looks

b/c of the red radiator in my red and black cosmos s. Is a thicker radiator better?

What would you guys recommend for fans(on the radiator) with red led but still b efficient?
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Oupavoc

· #2 · Mar 14, 2009

first of all that swiftech rad has a build in reservoir, you might want to get the model without that. I would get a xspc RX360 rad (for gpu's) and get a dual rad for the cpu. Like the xspc RX240. That would cool the cpu way better then a 120 rad.

http://www.petrastechshop.com/xsrxdu12ra.html

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manolith

· #3 · Mar 16, 2009

man thats a nice rad.. im sure i can make it work on my setup.

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javier

· #4 · Mar 16, 2009

Stay away from the GT stealth. In fact I would generally stay away from the black Ice series all together. MCR and XSPC rads are proving to be good. For your setup definitely get a triple and a double

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Hayday

· #5 · Mar 16, 2009

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Originally Posted by javier

Stay away from the GT stealth. In fact I would generally stay away from the black Ice series all together.

I thought the Black Ice series rads were good?
Also the second rad is good, just make sure you get good fans for it and have room.

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javier

· #6 · Mar 16, 2009

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Originally Posted by Hayday

I thought the Black Ice series rads were good?
Also the second rad is good, just make sure you get good fans for it and have room.

From recent testing, it seems that unless you want to run 2000rpm+ fans, there are better alternatives. The black Ice GTX rads scale great with high speed fans. They just seem to perform better the faster fan you put on it, but not too many people are willing to run 40db fans. For the fans most people use (yate loons, scythes, etc), the black ice rads just don't keep up. Now if you're one that doesn't mind your pc sounding like the runway at your local airport, then hit the Black Ice gtx with some monster fans and enjoy the cold

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