Watercool HTF2-X-Triple Radiator
 

Hello. First post in this forum. :)
I am about to buy this radiator
http://www.watercooling.de/catalog/images/radi14-x.jpg

Details:
Do any of you have used this before?
Thanx in advance for your answers :)

Is suspect it will have a very high pressure drop. ie, you won't get much flow through it.

Do you have a link? Where's it from?

8-ball

Thanx for the quick reply.
You can find it here .

Cheers,
DJD

94 Euros!?

Holy shit thats over priced. I got 10 * 6 inch heater core for less then a third of that.

Maybe so, but not everyone here wants a piece of car jammed in their case. I for one would never get a heatercore, because I'd like my system to actually look nice.

And I know you can dress a heatercore up, but it will never look as nice as one of these.

8-ball

Have you considered the Thermochill 120.3 radiator listed at http://www.thermochill.com? BillA is supposed to publish his review of the entire line of Thermochill radiators to the Overclockers website sometime soon.

Why not? This aint some magical thing, it's just the same as a heatercore/radiator with a bit of paint and a nice shroud.

That is one fine looking Rad.. You will need to do one of two things:

1. Find a block that is not dependent on high flow.
2. Get a very high flow, etc pump
3. Any combination of both

Ooopss I said two :) oh well

Is that an actual pic of it or is rendered? Doesn't look real to me.

peace.
unloaded

No offense, but if you actually care about what the inside of your case looks like, you need to get out more. Getting watercooling gear for looks is about as productive as ricing up your engine block.

I had that rad in my plans too and thats what i finally bought. After a couple of emails with watercooling.de guys they told me that the X-Triple uses 1/4" internal diametre.. and thats way too little for me.

So after reading BillAs' post i convinced to buy the Thermochill 120.3. I would propably have it middle next week at my hands and i will let you know how it works.
Cheers guys and thanx for you comments :cool:

i disagree; i certainly would'nt want a mess of tubing / wiring / ugly components etc, especially if youve got a window.

back to the thread - thats a pretty big rad. im assuming you're going to mount it in some external enclosure? would it even fit inside any case?? lol

My question is this.....would anyone (outside of running dual 226W pelts) really need that big of a radiator?!?!?!

with 3 low speed fans @ 7V = absolutely silent, and coolant still as close to amb as is about possible
but they are BIG, no question 'bout that

- more efficient than the round tube type BTW

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Mine will, well the shroud will be covering 80% of the core. What will be showing is the top tanks and barbs. I am going to paint the shroud and visible parts chrome. It's going to be sexy.

I can certainly relate to 8-Ball's comment, having just received my heatercore this week: it looks like it was dipped in solder, and not neatly cleaned up at all.

But it isn't anything that can't be fixed, with a little TLC ;)

I'm also throwing in a blower, which is another car part, but it'll be covered in a custom made fiberglass shell.

Cost and functionality are greater issues than looks, for me.

To each his own.:shrug:

bet you change that "blower" out pronto
n - o - i - s - e

Actually, they're surprisingly quiet.

I pulled the blower out of my defunct 85 Mazda 200SX, and wired it straight to an old car battery. With the housing stripped off, it's actually quite tolerable, dare I say, comfortable!

I do however plan to undervolt it: I realize that everything will try to shake away with it.

let us know
there may be a 'background noise' issue
what is quiet to one may well not seem so to another

I will be running a 220W peltier on the cpu and one 68w at the R9700. The radiator should be here by thursday-friday.. and i will let you know how it works, cheers :)

Im looking forward to see how it performs for you since I myself am looking to getting one of the Thermochill 120.3 rads for my first water + tec system setup.

BillA,

Are you talking about the thermochill here or the HTF2-X?

8-ball

ThermoChill
have tested all 5 of the buggers
in fact am using a HE 120.1 horizontally in the bottom front of a PC60 case