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BIXIII VS Airplex EVO 320 for highflow system?

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Opinions on each radiator, the airplex is thicker and has over half a dozen loops in it.

System will be highflow DUAL 7800GTX's FX-57 etc... with future updrade to include that new 437W TEC unit reviewed at HARDOCP when the bugs are ironed out.

also what mounting options are there for the BIX rads?

kleo
 
I'm getting the BIP III delivered in just a day or two. I'll my a mount/shroud for the top of my case in a Koolance fashion. It is really the best bet in my opinion, since it will be getting outside air, and also dispense the air outside.

Other people have either mounted them on the top, which is bad since they act like heat blowholes. If they take outside air and blow it in through the rad, it could either keep the case cool, or warm it up, depending on the water/rad temps.
 
the rad will be outside mounted on top, fans will be around 3/4"-1" spacing from the rad in a pull configuration but it still means the rad will have to be suspended some how. The good thing about the airplex is the mounting bracket which looks cool and holds the rad a couple of inches from the case, maybe it can be adapted to fit.
 
In both of these, I forgot to add about a inch between the fans and rad to make up for the motor dead zone. Regardless, you see what I mean.

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Bepunk said:
Other people have either mounted them on the top, which is bad since they act like heat blowholes. If they take outside air and blow it in through the rad, it could either keep the case cool, or warm it up, depending on the water/rad temps.
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Whats the difference? If you are watercooling your CPU and video card, you are taking away the 2 major sources of heat in your system. All of that heat is being dissipated through the radiator. The temperature of the air in the case has no effect on the heat transfer to the waterblocks.
 
kleox64 said:
Opinions on each radiator, the airplex is thicker and has over half a dozen loops in it.

System will be highflow DUAL 7800GTX's FX-57 etc... with future updrade to include that new 437W TEC unit reviewed at HARDOCP when the bugs are ironed out.

also what mounting options are there for the BIX rads?
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If you want some hard data about radiators then Watercoolplanet is the place to go. The Evo 360 is a good radiator for typical AC applications, but the BI Pro III is the better from a performance standpoint "IF" you are going to a high flow system.
 
thats the site I was on about, so the BIXIII it is then.
The 1800 is a killer but its way too big and only suitable for a side mounting.
 
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