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Originally Posted by MaxxxRacer
HC's are used for two reasons.. Better design, and they are cheaper.. Im not bashing the made for pc rads, but they just cant put the design time in like the HC manufactuers can. Those companies have much larger budgets for R&D (actually their R&D budget is more than the entire budget of the pc rad companies) so they are able to design more effecient heatercores.
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Sorry there, but nope.
The HeaterCores are designed for something totally different from a watercooling application.
1) HIGH temperature differential
2) High pressure fan - usually a blower, at least in the cars I've taken apart.
Think about it - what temp is the water in your cars cooling loop? heatercores and car radiators are designed for high pressure fans and a high temp differential.
Whereas WC wants a low temp differential (if your water is 20 degrees above ambient, thats *BAD* for watercooling) and low pressure quiet fans.
Totally different design ideologies.
heatercores are a compromise for us watercoolers - they are cheap, readily available, and do a pretty decent job. But they are by no means designed for the task we are using them for.