externally mounted black ice pro II

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Hi ive been searching but not finding. Im building a new watercooling setup based on a coolermaster mystique case because of this cases small size its impossible to mount an internal radiator. So I want to mount it externally to the back of the case but i have been unable to find any kits or anything to do this. Also does anyone know the difference of the black ice pro II and black ice pro II X-Flow (they both cost about the same), and is a double 120mm rad good enough for say a q6600 and a pair of 8800gts's?

PS Im attaching a pic of an externally mounted koolance radiator which is basically how i would like to mount the black ice...though the koolance is WAAY too expensive.
 
Firstoff... NO! A double rad is NOT enough for a quad core and 2 8800s... You need at least a triple. Preferably a triple with another 120mm somewhere. A double radiator would result in water temperatures about 15c over ambient, which would put your CPU temps about 10c higher than if you had a triple radiator.

Next, the Xflow has input and output barbs on opposite ends, where the non-Xflow has both barbs on 1 end.

Last, you can mount any radiator on the back of your case using a Swiftech Radbox.
 
Arcygenical said:
Firstoff... NO! A double rad is NOT enough for a quad core and 2 8800s... You need at least a triple. Preferably a triple with another 120mm somewhere. A double radiator would result in water temperatures about 15c over ambient, which would put your CPU temps about 10c higher than if you had a triple radiator.

Next, the Xflow has input and output barbs on opposite ends, where the non-Xflow has both barbs on 1 end.

Last, you can mount any radiator on the back of your case using a Swiftech Radbox.
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thank you this answered all my questions :)
 
I'd also recommend picking a thicker radiator than a BIP unless you need to be running incredibly low CFM fans. The reason why a triple (with possibly another 120) radiator is recommend is that larger radiators have more cooling capacity (effectively a lower C/W), so they can keep the water temperature from rising as much as a smaller radiator. Black Ice Pros simply aren't large enough to cool that much heat without temperatures climbing so much - Swiftech's MCR series is thicker and has a higher performing design, so I'd recommend raising your budget for an MCR320 (3x120).
 
ikellensbro said:
I'd also recommend picking a thicker radiator than a BIP unless you need to be running incredibly low CFM fans. The reason why a triple (with possibly another 120) radiator is recommend is that larger radiators have more cooling capacity (effectively a lower C/W), so they can keep the water temperature from rising as much as a smaller radiator. Black Ice Pros simply aren't large enough to cool that much heat without temperatures climbing so much - Swiftech's MCR series is thicker and has a higher performing design, so I'd recommend raising your budget for an MCR320 (3x120).
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more good advice!.. Ive actually decided not to cool the video cards im just going to water cool the cpu and north bridge, according to others a dual is plenty for this, do you agree? Also Im going to get a swiftech rad like you said because A: its cheaper B: everyone seems to say the same thing you did...they're better.
 
no need to wc your chipset really ...

mcr 220 and bip 120.2 are about the same size .
everyone will say the mcr220 is better but i have tried both and couldn't see no real difference but mcr 220 to be on the safe side .

bix 120.2 is much thicker then the bip 120.2 and the mcr220 . if you plan running high cfm fans then the bix is probly a better choice ...imo
 
nah the chipset is a must. Not on some boards but on some (like mine) they get way to hot (78c-82c at full load) and its causes the system to crash, its fanless heatsink design and it sucks
 
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