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Long Haired Git · 03-30-2005, 04:30 AM

Wow - nice link Les.
I've been designed a better forced convection radiator (or trying to) and so didn't see this bad assumption. Passive rads will result in a higher coolant temp and hence the fins can be bigger which means that the whole thing can be smaller.

Eg: 8 x 20mm fins on 7 x 1/2" pipes now only 0.5m tall.

That linked sites gots lots of nice calcs....

03-30-2005, 04:30 AM	#18
Long Haired Git Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 336	Wow - nice link Les. I've been designed a better forced convection radiator (or trying to) and so didn't see this bad assumption. Passive rads will result in a higher coolant temp and hence the fins can be bigger which means that the whole thing can be smaller. Eg: 8 x 20mm fins on 7 x 1/2" pipes now only 0.5m tall. That linked sites gots lots of nice calcs.... __________________ Long Haired Git "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." (Prof. Gene Spafford) My Rig, in all its glory, can be seen best here AMD XP1600 @ 1530 Mhz \| Soyo Dragon + \| 256 Mb PC2700 DDRAM \| 2 x 40 Gb 7200rpm in Raid-0 \| Maze 2, eheim 1250, dual heater cores! \| Full specifications (PCDB)