Joinery Fun: Wood Radbox

[mmansueto]

If those are MCR 320's done even bother switching. People are stupid, dont listen to them, the MCR320 is only 3-10% behind the PA120.3 and only in high heat load applications. go for the RD 30 though thats extreme

Good to know. Thanks man. So, with a push/pull config, it should hold its own against the PA120.3's? I will get some RD-30's or the Alphacool 1510 (as CD suggested).

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

Good to know. Thanks man. So, with a push/pull config, it should hold its own against the PA120.3's? I will get some RD-30's or the Alphacool 1510 (as CD suggested).

yes, actually with the 3-rads you have I dont even think you would see an increase in performance at all.

youd be better off spending the $300 on an AC unit to cool the intake air

[mmansueto]

yes, actually with the 3-rads you have I dont even think you would see an increase in performance at all.

youd be better off spending the $300 on an AC unit to cool the intake air

hmmm.......

[CyberDruid]

If those are MCR 320's done even bother switching. People are stupid, dont listen to them, the MCR320 is only 3-10% behind the PA120.3 and only in high heat load applications. go for the RD 30 though thats extreme

I have to agree man...after 4 years posting threads on tech Forums one thing I always see is the inevitable "you shoulda" posts.

Now sometimes those are valid but a large percentage are just "teh internet" responses to anything that's cool.

You just have to sort the wheat from the chaff and for me that requires FIRST HAND experience.

Just turn the thing on! put it under some load and see what you get. If temps are not good enough upgrade the fans first then if it's still not good enough upgrade the pumps.

[mmansueto]

Thanks for the tips you guys. It is not so much that i care what the other "you should have" people say, it is more so that the more i look at it, the more i feel that i spent a good deal of money on a rad box, and then went the cheap way out with the rads. i will do a test run shortly. I do not doubt the cooling on the MCR320's (prior to this, my Skulltrail was cooled by a 320,220 and 120, so I know they can cool well). It is more, "If i want to add another system onto this loop, will these be sufficient"? i guess only time will tell.

thanks you guys.

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

just think about it this way: you went the SMART way out with the rads. Thermochills are a waste all around IMO (unless you buy them for 50$ used, unpainted and scratched like me )

[mmansueto]

just think about it this way: you went the SMART way out with the rads. Thermochills are a waste all around IMO (unless you buy them for 50$ used, unpainted and scratched like me )

Thank you. I have owned one before (actually one from CD, with his waterfall Res) and i only noticed a 1-2 degree difference from my MCR320, but i assumed (maybe naively) that the thermochill would offer better expansion possibilities. The hydra will be cooling 2 systems. I will have my CPU on one loop, my GPU/chipset on another and a watercooled xbox 360 on the last loop. Until i7 Skulltrail comes out of course.....

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

Thank you. I have owned one before (actually one from CD, with his waterfall Res) and i only noticed a 1-2 degree difference from my MCR320, but i assumed (maybe naively) that the thermochill would offer better expansion possibilities. The hydra will be cooling 2 systems. I will have my CPU on one loop, my GPU/chipset on another and a watercooled xbox 360 on the last loop. Until i7 Skulltrail comes out of course.....

gabe is releasing the SLI stackable mcr rads soon and if you feel the need to upgrade even more you can add them to your existing MCR 320s on the other side on the rad holder you have now (at least it seems like you could)

[Grinch]

very nice work you gonna paint or stain & varnish when complete?