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Unread 01-12-2006, 01:24 PM   #9
Etacovda
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Default Re: Radiator Placement

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Originally Posted by Brians256
If you can use ambient air for the rad instead of case air, it'd certainly help temps. Did you do any studies on whether it makes a significant difference to use vertical airflow (using thermal "lift" to augment airflow) for the rad?
You'd need a huge thermal difference above and below to make any significant difference (huge being relative to watercooling, ie more than we'd want our water temps to rise). I would be interested to see how much it helps being vertical with extremely low speed fans (ie, barely moving air).
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