Hi,
I'm looking for a
low noise watercooling solution for my Coolermaster ATC-110C
miditower and I thought about the recently released Thermochill 160.1 wich will fit the lower front with some modifications (removal of 3.5" bays).
I just don't know what to expect of the watercooler. In my experience watercooling performance is more dependent of the amount of air thats blown through the radiator than the surface of it.
Therefor I'm skeptical since I won't tolerate louder fans than a Papst 120mm 4412F/2GL wich is rated 1600RPM/55CFM (26db). Now 55CFM is'nt much - a double or triple radiator is to prefer simply because of the doubled og tripled amount of air that's moved at same low noise, but a radiator of that size will be hard to fit inside a miditower without major and insane modifications.
So any ideas of the performance of a Thermochill PA160.1 at >55CFM using the original shorud? I'm planning to pair it up with a Laing DDC-1T pump.
The hardware to be cooled:
- Intel Pentium 4 630 (@4,2GHz / 1,4v)
- Ati Radeon X800XL - core: 450MHz
- Maybe a overclocked 955X chipset
- In all - above 200 watts of load?
If a single 120mm fan at low noise won't be suitable for cooling my hardware then would it be a good or bad idea to make a custom fanshroud and purchase a low noise 140-160mm fan instead?
Regards
Salkcin
Sorry of the rather long thread
