I have to choose between buying 2 radiators or 2 pumps. What's best

SustaiN · 03-30-2005, 11:24 AM

As the title says, which should I choose. We are talking about the following setup:

setup #1.
DD rbx
DD maze
DD D4
2 * Double Heater core with shroud
Typhoon 5 1/4 bay res.

or

setup #2.
DD rbx
DD maze
2 * DD D4
Double Heater core with shroud
Typhoon 5 1/4 bay res.

Which one of the setups would give most performance. I basically don't care about the noise that will be added in setup #2.

Which one gives the best performance and which one would you prefer/recommend.

SustaiN

Byron · 03-30-2005, 01:36 PM

Two pumps and two dual heatercores would be the optimum.

bigben2k · 03-30-2005, 03:05 PM

Dual pump ought to perform better; you have more to gain from more pumping action, than from an extra rad.

jman1310 · 03-30-2005, 04:10 PM

we need more information about what you are cooling, what you're goals are (quiet, max OC, bling?...)

i would go w/ 2 rads
higher flow rates generally give a degree of two, not much more...
2 rads (in parallel to minimize head lose) are capable of dissipating nearly twice as much heat and should bring the coolant temp closer to ambient and give lower overall temps

it's all relative though - if you are going to use a huge heatercore that easily dissipate the system's heat then a 2nd HC will not give substantial improvements, in this case a 2nd pump is better

03-30-2005, 03:05 PM	#3
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Dual pump ought to perform better; you have more to gain from more pumping action, than from an extra rad. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

03-30-2005, 11:24 AM	#1
SustaiN Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: denmark Posts: 5	I have to choose between buying 2 radiators or 2 pumps. What's best As the title says, which should I choose. We are talking about the following setup: setup #1. DD rbx DD maze DD D4 2 * Double Heater core with shroud Typhoon 5 1/4 bay res. or setup #2. DD rbx DD maze 2 * DD D4 Double Heater core with shroud Typhoon 5 1/4 bay res. Which one of the setups would give most performance. I basically don't care about the noise that will be added in setup #2. Which one gives the best performance and which one would you prefer/recommend. SustaiN

03-30-2005, 01:36 PM	#2
Byron Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Everywhere Posts: 39	Two pumps and two dual heatercores would be the optimum.

03-30-2005, 04:10 PM	#4
jman1310 Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 246	we need more information about what you are cooling, what you're goals are (quiet, max OC, bling?...) i would go w/ 2 rads higher flow rates generally give a degree of two, not much more... 2 rads (in parallel to minimize head lose) are capable of dissipating nearly twice as much heat and should bring the coolant temp closer to ambient and give lower overall temps it's all relative though - if you are going to use a huge heatercore that easily dissipate the system's heat then a 2nd HC will not give substantial improvements, in this case a 2nd pump is better

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