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K404
12-27-2007, 12:38 PM
Is there one with all the recent rads compared to each other against different pumps etc etc...

I dont know tons about the science behind watercooling- I see 120.2 rads at £24, £31 and £36 and I dont really know what makes them different....

specific examples: XSPC RS240, BI GT Stealth 2 and the XSPC R120-D

Cheers guys!

K

Martinm210
12-27-2007, 01:08 PM
There's not a whole lot.

Here is a french article (amazing testing equipment btw):
http://72.14.203.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=fr%7Cen&u=http://www.cooling-masters.com/articles-38-0.html

And this roundup:

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.effizienzgurus.de%2Fm ain%2Findex.php%3Fcontent%3Darticle%26action%3Dvie w_spec_article%26article_id%3D222&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Thermochill has this info:

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

Swiftech did this article way back

http://www.swiftnets.com/Technical/Assessment%20of%20Radiator%20Performance.pdf

I think there is a few more bits and pieces in threads, but not a whole lot out there on radiators.

kinghong1970
12-27-2007, 01:32 PM
K404, perhaps if you wanna provide the forum some info on what you are hoping to do... what are you going to cool? single or dual loop?

i am sure the good folks here will be more than happy to point you in the right direction...

K404
12-27-2007, 02:09 PM
Hey king :) well...I spose a radiator roundup would be good for everyone here, but for me, im looping for a rad for a (2nd) GPU loop. GPUs will vary as time goes by- looking for something cheap-ish and not a complete waste of money.

At the moment, I have a GPU loop with an XSPC R120. Wondering if I should switch to a 120.1 for each GPU loop OR buy another R120 OR buy 2 new rads altogether :)

Cheers :)

K