Move over Monsta Rad, the new King has arrived! (car radiator)

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Finally got my car rad cleaned, painted and assembled so I thought I'd post some pics. Here we go!



This is the front. Cooling surface measures 13"x26" or about the size of 5 triple rads. The metal screen is there because I have 2 young boys who would just love to smush all those pretty delicate fins! This rad has 2 rows and is constructed out of brass and copper. I got it used from a local radiator shop for free. Took a bit of work to clean it out but hey, nothing beats free! It's very heavy and holds a gallon of water.



This is the rear. The fans are Antec "Big Boy" 200mm units with a 3 speed switch for 400,600,800 RPM. The shroud and stands are made out of 1/2" MDF, the inlet/outlet are 1.25".



A close up of the 1.25" to 1/2" adapter. Just some genereic fittings from the outdoor plumbing section at the hardware store.



Here is my desk, but where did I hide that massive rad?



Ah, there it is! My feet will be warm this winter.



And the reason for all this madness: my temps with a Thermochill 120.3 and the CPU running at 100% load. That's ambient on the left and coolant on the right. I'd like those numbers to be closer together. Ignore the fan RPM's, the controller is just hooked up to my Dominator GT fans.



Temps with car rad installed. Ahhhhh, much better! A nice ambient to coolant delta improvement of over 7C ! My coolant temp probe in located in my GPU block, the last component in my loop, so that likely explains the remaining 3c delta.



CoreTemp SS. A cool 45c with Gulftown running at 4.1GHz! And alot more room in my case for future hardware.