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Makaijin · 08-05-2003, 11:35 AM

I was browsing on ebay and I saw a brand new rover 214 radiator for sale. It measures at about 50cm x 40 cm x 5 cm. The type of fins are the heatercore style, it's basically a big heatercore if you know what i mean.

I was wondering, will it be good enough for passive cooling if i bolted it on the side of a full tower case? Will it be good enough for a dual amd (barton with L5 mod) as well as a 9800 non pro. I do plan on some moderate overclocking. Since I am building this as a mainly Audio Workstation (as well as the odd fragging) so the quieter the better.

08-05-2003, 11:35 AM	#1
Makaijin Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 17	Using a car radiator for passive cooling? I was browsing on ebay and I saw a brand new rover 214 radiator for sale. It measures at about 50cm x 40 cm x 5 cm. The type of fins are the heatercore style, it's basically a big heatercore if you know what i mean. I was wondering, will it be good enough for passive cooling if i bolted it on the side of a full tower case? Will it be good enough for a dual amd (barton with L5 mod) as well as a 9800 non pro. I do plan on some moderate overclocking. Since I am building this as a mainly Audio Workstation (as well as the odd fragging) so the quieter the better.