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Originally posted by superart
so one is not necisarely better than the other?
They're pretty much the same thing, the name just denotes weather or not its used on cars or something else.
right?
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Yes, you've got it...
"Radiator" is the name of a general class of heat exchangers. An automotive "heatercore" is a specific type of radiator used in automotive cabin heaters. The good news is that the size and design of many heatercores lend themselves very well to the requirements of PC water-cooling (size, material, surface area, flow rate, etc.). As airspirit said, an automotive heater core (like the popular '86 Chevette core) may often give better performance than a radiator specifically made for PCs (like the BIE) because it has more surface area and less flow resistance.