Radiator sandwich

[Bearsvin]

Hey Guys,

Anyone got experience with radiators sandwiched with three set's of fans in the order: fan (push) -> radiator -> Fan (push & pull) -> radiator -> Fan (pull)?

Will this be an option or is it better to go with a single (thick) radiator and normal push - pull setup?

[Wats]

lol.. I was thinking about this today. It would be quite a thick sandwich. It would work, I doubt it would have a negative impact on performance. Better off going with one thick rad, but if you have two slims, do it and post pics :P

[Ghost]

LOL don't Sandwich rads.

Thick rads have very very thin fin slices in the middle portion which make heat exchange great at low FPI. (Its like having a slim rad in the middle but even better heat exchange.)

[Nertballs]

the hot air from one not be affecting the other?

[MunsonedForLife]

the hot air from one not be affecting the other?

First thing I thought of too.

[Glenwing]

Well if you're going to go that far, you might as well say that in a thick rad, the air would heat up partway through the rad so the last half of the rad would be affected by the hot air from the first half, therefore thick rads are useless... to be honest it's a negligible difference, really.

[Bearsvin]

Thanks for the reply's guys. This were just a thought i had to save money with two cheaper rad's thank a thick radiator.

About the one heating the other, i really dont think that it will have any effect at all. The air moves so fast thru the next rad. It would be the same as saying the GPU needs to be in a sepperate waterloop so it wont effect the CPU. The difference is so small.