Watercooling experiment (based on my system)

Well i can't find pins/bolts anywhere to fit this swiftech rad, and the last place i went was threadwell, and they were spot on, he took the bolt measured it and said, "you cant get these in britain, they are american size threads", and then the penny dropped, swiftech is an american company, so i asked what can i do he said the cheapest and easiest way is to tap the holes to 4mm, so i got the tap and die, went home and put a 4mm thread in the swiftech rad, put it all together and hey presto, A BLOODY HOLE LOL. so now i am going to be buying a new rad after all lol, i can braise/solder the swiftech rad up but i wanted a new rad anyway.

now the problen is i want a rad and i want it now lol, OcUK is only a mile from me but they only have these 2 to choose from, i would prefer the feser 240 but i am not waiting till wednesday or thursday for it too turn up, so what to buy, any idea's

Black Ice GT Xtreme 240 Radiator
XSPC RX240 120mm Radiator

i must admit i was going to pack the water cooling in and just buy a Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler its a lot easier than water cooling
 
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beh* said:
Why?



Sarcasm :D



lol -you made me think of that advert - "benefit thiefs - we're closing in" bahaha
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My poor little dole money is to keep me alive for the next 2 weeks, and yes i am looking for a job, and no there ain't any, even spie wont give me a job lol, so its a rad and beans on toast for 2 weeks lol

do people think i like living on £60 a week?
 
Bradley8988 said:
Why not order one then? you can get one delivered for less than the black ice collected.
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yeah i know mate but its the weekend, and i can have the new rad running in 30 mins, and weekend is when i go on Americas Army and do some fragging

arn't the (danger den) black ice rads any good then
 
Woody...!!! said:
and take this however you want, this country is full of Foreign People, who have british jobs, its that simple
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sorry but i'm one of those foreign people - should i give your job back :confused:

hang on - isn't my tax money paying for your rad lol ? In that case, don't get the blackice - my/our money would be much better spent on a PA120.3 :p
 
There double the thickness of a Thermochill PA120.3? I think you will find there both thinner.

TC PA = 61mm.
XSPC RX = 58.5mm.
Black ice GT extreme = 55.7mm.
Feser = 75mm.
 
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Well its up to you but i cant see the Black ice is worth the extra £13 over a XSPC RX. Ocuk do actually have it at a very good price which with watercooling gear is alittle surprising.
 
Bradley8988 said:
TC PA = 61mm.
XSPC RX = 58.5mm.
Black ice GT extreme = 55.7mm.
Feser = 75mm.
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Not sure about your numbers here. I've got a feser 240, just measured it. Definitely 60mm thick


All the approximately 60mm thick radiators perform fairly similarly. Id choose the one with the lower fin density of the two, but I'm not running as hot a system as yours and am quite fixated on noise.

I think you want the black ice one, if you can't wait for feser or thermochill. Even were they all in stock there isn't much between them. The xspc at least uses 6-32 screws, which I believe was the issue with the swiftec in the first place. I cant find what black ice use. Feser use the far more sensible M3.


Woody...!!! said:
and take this however you want, this country is full of Foreign People, who have british jobs, its that simple
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I saw a sketch ridiculing this a while back.

The gist was that if someone can come from abroad, with fewer marketable skills than you, and with worse English language skills, and he was hired in your place, you must be rubbish.

I can't fault the basic logic in it. If a foreigner is better at my job than I, fair play if he takes it from me.
 
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JonJ678 said:
Not sure about your numbers here. I've got a feser 240, just measured it. Definitely 60mm thick


All the approximately 60mm thick radiators perform fairly similarly. Id choose the one with the lower fin density of the two, but I'm not running as hot a system as yours and am quite fixated on noise.

I think you want the black ice one, if you can't wait for feser or thermochill. Even were they all in stock there isn't much between them. The xspc at least uses 6-32 screws, which I believe was the issue with the swiftec in the first place. I cant find what black ice use. Feser use the far more sensible M3.




I saw a sketch ridiculing this a while back.

The gist was that if someone can come from abroad, with fewer marketable skills than you, and with worse English language skills, and he was hired in your place, you must be rubbish.

I can't fault the basic logic in it. If a foreigner is better at my job than I, fair play if he takes it from me.
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the lowest fin density is the xspc which is 8 fins per inch, the black ice is 20 fins per inch
 
M4 would sell it for me immediately. Its so convenient being able to buy nuts and bolts that fit from the local engineering shop. M4 posh? I'm not sure Ive met a posh engineer yet :D

8 fins per inch would be good for me, but quite bad for your i7 I fear. Few fins means quieter fans can be used, but also means rather worse heat dissipation for a given airflow. It's all about surface area for radiator performance. Definitely looking like the black ice is the one to go for
 
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