Which Radiator 480s!

I've just acquired a lovely Phanteks Primo case which is allowing me to have 2 x 480 radiators (limited bottom to 125mm width) so I wanted some opinion on which rads I should fit out of the ones i can find less than 125mm width.

Basically I'd like to keep them both the same type (as at the top can have a normal sized one.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream SE 480 (Slim Quad) Radiator= £59.99
• 1 x Coolgate XFlow Radiator G2 10 FPI - 480mm= £79.99
• 1 x Coolgate CG480 480mm Radiator - Black= £91.99
• 1 x XSPC EX480 120mm Radiator - Black= £51.95

Out of the above which do you think i should use?



PS i already have 2 x CG240s in my current loop which i might also add to this setup.

Massive difference in thickness and performance!!!!!!!!!!

Greebo said:

Massive difference in thickness and performance!!!!!!!!!!

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which should i get ?

or even a better one for the top and i can pick one of the above for the bottom?

Well i have the same case and I managed to fit a Nemesis Black Ice GTX in the roof which is 54mm thick and a Mayhems Havoc 360 (a 480 would fit too) which is 63mm thick.

You can fit the thickest you can in the floor, even the 80mm thick mayhems monsta rad!

You just have to watch out for not going too wide. My mayhems is listed as 127mm wide and it fits (just but really tightly)

So a lot depends for the roof as to which moboboard you have and what cpu cooler you as to how much space you have.

Also depends on whether you are going single fan (pull or push) or pull/push combo as that will restrict your space.

And nothing wrong with getting different rads, I went for the best and biggest I could fit!

Wel not quite true, I which i had fitted a monsta in the floor now but with mayhems havocs been on offer at £30 it was too cheap to miss esp since they come with rad blitz and flushing fluid which costs £14 as a kit from ocuk on its own.

I use http://www.xtremerigs.net/ and http://thermalbench.com/ to decide which radiator is best (depending on slow fans for quiet or medium to fast fans for performance).

They give you exact dimensions on there as well so easy to draw up a short list.

I have this. Is it among the most efficient of the 480 class?
Hardware labs black ice gtx 480. It fits on top of my Phanteks enthoo primo but not on bottom. Which 480 rad to choose for bottom?

So basically , I've got the HW black ice gtx 480 130-135mm wide, thus I need 125mm at most. which 60-60+ mm thickness 480 rads fall into that category? and which is the best?

See if the vendor you are getting the Black Ice rads from also has the Nemesis LX. That should work fine.

I have an AX360 on mine, which is 128mm wide, it is a tight fit...
I even managed to squeeze it between an EX240 on the front and an AX120 on the back with 2mm to spare

I also have a 480rad on the top.

Two xspc rx 480's, modded the bottom a bit.
But looks like its untouched. Fans @ 550 rpm love it.
Delta t around 7.

Got a xspc rx480 v3 in that case in the top positon. Fits perfectly with 4 25mm fans. Never been let down by the rx series of rads.

+1 for Black Ice Nemesis. Amazing rads

If u like low fan noise go for black ice sr1 or sr2, lower fpi lower fans speed required to push air trough, got 2x560 sr1 in my case and fans barely spins at idle

I use 2x AX480 XSPC rads in mine, work a treat with my CPU and 3 way 980 ti's.