Radiator Purchasing Decision.

[edfernandez2]

I've began planning for my first watercooling setup and began with purchasing the fans-4 Noctua NF-F12. I'd like to buy the radiators next: 2 240mm within the range of 25-30mm but am undecided on which brand. I'll be attempting to run them inside of an Ncase M1. I've gone over the product info on various online stores, checked out various youtube channels for setups but still have not made a final decision. So far I'm torn between Alphacool and EK but if you guys and ladies in this community can shed some light between these and possibly other products with reasons and educate me some I would greatly appreciate it.

 

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IIRC Hardware Labs makes really nice slim radiators. Here's one for 360 rads Radiator Review Round Up 2015 - ExtremeRigs.net

 

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So the real stand out in this case is the Nemesis GTS – despite being so slim it does awesomely well. While there are slimmer rads and higher performing rads this radiator really takes the biscuit for space efficiency at 750RPM.

At 1300RPM the picture is more balanced, although the GTS does stand out quite prominently still. It’s amazing how many of these radiators that stand out are from HardwareLabs and EK.

At 1850 RPM the older designs that are medium thickness but high FPI rads start to really shine. Most recent designs are tuned for lower RPM.

So we can see that while thicker radiators generally equate to better performance there are a few that pack a lot of punch without going “monsta” thick. The real stand out is the HardwareLabs Nemesis GTS which performs amazingly well for it’s size at all three fan speeds.

 

[Tsumi]

Nemesis GTS as said.