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personally I would go with black ice since they have the best performance at low rpm, and thats great for me since I run my fans sub-600rpm

 

but out of those two I would go with the EK rad since it has the really nice shroud and i like the aesthetic

performance difference between the two will be next to none

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Hi guys,

 

Been looking at some rads to put in my new case I have always usually gone with EK PE series radiators that are 40mm thick I am looking for some 480mm rads for my new case and am considering getting either the EK 480mm PE rads or the XSPC EX 480mm Rads which I believe are 35mm thick.

 

From your experience which do you think would be the better brand to go with I don't want to go any thicker than 40mm but other recommendations of similar priced rads are welcome.

 

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personally I would go with black ice since they have the best performance at low rpm, and thats great for me since I run my fans sub-600rpm

 

but out of those two I would go with the EK rad since it has the really nice shroud and i like the aesthetic

performance difference between the two will be next to none

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personally I would go with black ice since they have the best performance at low rpm, and thats great for me since I run my fans sub-600rpm

 

but out of those two I would go with the EK rad since it has the really nice shroud and i like the aesthetic

performance difference between the two will be next to none

Are the Black Ice Nemesis GTS 480 29mm thick ones any good in terms of performance against the EK ones? they are within the same price range

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Are the Black Ice Nemesis GTS 480 29mm thick ones any good in terms of performance against the EK ones? they are within the same price range

http://thermalbench.com/2015/01/05/hardwarelabs-nemesis-480gts/5/

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So they are thinner but performance is actually better than the EK PE ones :/

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