Thermochill PA120.1 8800 GTX Question

chezney · 25 Jan 2008 at 11:42

Hey guys,

Installed a Swiftech H20 220 kit in my Antec P182 and am very impressed with the results (Q6600 3.5 GHz 53 degrees full load) now this rad is hanging off the back of the case so that is out of the way. I have been toying with the idea of getting another small loop rad in the middle fan bay of the P182 to cool my 8800GTX. I am pretty sure that i could get the Thermochill PA120.1 rad in there but I cant find any information with regards to if this rad could take the heat dump from the GTX? it would be used with a D-tec fusion block laing 12v pump with 1/2 barbs all round and obviously one maybe two yate loons (push pull).

Had anyone tried this? My GTX is not a crazy overclocker (unlucky I guess) so the heat would not be too much over standard.

A nice simple clean loop would be better than the massive thermalright cooler currently dominating my case.

fornowagain · 25 Jan 2008 at 13:59

http://www.thermochill.com/PATesting/#PA1203

Take the GTX in isolation, then a PA120.1 with medium speed fans should remove around 150W with a reasonable pump flow rate for water delta of less than 10C . Which is similar to the power consumed by a GTX at stock, obviously some of that goes as heat from the PWM memory etc, so the core itself would be a bit less.

staffyuk · 25 Jan 2008 at 14:29

yes should just about do with the fan airflow u have. 36.8cfm, 22.8dBA fan should remove about 110watts of heat on the pa120 rad. yate loons 1300rpm is rated at 47.00 CFM. remember its not if the rad can take the heat away. they all can. its how much airflow thats pushed through.

push pull doesn't make much differance. with the niose of 2 fans = say 40db. 1 fan rated around the same would push more cfm through rather than the 2 in push pull config. best option single fan with a shroud.

Arcane · 25 Jan 2008 at 15:37

Shame you've not got the P180, as you can shoehorn a PA160 inside if you dremel out the 3.5 bay and lower 5.25 bay, the P182's got a slightly different layout so it's not possible as far as I know.

chezney · 25 Jan 2008 at 16:25

Thanks for the info guys, have done some measuring and the pa120.1 will just fit in the gap so I guess it’s just a matter of getting the loop together. Although for the sake of space I have seen this:

http://www.xspc.biz/baypump750.php

I can’t find any reviews about the online sadly but as the P182 is a rather cramped case at the best of times so any way of using less space is going to be an advantage. Obviously it won’t have the same performance as the Laing pump but worth a look I guess.

Thanks for the information guys it is greatly appreciated.

Chezney