http://imgur.com/flRXB.jpg
Looks thicker than their 120mm rads too.
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http://imgur.com/flRXB.jpg
Looks thicker than their 120mm rads too.
indeed they do. I'd guess somewhere around 50mm perhaps? But they look great. I'm still missing 140mm GT's :rolleyes:...
They look really great, are they available now? How about prices?
They look available already, MSRP 41.1 EUR, 62.1 EUR and 81.3 EUR respectively.Quote:
Originally Posted by rheydt
Looks like 55mm thick -> Dimensions (LxWxH): 177x145x55mm
http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/shop/ek...d-xtc-140.html
Those shrouds don't look very deep, which would make for a pretty thick core section. Hope the fin spacing's increased enough to compensate.
Hopefully they're reasonably priced. The only thing keeping me from recommending their other rads is the price.
:yawn2:
Specs miss main characteristic of them all - FPI. :/
Photo looks high res enough if someone wants to count em!Quote:
Originally Posted by churchy
I think their 120mm rad prices are similar to the Swifties, just that shipping from Europe makes them more expensive for US buyers/resellers.Quote:
Originally Posted by SimpleTECH
The fin density is about 4,3 fins per cm which is about 11 FPI.
Eddy_EK: thanks for info. But it should be listed among other specs in product webpage's technical details aswell. Especially as important characteristic as this, which is mostly main one that lets make some guesses/impression on how rad will perform / what fans should be bought/used with it etc. Otherwise it can be like all those people that bought GTS 30FPI rads because of mistakening that 'stealth' marketing buzzword in description stands for 'silent' cooling :). Good thing there are skinneelabs rad reviews to look up FPI info .. but not all of buyers know about it and they haven't reviewed all existing rads, and it sometimes gets really annoying to google out that info for some lesser known rads, when all you get at most are some reviews in german forums that should first be translated and no chance to check reviewer credibility or how true their data/measurements are .. so imho it simply is best if buyer can find that info in vendor's web page.
P.S.
And if you extend description for these rads, imho it's worth to do that for previous rad models by EK aswell.
P.P.S.
And it would be simply wonderful, if in each rad page there would be downloadable pdf with rad's template. It would simplify choosing right one size-wise, planning and performing required moding by a LOT. Just print out, cut, and dremel/drill exactly where/what needed. It was good thing that i left some material undremeled when i used some other rad for same fans templates before actually recieving rad (BI SR1) on hands. I almost could have wasted my expensive case by wrong template for seemingly similar rad. So template of right one is really nice bonus allowing to start moding long before ordering/recieving rad itself.
Though some find the necessity for a listed FPI less important, I do agree on Churchy's P.P.S., a rad template for each rad would be nice. Though usually the MNPCTech template suffices, it feels better to know you're using the template made by the manufacturer of the rad you have :).
Just as Churchy stated .. Smart people but things based on specs and real reviews . Not knocking these rads but if your about performance , then you won't just buy something cuz of the name until real reviews have been done .
Well, knowing that it's 11FPI is already big step ahead, as it already shows that no need for 3K rpm fans for this rad for it to start cooling well :)
Alexandr0s: IIRC MNPCtech had only templates for 120mm ones, no? No use for me for my 140mm rad :/
Already asked for :D:D
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=244234
My suggestion would be to provide real scientific performance specs. Swiftech has a good example. Something like this would be awesome otherwise we really don't know what we are buying in terms of performance.
Restriction:
http://www.swiftnets.com/assets/imag...0_PD_vs_FR.gif
Thermal Performance:
http://www.swiftnets.com/assets/imag...0_HD_vs_FR.gif
Fan:
Delta
WFB1212M @ 12v
.20
2100
.134
144.8
~37
I know it's more work, but I think it would be really cool if manufacturers would start providing us a little more in the performance specifications area. It gives us an impression that there really was science used in the development of the product.
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Originally Posted by Alexandr0s
Agreed. i definitely have emailed scythe multiple times to nudge nidtec into making some 140mm gt's. sadly no one has gotten back to me :(
Where is the quad 140? I would buy 2, the gtx series fpi is too high but there is no competition in this niche size.
Edit. I'd ditch my gtx 280 for the matching set also :D
I just wish there was a larger selection of 140mm fans to choose from... :(
don't worry, in time, there will be plenty to choose from. you just gotta wait until these hit mainstream. remember all those years back when 80mm fans were standard? 120mm fans were rare, and now they're the most popular.Quote:
Originally Posted by Section8
+1 , only real reason i havent gotten 140mm rads..Quote:
Originally Posted by Section8
Good point. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiteFireDragon
Yes but, that time frame was many years in the making. I don't think it would be a stretch to say that the majority of us are far too impatient to tolerate it happening again. Yet the Manu's would be more than content to take that long if they feel there isn't a strong enough market to make it worth the R&D and production line revamp costs.Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiteFireDragon