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Originally Posted by TallTxnMo
Trubokeu,
What rad is that? That looks perfect for my narrow a$$ case.
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When I started my watercooled Lian Li PC-70 project back in june 2001, cube rads like this one were very common.
There was the "famous" (in a bad way) 3/8" Danger Den Cube, and the 3/8" BeCooling AquaCoil. The AquaCoil received a "lifting" afterwards by dividing the 20 water passages in two circuits of 10 passages in parallel, halving the flow restriction, and also by changing the in & output to 1/2", named the AquaCoil II .
This is the one I bought in july 2001.
I never regretted it (although I have no experience with "heatercore" style rads). I like the way they integrate into computer cases (they are made for computer cooling, and it fits my PC-70 perfectly), very square with all needed mountings for the case and the fan.
They are small (almost the dimensions of a 120mm fan) but deep, favorizing thermal transfer but also adding more resistance to the air flow. Tubing is completely made of copper, fins are made of aluminium.
Cool-Computers still sell this kind of rad (last rad in the page).
The one in the link resembles very, very much to my Aquacoil II, two parallel waterways with 1/2" connections. BeCooling stopped the commercialisation of the AquaCoil about 1.5 years ago.
One thing I observed is that my cube rad seems to accomodate with very low airflows.
My AquaCoil II is very happy with a Panaflo M1 running at 6.5V, boosting the fan to 12V results in CPU temp decrease of less than 1°C, where owners of heatercore rads report better results with higher airflows (or even push-pull fans).
I'm also aware of the fact that they represent a high water flow restriction, but nothing a "powerfull" pump can overcome. My Eheim 1250 achieves 3.35LPM through the AquaCoil II, "the" Cascade WB , a DD GF4 WB, a restrictive digital flowsensor and a lot of sharp 15mm 90° copper bends...
And guys, before flaming me about using a cube rad, I KNOW heatercore style rads have better thermal transfer and are less restrictive...
CD
