Magicool Radiators

[theor14]

Going to rebuild my watercooling loop.
Currently got 2 alphacool nexxxos 240mm rads and planning on swapping one for a 360mm and keeping the other.
Anyone got any experience with magicool radiators, they seem considerable cheaper than the alphacool equivalent but not sure it they perform as well.

thanks.

 

[Mynight]

Iirc magicool use brass chambers and copper fins on their rads whereas alphacool are fully copper.

I doubt they perform as well but I can't find any exact numbers sorry.

Brass is about 4 times less efficient at conducting heat which would lead to a lower ability to cool the water as it passes through the rad.

 

[pastymuncher]

Take a look at the Coolgate CG360 and G2 360. The CG has less fins per inch so is more suited for slower fans although the G2 is only around 13-15fpi. Excellent rads with top end performance but at a decent price. The CG360 beats the Thermochill PA120.3 with fan's running at 1000rpm or less. Magicool and Coolgate are basically the same company with Magicool being the budget end and Coolgate being the performance end.