Highest FPI Quad 120mm rad for 5k fans options ?

[-Acid-]

Hi all

I,m looking the best rad for my 120mm deltas, I want the highest fpi rad i can get hold of and it has to be a quad

Most rads on the market are all sub 9 fpi and made for low power fans.

what options do i have


cheers

[penguins]

I'm pretty sure Koolance has a 30fpi one. and I'm sure HWLabs has a high fpi one. check out their websites.

[-Acid-]

Checked both sites and the HWlabs Sr-1 is only a 9fpi rad 5cm thick. THey also have the Black Ice Gtx but they say the sr-1 is a better rad even tho it has 20fpi which is weird. Does the GTx need higher speed fans to work better ?

Koolance HX-CU1320V looks better on paper as it is 30 fpi but its only 3cm thick.

the hunt continues !!!

[BeepBeep2]

More FPI doesnt mean everything.

Just look at reviews and look at what rads scale best up to 3000 RPM (a lot of reviews like skinnee's will show up to 3000) and chances are scaling/efficiency will continue that way the higher you go.

[-Acid-]

Ive been looking at skinnee,s testing, at 3k there is quite a lot of rads tho that havent been tested hence why i posted up.

When your using very high cfm fans 240 + high fpi is a must, more surface area to cool.

[penguins]

they say it's better because 95% of watercoolers are for quiet.

the GTX with higher speed fans kicks ass. it's been said that with two 1000-2000 rpm fans on push and pull it truly is awesome.

is the koolance 30 fpi?

I got an idea, ask about certain models, and ppl who have tried it, tested it can tell you their experience .

but frm what i've read recently the gtx might do you good.

[Church]

Different people wish/need different things. Some might want top performance with powerful and noisy fans (GTX), some (imho most) wishes top performance with quiet fans (SR1). As with powerful fans even less optimised rads cool more then adequate, i'd prefer having extra 1/3rd of cooling capacity with silent fans instead of extra 1/3rd with powerful ones.
BTW, HWLabs' GTS is almost same as Koolance's HX-CU1320V (also 30mm thick/30FPI).

[Johnny87au]

generally thicker fpi u run higher rpm fans, but that sometimes isnt the case as several tests have been proven otherwise! I'd say a SR1 560 as or the 560 Gtx from hwlabs..

[Thomas FJ]

For high speed fans (1500 rpm and up) HW Labs GTX are the king and should be your pick without a doubt.
At 5000 rpm, it's way better than the SR1 which is made for low speed fans
/Thomas

[Mr.Pie]

Thermochill or koolance?

methinks the hwlabs GTX series reigns though for 5krpm fans

[RCG_Bex]

Koolance (30fpi) or Hardwarelabs GTX (20fpi)

I've got the koolance Rads and the 360 version is ~40w less cooling power than the GTX.

GTX is 2x the thickness of the Koolance so hence I've got 2x Koolance rads in a sandwich with shrouds with Kaze 3000's.

Only tests people have on the internet are for the 360 versions and max with Kaze 3000's. No tests that I've seen with Scythe GT 3000+ or even deltas @ 5000

Skinnee's tests...


2c Delta results...




~Bex

[Johnny87au]

koolance has a thicker Fan per inch which means nothing but with the same RPM fans the GTX beats it loud and clear.. i'd say go with GTX!

[Thomas FJ]

koolance has a thicker Fan per inch which means nothing but with the same RPM fans the GTX beats it loud and clear.. i'd say go with GTX!

FPI tells a lot about a rads performance in certain RPM areas, but HW Labs uses a dual-core with the GTS/GTX series which makes it hard to compare them to normal "single-core" rads as the SR1, PA, MCR etc.
As others has prior stated the Koolance rads are thinner than the GTX and therefore can have a higher FPI than the GTX and still have the same air resistance.

The dual-core design has proven to be the most efficient at higher RPM and the GTX to be more efficient than the Koolance and therefore is the best Quad rad choice.

Thomas out!

[Johnny87au]

FPI tells a lot about a rads performance in certain RPM areas, but HW Labs uses a dual-core with the GTS/GTX series which makes it hard to compare them to normal "single-core" rads as the SR1, PA, MCR etc.
As others has prior stated the Koolance rads are thinner than the GTX and therefore can have a higher FPI than the GTX and still have the same air resistance.

The dual-core design has proven to be the most efficient at higher RPM and the GTX to be more efficient than the Koolance and therefore is the best Quad rad choice.

Thomas out!

Yep

[tw33ter]

Might look into getting a used he120.3, they were optimized for fans having at least 100cfm each.

[kinghong1970]

oh, and the GTX can double as an air filter for your home... maybe not HEPA certified but i'm sure it'll filter a lot of crap in the air... j/k

[zalbard]

I would also recommend GTX over Koolance. Should perform a bit better (it's thicker, that's one of the reasons).

[-Acid-]

The GTX does look to be the rad for the job, just wondered if anyone had tryed the phoyba range of rads, Details on them tho are hard to come by. Ive only found one review.


edit

Anyone tryed a 560 gtx with 140mm to 120mm adaptors ?

Its pretty huge tho

[socolate]

used fan control, it noisy

[Church]

"Highest FPI Quad 120mm rad for 5k fans options"?
Hmm, 5K rpm fan sounds like very well fit for rad sandwiches. I doubt you finding LC rads with higher then 20-30FPI for extreme ones, but sandwiching rads did exactly same thing as higher FPI. You got extra airflow resistance, that hurt overall cooling with slow and quiet fans, but got extra cooling from extra heat exchange area once used fans were more and more faster/more powerful. There is no sense in rad sandwiches for 1K rpm fans. But with 5K rpm ones? Hell yes!