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Tempus · 09-08-2004, 09:57 AM

On a more serious note, I purchased 2 dual BIMs a while back (I got a koolance case and wanted to see how much fun I could have with it.)

Ignoring the fact that i'll never touch 1/4" or 3/8" ID tubing again....

I had a few issues with them.

The first one I sorta ruptured the fin tubing within the radiators because I torqued the fan screws a bit too tightly and the flat heads went into tubing causing a minor leak.

No biggie. I swapped in the other one. Noticed the barb fittings a slightly loose. A few thermal cycles later (about a month) and one of the barbs decided to come off. Not too good.

No problems with my BIX or BIX2s so I'm guess it was just bad karma there.

Heat wise, I just could not get enough water or air flow to make the smaller systems efficiently move the heat. With your expected heat load, I do not thing you will be very happy with this setup.

If your case only has 80mm fan mounts and you will not cut into them, then I'd recommend getting a case w/ 120mm mounts - I like the super lanboy.

09-08-2004, 09:57 AM	#15
Tempus Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 456	On a more serious note, I purchased 2 dual BIMs a while back (I got a koolance case and wanted to see how much fun I could have with it.) Ignoring the fact that i'll never touch 1/4" or 3/8" ID tubing again.... I had a few issues with them. The first one I sorta ruptured the fin tubing within the radiators because I torqued the fan screws a bit too tightly and the flat heads went into tubing causing a minor leak. No biggie. I swapped in the other one. Noticed the barb fittings a slightly loose. A few thermal cycles later (about a month) and one of the barbs decided to come off. Not too good. No problems with my BIX or BIX2s so I'm guess it was just bad karma there. Heat wise, I just could not get enough water or air flow to make the smaller systems efficiently move the heat. With your expected heat load, I do not thing you will be very happy with this setup. If your case only has 80mm fan mounts and you will not cut into them, then I'd recommend getting a case w/ 120mm mounts - I like the super lanboy. __________________ Thou art God.