You are not using over 1/2 of your heater cores surface area.
I couldn't find your core on www.heatercore4u.com , so I will make some assumptions:
Size of fin area: 6" X 7"
Size of hole cutout(diameter): 5"
Total fin area 6X7=42
Area of circle you have cutout: 19.63
Area you have covered: 23.37
% of Area of used surface : 46.7
% od Area not used: 53.3
You should consider remounting that radiator. You will definitely help your temps.
Brian W
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Water Cooled Inwin Q500 (Dual Rads: Rad1 = DTEK Pro Core | Rad2 = Blick Ice Estreme, Hydor L30, Dangerden Maze2, Bay Res Typhoon Reservoir, 1/2 " DD Tygon Thick Wall Hose).
Flow: Res, Pump, CPU watervlock, Y into both rads, both rads into res independently.
Athlon XP 1800+ (@ 1731 - 150mhz fsb.), on a Asus A7N266-c, and a Radeon 9000 *waiting for RMA'd Saphire 9800 ultra from Newegg)
Last edited by BrianW; 01-12-2003 at 09:56 PM.
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