Name That Rad!

[Computurd]

hey guys, i bought a rad a few months back from a guy, and being cool, he threw in another radiator for free. just a total bonus! cant beat that :) the only problem is im having a problem because i have no idea what radiator it is, and who made it. wondering if there might be any issues with using it in my loop.


i have some questions involving what i should/shouldnt mix in my loop...i have an EK full board block for the classified that is acetal/nickel. i also have a ek ram dominator acetal/nickel block. i also want to include in this same loop a couple of these:

http://www.aquatuning.us/product_info.php/info/p9669_MIPS-Areca-12xx-ML-Series-Single-Slot-Nickel-POM-Limited-Edition.html (http://www.aquatuning.us/product_info.php/info/p9669_MIPS-Areca-12xx-ML-Series-Single-Slot-Nickel-POM-Limited-Edition.html)

so first off.....what is this rad? anyone know, and will it work for this? im sure it can handle the heat output. i have built a loop before but other than that Im a complete noobsauce with watercooling so talk to me like im stupid, its okay:D



http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u332/paullie1/2011-02-0620-12-38370.jpg
http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u332/paullie1/2011-02-0620-12-06733.jpg

[Waterlogged]

Looks like an old BIP. . .safe to use.:up:

[Computurd]

ok so with the combo of this rad and the blocks im using i shouldnt have to worry about corrosion or anything? just add distilled and PTnuke and be done with it?
thx btw :)

[Waterlogged]

ok so with the combo of this rad and the blocks im using i shouldnt have to worry about corrosion or anything? just add distilled and PTnuke and be done with it?
thx btw :)

:yepp:

[Computurd]

ok so now another curveball. the aforementioned loop will have the Raid card, the ram sinks, and the full board block. but i also have two GTX 280 with DangerDen tieton blocks..http://www.dangerden.com/store/dd-tieton-for-gtx280-260.html

now....i also have this that i have thought of adding to this loop along with two KMP400 that each have thier own res. not sure how to tie it all together. or if for simplicity sake if i should just run separate loops and use the stacked rads for gpu only. but will those gpu blocks cause some type of corrosion or problems with the other blocks? i know the gpu blocks are copper.


http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u332/paullie1/2011-02-0621-29-46580.jpg
http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u332/paullie1/2011-02-0621-30-11701.jpg

[Waterlogged]

Nope, they are nickel plated copper, your safe.

[Computurd]

so you think one big loop with both those rads, the triple rads and the dual rad, or just two separate loops?

[StAndrew]

Keep it in one big loop. Separate loops only benefits you only if you have inadequate radiator cooling and wish to focus on one component over the other.

[pluck]

What speed fans are you using with that stack? If it's sub 1500RPM then the chances are you'll get better performance with only one rad.

[NaeKuh]

http://i1.frsimg.com/images/detailed_images/Koyo_S020369_01.jpg

[Tetrafluorometh]

Dam your a lucky man.

Rad in 1st post is a HW Labs Black Ice Stealth 240 (120.2) in Chrome! Jammy git!

[Waterlogged]

Dam your a lucky man.

Rad in 1st post is a HW Labs Black Ice Stealth 240 (120.2) in Chrome! Jammy git!

Nope, it's a Black Ice Pro. Stealth has a single tank on the fitting end and has the double 45° angled fan mount. I've also yet to see any Stealth's that have integrated barbs.

[Tetrafluorometh]

Nope, it's a Black Ice Pro. Stealth has a single tank on the fitting end and has the double 45° angled fan mount. I've also yet to see any Stealth's that have integrated barbs.

Sorry ya right my bad!

[Computurd]

funny you post that pic NaeKuh...see this is what im using now. Honda radiator. good for 350 horsepower...dunno bout watts....
anyways having some issues with it. cleaned out my CPU block about a month ago and their is some gunk in it. seems to be coming from the rad. right now i have everything on this rad and it eats it for lunch. but i think i need to get some stuff off of the loop and look for corrosion. the honda rad has a mcp655 pushing it. right now in my loop i have the full board block two gtx280 blocks and a HK3.0. the setup is ugly tbh, but i dont care about that.
so my big dilemma is this. i am adding a raid card block, and a EK ram dominator block. i have this gear:

a dual rad (pic above)
a stacker rad (pic above)
two KMP400 with reservoirs
a single rad (probably wont use, but its nice)
a bitspower 525 bay reservoir that can be used to combine loops.

so i am thinking this:
Bayres-KMP400-cpu-stackerrad-bayres
bayres-KMP400-ram block-chipset block-raid card blocks-dual rad-bayres

this way i have two flowrates, one for the cpu and one for the smaller probably more restrictive blocks. use bayres to tie it together so its one loop, benefit from combined cooling. open to separate loops though. dunno....

then put the GPU's on the Honda with some antifreeze in there, after i thoroughly clean and blah blah blah. but that will be separate loop.

not sure if this is the best way. i have some hardware to play with and i am looking for maximum cooling effect here. i am very open to ideas, as i feel i am a bit out of my realm. i would love to keep the gpus seperate cause i will be switching cards soon, and that honda just has to stay on my rig. its a sentimental thing :)

im in need of a extreme watercooling makeover :)
http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u332/paullie1/2010-08-3119-00-38102.jpg
http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u332/paullie1/2010-07-2622-00-49018.jpg
http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u332/paullie1/2010-07-2622-01-19342.jpg
http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u332/paullie1/2011-02-0723-22-22240.jpg

btw i have 10 feet of primochill inbound, 30 of the lamptron elite fittings and four nineties, and a couple more temp probes for my loop. i have a tbalancer and a mining together right now, and am quite good with the software aspect of it. so i have something to give me some fine granularity of control with it.

[StAndrew]

I think that your car radiator is alu. I hope you are not mixing Cu and Alu... :nono: :slapass:

[Computurd]

yup. i know i know. see i was told once that as long as the rad isnt touching the rig there wouldnt be any electrical contact, thus corrosion would be impossible blah blah blah, so i have just run ptnuke and distilled. now i have learned differently, thus, the change i am doing here.
i have it upon good authority though that a proper mix of propelyene glycol in that rad will make it safe to use. after i drain clean and re-do the loop, then i will add the proper stuff.

[StAndrew]

The "proper mix" will slow things down, but not eliminate unfortunately. Good luck :up:

[Computurd]

so any other ideas on what would be the best method of connecting all this?

[Computurd]

What speed fans are you using with that stack? If it's sub 1500RPM then the chances are you'll get better performance with only one rad.

bought three typhoons AP-15 off amazon. most ive ever spent on a fan in my life, now to see if they are worth it. anything would be better than these scythes that were on here when i bought the rad.

[penguins]

most ive ever spent on a fan in my life, now to see if they are worth it.

They Are

[Waterlogged]

most ive ever spent on a fan in my life,

Wish I could say the same...I got suckered into buying...SileneX :para::wasntme:

[Computurd]

yeah but seriously 25 a fan is a LOT> they better not be fakes for the love of christ!

those silenx actually look neat and all with the silver bling, which means they suck (usually).

[Waterlogged]

yeah but seriously 25 a fan is a LOT> they better not be fakes for the love of christ!

those silenx actually look neat and all with the silver bling, which means they suck (usually).

Please tell me you didn't pay $25 for AP-15's...you can get them from FCPU for $16 ea.

[Computurd]

ummm fixed! i can still cancel thx for the heads up :) lack of preparation is killing me.

dude you saved me 30 bucks and a fiasco even worse than the whole silenx thingy. thanks :)

[the finisher]

I bought some SilentX quite a while back, taught me to sample 1 fan before getting the multiples I need.:shakes:

That said, I bought a AP-13 for a silent air cooled rig, it's silent to me! Now I have several AP-14's & AP-15's and I love em:up:

I have a new AP-29 showing soon, need a 25mm high speed for my "RoadWarrior". If it undervolts well [Like in Waterlogged's vid] I'm getting 3 more for my PA160.1's.

[Waterlogged]

ummm fixed! i can still cancel thx for the heads up :) lack of preparation is killing me.

dude you saved me 30 bucks and a fiasco even worse than the whole silenx thingy. thanks :)

NP dude. :up: now you've got an extra $30 to buy another block for your raid card. :rofl:


I bought some SilentX quite a while back, taught me to sample 1 fan before getting the multiples I need.:shakes:

That said, I bought a AP-13 for a silent air cooled rig, it's silent to me! Now I have several AP-14's & AP-15's and I love em:up:

I have a new AP-29 showing soon, need a 25mm high speed for my "RoadWarrior". If it undervolts well [Like in Waterlogged's vid] I'm getting 3 more for my PA160.1's.

The AP-29 has a slight growl to it that's a bit hard to hear in the video (around 6v I can really hear it good), sort of like 38mm fans when they are under volted. Other than that, it's a decent substitute for 38mm fans.

[Computurd]

will the AP-15 mesh well with the stacked rads, or should i split them up?