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That article says the AL radiators are alloy. That kinds throws the calculations to hell. Wonder what the thermal properties of that alloy is.. |
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but I still wonder which rad is the ideal rad of Cathar, I can't find that thread. |
thin, low fin density
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I think I finally found the thread. http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=10000
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I found this extremely interesting. I like the sound of a single pass thin rad that the fan can be utilized more efficently to make up for the lack of thickness. Pretty sure that's what he is getting at. That would be much closer to my opinion of a rad designed spacifically for PC water cooling. Should get less noise with more airflow aswell!
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and this is the intent of the BI Pro series, a la HW Labs
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The main problem I have with current rads is they are not computer friendly as far as mounting. Swiftechs Rad Box helps to some degree but having that thing stick out the back of the case as demonstrated on Swiftechs website isn't a desirable thing for me. I would much rather it be easily fitted inside the case somehow. Can't always get what you want though. |
6#s of sh*t in a 5# bucket
if the rad cannot be mounted via the fan, it will always be a chore custom cases are the answer, but the bling bling makes it impossible to 'select' a case for all |
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Yes - I would love to see some custom water-cooling cases.
A cavity at the bottom of the case with 3 x 12cm fan mounts along each side. Can stick in a BI I/II/III, along with 1/2/3 12cm fans as suits the user's budget/needs. A real opportunity there. Make it so the rads can be mounted on either side so the case can be positioned with the fans pointing away from the user to muffle fan noise, and rads facing the user so the user can always see if the rads are getting clogged with dust, and easily cleaned. Could happily fit all that inside a mid-tower sized case, being effectively a midi-tower chamber atop the radiator enclosure in the bottom. Would have room for the pump in the bottom too. As usual, the custom case crowd does make things somewhat difficult though. |
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I'm looking at the CM stacker as I can mount my radiator vertically and still have enough room for 4 hard drives and 2 optical drives. There is also plenty of room for the pump at the bottom and lots of room for everything else.
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I still find it hard that a case with the size of a stacker can get interesting to the majority of the public.
To me, perfect would be a smaller case with custom rads adapted to the botton, front, rear, and maybe the side, and fully customizable with several options, in order to make a case unique per user. And of course, cost-wise. Wonder if thats possible... |
Well, if the CM stacker was dropped down a few inches, there'd still be plenty of space for a radiator and all the goodies, just not a 120.3.
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