Spec me a Rad & check rest :)

Cleeecooo · 6 Nov 2011 at 22:20

jonneymendoza said:
what do u mean they didnt get there stock? i managed to order one on thursday.

480mm?

jonneymendoza · 7 Nov 2011 at 06:30

na, 360 one. 480 was out of stock. was tempted to get that one as its only £10 more lol

Cleeecooo · 7 Nov 2011 at 18:25

My 240 arrived, but the 480 is due only next week

jonneymendoza · 7 Nov 2011 at 22:17

my 360 has arrived hehe

Cleeecooo · 7 Nov 2011 at 22:18

R.C.Anderson · 7 Nov 2011 at 22:37

Cleeecooo said:
My 240 arrived, but the 480 is due only next week

Do you have any other 240 rads you could compare to?

Cleeecooo · 7 Nov 2011 at 22:39

R.C.Anderson said:
Do you have any other 240 rads you could compare to?

I have a GTS 240 and 360.

May cancel the OcUK order and get it elsewhere

R.C.Anderson · 13 Dec 2011 at 07:25

Ok, So I need to decide on the Rad, Not too sure about the EX rads now, as I'm mainly going for silence, and it seems like you need to turn up the fans to get the performance out of the EX radiators.

So, Anyone got any suggestions on which would be best for me to go for?

Cleeecooo: Have you received your 480 yet? what are your temp differences like at low fan speeds?

jonneymendoza · 13 Dec 2011 at 09:17

teh EX rads are fine at 1000rpm speeds

rjk · 13 Dec 2011 at 09:24

Cleeecooo said:
Get an XSPC EX rad ad use some gentle typhoons with your HAF x fans for push and pull

seriously mate. very bad advice.

push pull on radiators is not worth it, there is minimal performance gain for double the air turbulence noise. if you use a push pull configuration on anything then you need to use the SAME fans on either side.

a set of 1850 GT fans on an EX or SR1 radiator would be really good. an extra set of fans is not required, and a mismatched set of fans is about as constructive as using mismatched memory modules.

get the 1850 fans and put them on a good controller like a lamptron FC2 or similar

Harpss1ngh · 13 Dec 2011 at 10:45

rjkoneill said:
seriously mate. very bad advice.

push pull on radiators is not worth it, there is minimal performance gain for double the air turbulence noise. if you use a push pull configuration on anything then you need to use the SAME fans on either side.

a set of 1850 GT fans on an EX or SR1 radiator would be really good. an extra set of fans is not required, and a mismatched set of fans is about as constructive as using mismatched memory modules.

get the 1850 fans and put them on a good controller like a lamptron FC2 or similar

^ This. push/pull isn't worth it for a few degrees, I'd rather use push with fan shrouds which is what I'm gonna do on my 480!

rjk · 13 Dec 2011 at 11:40

push pull IS good for performance but not using matching fans will not give you any performance. it may even make performance worse.

R.C.Anderson · 14 Dec 2011 at 16:25

So, RJK: What do you think would get me better performance? (and by much?)

A radiator (still undecided, any comments?), with 3 GTs, or with the pair of case fans I already have?

I'm quite keen to keep my case fans, as I like the look they give (I replaced the standard with the same, but clear with red LEDs), but I'll replace them if it'll make a lot of difference.

EDIT: I already have a fan controller (Using a Zalman ZM-MFC1 plus)

Cleeecooo · 14 Dec 2011 at 16:56

Harpss1ngh said:
^ This. push/pull isn't worth it for a few degrees, I'd rather use push with fan shrouds which is what I'm gonna do on my 480!

The GTS i specced you run better in pull

rjkoneill said:
push pull IS good for performance but not using matching fans will not give you any performance. it may even make performance worse.

*runs off to test this*

OP, my EX has arrived (will in a few hours anyways

) so i'll let you know over the weekend

R.C.Anderson · 14 Dec 2011 at 17:07

Cleeecooo said:
OP, my EX has arrived (will in a few hours anyways) so i'll let you know over the weekend

Woo

I'm guessing you waited for ocuk to get it back in stock then, rather than going elsewhere?

Would be nice to see how it performs compared to your old system. Hopefully I can order the stuff in time for xmas

Cleeecooo · 14 Dec 2011 at 17:11

R.C.Anderson said:
Woo I'm guessing you waited for ocuk to get it back in stock then, rather than going elsewhere?
nowhere had it
well, nowhere i'd be happy to buy from anyway!

Would be nice to see how it performs compared to your old system. Hopefully I can order the stuff in time for xmas

The thing that i think may give the EX a slight edge is that due to it being slimmer, you can have push/pull for roughly the same thickness as an SR. I hope that the EX is indeed better

rjk · 14 Dec 2011 at 17:25

R.C.Anderson said:
So, RJK: What do you think would get me better performance? (and by much?)

A radiator (still undecided, any comments?), with 3 GTs, or with the pair of case fans I already have?

I'm quite keen to keep my case fans, as I like the look they give (I replaced the standard with the same, but clear with red LEDs), but I'll replace them if it'll make a lot of difference.

EDIT: I already have a fan controller (Using a Zalman ZM-MFC1 plus)

fan controller - brilliant.

go for performance and get the typhoon 1850s
you will not regret it.

if you want the best performance available - an SR-1 and Gentle Typhoons is what I would do.

Cleeecooo said:
*runs off to test this*

*runs back to tell me I'm right*

R.C.Anderson said:
Woo I'm guessing you waited for ocuk to get it back in stock then, rather than going elsewhere?

it came in the day he made that post.

Cleeecooo · 14 Dec 2011 at 17:30

rjkoneill said:
fan controller - brilliant.

go for performance and get the typhoon 1850s
you will not regret it.

if you want the best performance available - an SR-1 and Gentle Typhoons is what I would do.
we'll see...

*runs back to tell me I'm right*
as above

it came in the day he made that post.

Which day would that be?

R.C.Anderson · 16 Dec 2011 at 07:49

Out of interest, how does the EK CoolStream XTX compare to the SR1?

Cleeecooo · 16 Dec 2011 at 16:52

R.C.Anderson said:
Out of interest, how does the EK CoolStream XTX compare to the SR1?

http://www.hardwaremax.net/wasserku...est-ebwb-coolstream-rad-xtx-360-.html?start=3