How much heat can a triple 60 mm radiator dissipate?

[Mortis Angelus]

I found these cute radiators from alphacool (http://www.alphacool.com/shop/radiatoren/radiatoren-aktiv/19750/alphacool-nexxxos-xt45-full-copper-60mm-triple-radiator), and they even go down to dual 40 mm. But how much heat can you really throw at a radiator like this? Could I make a closed and combined loop with an rx 460, or gtx 960 together with an i3 6300T, using the pump/reservoir from a Fractal Kelvin AIO? Or just cooling the the gpu alone with that radiator?

[tiberiusmoon5]

Its all about surface area if you wonder how much it can handle just add the total together so:

3 x 60 = 180

so it will do the same cooling as a single 120mm rad and a bitt more

[Mortis Angelus]

Just now, TiberiusMoon said:

Its all about surface area if you wonder how much it can handle just add the total together so:

3 x 60 = 180

so it will do the same cooling as a single 120mm rad and a bitt more

Umm... nope. Your maths skills are not good now. If you want to calculate area, you must calculate height times width.

 

60 x 180 = 10 800 mm2

Vs

120 x 120 = 14 400 mm2 = much larger area. 

 

But then again, the triple 60 mm rad is 4.5 cm thick, compared to the usual 3 cm thick 120 mm radiators. If we assume that the radiator fin distribution is the same, the result would be

 

10 800 x 4.5 = 48 600 mm3

Vs

14 400 x 3 = 43 200 mm3

 

Which basically means a larger surface area in the triple 60 mm rad. But I still doubt that radiator thermal physics is this simple to solve. 

[tiberiusmoon5]

i just assumed the thinkness was the same lol

 

Also gotta take into consideration of the 60mm fan performance too. . .

 

Eh . . . ya never know till you try lol

 

[Mortis Angelus]

9 hours ago, TiberiusMoon said:

Also gotta take into consideration of the 60mm fan performance too. . .

 

Eh . . . ya never know till you try lol

 

 

I think that will be the major difference to be honest. And sure, one can try, but that is a very expensive try then. Thus I would like to hear from experienced builders and what they have to say about this.

 

 

[tiberiusmoon5]

1 minute ago, Mortis Angelus said:

 

I think that will be the major difference to be honest. And sure, one can try, but that is a very expensive try then. Thus I would like to hear from experienced builders and what they have to say about this.

 

 

 

I mean Ive built my custom loop too,

i just dont think many people use odd sized rads

[Mortis Angelus]

Just now, TiberiusMoon said:

 

I mean Ive built my custom loop too,

i just dont think many people use odd sized rads

Sorry man, I meant no disrespect. I am glad for your help, but more opinions from other people as well would be nice. Would give a wider perspective on the matter.

 

It would be really nice to find someone who has actually used these special radiators here on the forum too.