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pHaestus · 12-25-2004, 12:20 PM

I like this graph from Bill's Thermochill testing:

http://thermal-management-testing.com/Thermo16.gif

See how with the 120.3 and 7V fans you can get similar dissipation to 120.3 and 12V. Now look at this post:

http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...8&postcount=23

And it becomes clear that if you are running undervolted/quiet fans that the thinner radiator with larger facial area should be at a big advantage. You have to use fans louder than Panaflo M1As (and IMO 3 of those at 12V would be unacceptably noisy) to get better performance with a thicker radiator than with a Pro. Presumably a 2" thick heatercore would have an even more pronounced effect (but the facial area is larger due to their width so it's somewhat offset). So if you had one of those heatercores with 2 Delta VHE or SHE fans at 12V then it'd outperform this radiator but at a ridiculous noise level...

12-25-2004, 12:20 PM	#30
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	I like this graph from Bill's Thermochill testing: http://thermal-management-testing.com/Thermo16.gif See how with the 120.3 and 7V fans you can get similar dissipation to 120.3 and 12V. Now look at this post: http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...8&postcount=23 And it becomes clear that if you are running undervolted/quiet fans that the thinner radiator with larger facial area should be at a big advantage. You have to use fans louder than Panaflo M1As (and IMO 3 of those at 12V would be unacceptably noisy) to get better performance with a thicker radiator than with a Pro. Presumably a 2" thick heatercore would have an even more pronounced effect (but the facial area is larger due to their width so it's somewhat offset). So if you had one of those heatercores with 2 Delta VHE or SHE fans at 12V then it'd outperform this radiator but at a ridiculous noise level...