Can any experienced custom loop cooling users advise which 360 radiator is currently the best? From the beginning I plan to build my first custom loop in which only the card will be cooled for now, specifically the Waterforce WB 5090 in the Cooler Master HAF 700 Evo case. I have a 360mm AIO CPU installed on the Top, so I plan to mount two GPU radiators, one on the side and the other on the front, initially I planned to mount 480 on the side and 360 on the front, but according to the Cooler Master service department there is no such option (I wrote to them about this because the instructions do not say everything, and I have not found such a method of installation anywhere on the internet), so I am left with two 360 radiators. Which 360 radiator is currently the best? After reading a few topics I am considering the Corsair xr7 360mm or the Black Nemesis Ice Satine GTX 360mm unless someone can recommend something better. Thanks in advance
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I always found myself going back to EK quantum surface S360mm radiator, I wouldnt recommend anything else by EK, but their radiators are pretty good and the least restrictive on flow out of all the rads ive tried, Black Ice are pretty good too, but very restrictive, pretty sure the Corsair rads are made by black ice, the last one I brought was ridicules restrictive, I couldnt hardly blow through it, sent it back to where I brought it from, I hated it, Alphacool NexXxos ST30 are probably up there with the EK QS.
Currently im running a Mo-Ra IV 200 external though as the case I have I was only able to fit 1 x 360mm Rad only in and it wasnt really keeping up in this hot weather we are having watercooling cooling RAM and CPU in my system.
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I would think about what your goals are and what case your going to use this with. As a general rule the thicker the radiator the less dense the fins are meaning your fans don't need to work as hard to push air through it to clear the heat from it but with the thicker rads the less space your going to have for longer graphics cards so you need to think this all out before you realise your super expensive GPU no longer fits because you put a ultra fat rad in the front of your case.
The case is a CoolerMaster HAF 700 EVO. The card is an Aorus Waterforce WB 5090 (mounted vertically), on top is an AIO CPU 360 Asus Ryujin III Extreme, I wanted to mount a 480m Corsair xr7 480 radiator on the side and some 360 radiator in the front, both would cool the GPU, however according to CoolerMaster customer support, when mounting a 480 on the side, it will not mount a 360 in the front, I don't know how much truth there is to this because it is not explained in the instructions, but assuming that is the case, I would mount two 360 radiators on which the Phanteks T30 fans will be mounted (I really like these fans, plus I have them in my current PC), I just don't know which radiators to choose, I've heard that thicker radiators are better, but on another site I read that there is not much difference. This will be my first Custom Loop, I have always built my own PC but so far I have used AIO, now for the first time I want to install Custom Loop, for now on a graphics card.
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What you need to have a look at is those fans are 30mm thick, even a slim rad is approx 30mm thick too, so each setup you'll be looking at 60mm clearance needed, would you be able to fit 2 setups in there with a pump res combo and still have clearance to get the barbs in the rads and install the tubing, not to blow there trumpet, but thats another thing I liked about the EK rads, the barb fittings were not right at the edge of the radiator like others do, they were set inwards slightly making it easier to access and cram more in there.
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Other things to consider with radiators
Multiport radiators
These can make life easier sometimes
As more ports allows more flexibility with tube routing
And drain port options
Also crossflow/flow radiators
Going in one end and out the other end
Instead of in and out the same end can also be useful
Meaning less tubing runs
Depending on loop layout
These can also be Multiport too
Got a few surface quantum rads
They're pretty decent and actually look pretty good too
Multiport radiators
These can make life easier sometimes
As more ports allows more flexibility with tube routing
And drain port options
Also crossflow/flow radiators
Going in one end and out the other end
Instead of in and out the same end can also be useful
Meaning less tubing runs
Depending on loop layout
These can also be Multiport too
Got a few surface quantum rads
They're pretty decent and actually look pretty good too
Thanks to everyone for the replies, Corsair xr7 was only a pre-order so far so after analyzing whether to choose EK or Black Nemesis I decided to choose Black Nemesis Ice Satine GTX 360. Thanks to everyone for the advice and suggestions
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Good choice, the Corsair xr7 rads just just HW Labs OEM rads rebranded Corsair, nothing wrong with them but the Black Ice rads look nicer, are a little wider and perform slightly better.
You remember incorrectly
. Black Ice rads us M4 screws 
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Oh, OK. I'm sure I'd recently used different sized screws to what I'd used in the past. must have been a different brand.You remember incorrectly
There is no industry standard, but I've never seen a radiator that hasn't used M3, M4 or #6/32 screws. And I'm fairly sure its only EK who have changed which screw they used with newer models (Coolstream used #6/32, Quantum Surface uses M4).
Ah OK. Cheers for clarification.