radiator question

TonyM · 04-29-2002, 06:21 PM

So I'm looking at these Black Ice radiators and everyone is always talking about how great they perform. Now I was just wondering why are they all black. Im not the brighest person in the world but I thought that dark colors tend to hold heat in. Is this true, and could it be something stopping these excellent radiators from removing just a little more heat from the water?

Haddy · 04-29-2002, 06:24 PM

it really wouldnt matter that much if they where painted with diff colors (which there are some other colors now) what ur thinking is with sun light and how black absorbs heat....and lighter colors reflect it....different principle

TonyM · 04-29-2002, 06:27 PM

so it doesnt actually "hold" heat in is what your saying?

UpAllNight · 04-29-2002, 09:07 PM

I have had my rad both way painted and not painted couldnt tell not 1c difference

Xel · 04-29-2002, 09:45 PM

plus... the red and blue ones are SO much cooler!

Brad · 04-30-2002, 06:00 AM

if the paint was really thick it'd limit heat transfer, but how the BI's ship the paint is too thin to really matter

04-29-2002, 06:21 PM	#1
TonyM Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mount Prospect Posts: 78	radiator question So I'm looking at these Black Ice radiators and everyone is always talking about how great they perform. Now I was just wondering why are they all black. Im not the brighest person in the world but I thought that dark colors tend to hold heat in. Is this true, and could it be something stopping these excellent radiators from removing just a little more heat from the water?

04-29-2002, 06:27 PM	#3
TonyM Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mount Prospect Posts: 78	radiator so it doesnt actually "hold" heat in is what your saying?

04-29-2002, 09:07 PM	#4
UpAllNight Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: HILLBILLY LAND Posts: 159	I have had my rad both way painted and not painted couldnt tell not 1c difference __________________ XP1800 @172x10.5 Maze 3..Ehiem 1250..Chevette Rad 1 120mm panaflo @7v 1" shroud All fits nicely inside my case ambient(74 F) 2.0v Core(33.5) Loaded idle(31.5c) Enermax 431 watt Antec 1030B Gainward Geforce 3 TI200 241/548 Sony CDRW Creative 52x CD Soundblaster Live

04-30-2002, 06:00 AM	#6
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	if the paint was really thick it'd limit heat transfer, but how the BI's ship the paint is too thin to really matter __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

04-29-2002, 06:24 PM	#2
Haddy Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mississippi Posts: 434	it really wouldnt matter that much if they where painted with diff colors (which there are some other colors now) what ur thinking is with sun light and how black absorbs heat....and lighter colors reflect it....different principle

04-29-2002, 09:45 PM	#5
Xel Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 46	plus... the red and blue ones are SO much cooler!

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