Thick vs thicker rads

[spartin503]

I have about 120mm of room in my case for a radiator in the from of my case, so should I go with a 80mm rad in push or pull or a 60mm rad in push/pull?

[Jamdude]

As Linus always says: "More surface area = more better". 

[Theo]

you need AALL the surface area, also some good static pressure fans, noctuas/ap123/sp120

[Hyydrah]

I have about 120mm of room in my case for a radiator in the from of my case, so should I go with a 80mm rad in push or pull or a 60mm rad in push/pull?

It depends on the radiator, what are you planning on using?

[airdeano]

the differences is the fan choice to cool the thickness. you can use lower speed fans in

push/pull to lower the noise-level situation.

 

airdeano

[Hyydrah]

the differences is the fan choice to cool the thickness. you can use lower speed fans in

push/pull to lower the noise-level situation.

 

airdeano

Push-pull generally yields inferior temperatures compared to a radiator with one set of fan that are roughly equal to the width of two sets of fans and a slimmer radiator. Noise should also be considered as a deterring factor of push-pull as well

[Ghost]

Push-pull generally yields inferior temperatures compared to a radiator with one set of fan that are roughly equal to the width of two sets of fans and a slimmer radiator. Noise should also be considered as a deterring factor of push-pull as well.

Not necessarily. The difference between radiator thickness only becomes apparent at higher fan speeds. At a fan speed of lets say 500RPM most radiators perform similarly.

 

A push-pull config can achieve faster airflow at lower fan speeds. Martin from martin's liquid lab said that the difference between push OR pull and push/pull is about 30%

[Hyydrah]

Not necessarily. The difference between radiator thickness only becomes apparent at higher fan speeds. At a fan speed of lets say 500RPM most radiators perform similarly.

 

A push-pull config can achieve faster airflow at lower fan speeds. Martin from martin's liquid lab said that the difference between push OR pull and push/pull is about 30%

Those aren't similar results, and of course it's not always true, I said that it usually is

 

Also, how would these results be explained? Linus tested them to be a difference of less than 12% between push and push-pull

[Ghost]

I am not talking about CPU temps with using thicker radiators. I am talking about their power dissipation capability.

 

 

 

And a quote from Martin:

 

 

Do you know how many watts that would be? And yes push-pull will still be a good benefit probably about 30% better performance with push pull. The charts are set up assuming 10° water to air delta but you could get away with As much as 20 degrees and still be okay. I’m sure you’ll be fine but it’s worth doing a little bit of wattage Calculation just to make sure.

[spartin503]

The radiators that are in question are the alphacool monsta 120mm and the alphacool UT60 120mm, and the fan(s) I would be using on either one would be the CF-V12HP by Cougar.

[Ghost]

The radiators that are in question are the alphacool monsta 120mm and the alphacool UT60 120mm, and the fan(s) I would be using on either one would be the CF-V12HP by Cougar.

There will be very little difference between those two rads in the big picture. You can see for yourself the Performance vs. RPM increases on a 60mm rad.

[spartin503]

There will be very little difference between those two rads in the big picture. You can see for yourself the Performance vs. RPM increases on a 60mm rad.

So I should just save the money and get the 60mm radiator instead of the 80mm? Also should bother with push/pull, because from what Linus said in a few of his video he sees no difference, and if I don't do push/pull which should I do, push or pull?

[Deadly Duck]

I'm interested in the difference between the 60mm vs 80mm alphacool rads with only one layer of fans

[Ghost]

So I should just save the money and get the 60mm radiator instead of the 80mm? Also should bother with push/pull, because from what Linus said in a few of his video he sees no difference, and if I don't do push/pull which should I do, push or pull?

In push/pull you get faster airflow. Running two fans at a 500RPM is equal to running one fan at a higher RPM. How high? I can't say. However, this does mean it is a quieter solution.

 

I would say 60mm is sufficient, however, the monsta rads aren't that much more expensive if I remember correctly, so if you have enough space in your case go for them, and try to get push/pull if you want lower fan speeds.

 

For thickness measurements fans are 25mm thick.

[PCBudgetSolutions]

Hey ghost, for just a CPU setup, will 35MM thick dual 120MM radiator be enough with 2 SP120 fans to say keep an I7-4770K at good temps @ 5.0GHz?  Assuming it has similar thermals to sandy bridge.

[airdeano]

Hey ghost, for just a CPU setup, will 35MM thick dual 120MM radiator be enough with 2 SP120 fans to say keep an I7-4770K at good temps @ 5.0GHz?  Assuming it has similar thermals to sandy bridge.

 

before buying the chicken coupe, you might wanna see how hot those

chickens get.. so far, doesn't look any better than ivey, from preliminary

testing and results. because intel moved the VRM controller onboard seems

to be another hot-spot causing some concern..

 

although the BLCK can be advanced over the IB/SB, the "numbers are good"

but seeming to have cooperation issues on the outputs on the final scores.

5-6% difference in a lot of typical benchmarks..

6-12% in vid rendering

4-10% in FPS

 

so far a bit weak, but uses less power!

 

airdeano