WC Rads .. any comparison sites ?

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Does anyone know of sites that compare rads with an easy to understand measuring system ... something along the lines of how many watts of heat each rad can dissapate with equal low noise or no fans ?

Everyone seems to be of the opinion that Thermochill are the best, but how much better ? (what sort of temp difference on the same set-up with say Swiftech or Black Ice rads of the same size) and what are the runners up in performance order ?
 
Cotti said:
Thermochill
There is no comparison.
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But therein is the problem,
pretty much everyone says it ... were are the facts to prove it :)

For example, everyone says the Fuzion CPU block is better by far from say the EK 775 block.
At least those have test comparisons, and from what I have seen theres is maybe 3 deg difference.
In my book, thats not an awful lot more performance for the 60% extra cost, others may feel it is.

Back to Rads, the Thermochill is not only almost twice the price of say a Swiftech, its also substantially thicker which makes it tougher to fit in with my plans. Now if I knew how much difference it made, I could decide if it was worth the extra outlay and compromise on fitting ;)

Mekrel, Thanks, I will try and search out the swiftech vs thermochill test :)
 
I found the review :)
To me lower the temps the better, but not to the extent that 2 deg costs (in the case of the rad) twice the amount.
However, those tests pit the 240mm Thermochill against the 320mm Cooltek/Swiftek and it appears to maintain temps as cool as the bigger Swiftech.

Which means the 320 Thermochill should maybe be really nice with some very quiet fans ? ... silence is golden ;)
I was thinking maybe 3x 120mm Scythe S-FLEX SFF21D Fan 800 RPM (8db 33cfm) ?

@ sammie337, what hardware is in your loop ?
@ Mekrel, same Q and which Thermochill do you have ?
 
I was hoping you only had the one rad with the GTX+Quad+chipset to get an idea of temps, also what fans and voltage ?
Is yours seperate loops or both rads in one ?
 
Thanks for the offer sammie377, very kind of you but at the moment I have only the pump so it wouldn't help :)
As I intend to run the 8800 Ultra, C2D and chipset through one rad, and I want quiet fans, I think I will have to compromise on cost and size and plump for the PA.
Knowing the heat the ultra generates, I think it will be the wisest choice.

It may be, from what I understand (which isn't a lot ATM :p) that your rad was perfectly ample to cool your heat, in which case a better rad wouldn't improve it.
Its only if the current rad was overworked that it would help ... at least thats how I interpret it ...

@ Mekrel ... I see a lot of WC setups use the yate loons ... but why ?
From what I can see they arent too quiet, and when 7v they cant have as good an airflow ?
From reviews and specs the Noctuas have about the best airflow and noise charteristics ... but then you can get 3 YL for the cost of one Noctua :eek:
 
Yeah, I have already had a few late nights researching, a few more to come probably :)

As for the radiator, it will be a Thermochill PA120.3 as it looks to have no competition with low noise/RPM fans.
As the Yate Loon fans are so inexpensive and rated by the WC community, I will try them first.
I can always change them easily enough if I am not happy with them :)
 
Thanks Marci, .. more info than I can shake a stick at :D

A lot of it goes over my simple noggin, but what I can work out, coupled with what you posted in another thread at OcUK, looks like the PA 120.3 is going to be the best option for my needs.
 
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