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Originally Posted by Blackeagle
Cathar,
Would you care to post what the rig you and the others form OCAU are putting up for pH to test? I'd love to hear what you fellas have come up with.
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While I would supply the parts, I am personally considering myself bound to the choices made by the OCAU voting members, at least as an attempt to avoid me being accused of one-upmanship.
Given their desires I would provide:
Waterblock: Storm CPU waterblock
Poll Analysis: there was no poll for waterblock choice - this is my choice)
Pump: Swiftech MCP650 pump
Poll Analysis: meets ~80% of voter's desires by sitting pretty much mid-way between the two most popular voting options
Tubing: 1/2" ID tubing
Poll Analysis: Meets ~82% of voter's desires
Radiator: "Big Arse" radiator complete with internally baffled shroud
Poll Analysis: 68% voted for either 2 x 120mm radiators or a dual-fanned 120x240mm radiator, with almost twice as many people voting for double-sized radiators over 2 x single 120mm radiators. 10% of voters wanted larger than a 2x120mm radiator config.
Radiator Fans (Option 1): 2 x 120mm Panaflo H1A Fans + Rheobus for the fans
Poll Analysis: covers ~95% of the voter's desires in terms of noise/power.
Radiator Fans (Option 2): 2 x 120mm Panaflo L1A fans.
Poll Analysis: If forced to accept fans with no rheobus, the L1A's would appear to satisfy ~60% of the voters by sitting in the middle of the two most popular fan poll options for power/noise. Roughly 20% wanted something significantly quieter than the L1A's, and roughly 20% were prepared to accept something significantly noisier than the L1A's.
The fan thing really is the main issue of contention with people having to choose between their desires for good water cooling via the radiator, their desires for a compact system via not obscenely large radiators, and their desires for tolerable noise levels.