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Have a spot for a 120mm or 140mm rad... which should I go for? Better bang for buck?

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Hey all

 

So I'm looking at which radiator to get to fit my rear fan mount for my bitfenix prodigy. I currently have a 240mm rad on the front but I would like to add a 120 or 140mm rad as just extra rad for potential extra cooling. 

 

I have PWM fans for both 120mm and 140mm rads so It all just comes down to the rad. I generally stick to EK, Swiftech, or XSPC, or Koolance. 

 

Thoughts? 

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the larger the better, so definitely go 140. And personally any of those companies are fine, I like my alphacool UT60 a bunch. It is super thick tho, it didn't fit inside my 350d... lol. Check my build log for what I had to do............ Turned out kidna coo tho.

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Hey all

 

So I'm looking at which radiator to get to fit my rear fan mount for my bitfenix prodigy. I currently have a 240mm rad on the front but I would like to add a 120 or 140mm rad as just extra rad for potential extra cooling. 

 

I have PWM fans for both 120mm and 140mm rads so It all just comes down to the rad. I generally stick to EK, Swiftech, or XSPC, or Koolance. 

 

Thoughts? 

 

I like 140 'cause noise

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I like 140 'cause noise

I have a nf f12 so noise wouldn't be an issue with a 120
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