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Originally Posted by Butcher
SysCrusher, I can get my system's water temp down to 1-2C over ambient with cpu (overclocked), gpu and chipset being cooled with a standard heatercore. I have a 172mm fan sucking air through which is 235cfm at full speed - I need to run it at a little over half to achieve 2C over ambient. All it takes is a decent fan - you'll never get the sort of performance a decent 172x50mm fan gives with 120mm fans, thickness and a more powerful motor really help when cooling something as restrictive as a heatercore.
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Yeah, no kidding. I bet that is with a compunurse too? I use a 120x38 at 130cfm delta at 12V, at 7V there is hardly a change. I agree though, thicker fans generally produce more pressure to be able to push or pull that much more cfm through a restriction like a rad. Now use a rad that maximises convection to it's fullest and you won't need that noise maker at full speed.
I doubt my point is made yet. I'll just sit back and watch just like every other time. LOL