cheapest big rad

[Guest]

im looking to buy a 480mm rad, and was wondering which one I could get for cheap without sacrificing performance. Any suggestions would be appreciated

[knightslugger]

Depends on what your waterblock is made out of.

[Grifterguru]

Well, depending on the quality you want and whether you want copper or alloy there are a number of options.

If you are not bothered about shopping external to your country and importing, there are also options on that front too.

Do an ebay search.... Plenty of cheap alloy Rads available from **sigh** China along with the usually elongated delivery time....

[Motifator]

I'd take a "insert elusive brand name here" 240 rad over Alibaba 480 shit rad any day of the week. The quality of the Alibaba rad is going to be totally unknown. Performance, component selection, and the ability to leak will be all over the place...

[Enderman]

Don't cheap out on watercooling.

What matters first is reliability, not performance.

 

Performance also completely depends on the combination of fans, radiator, and what speed you run the fans at.

Here's a bunch of radiators compared:

http://thermalbench.com/2015/06/07/ek-coolstream-xe-480mm-radiator/5/

[Marinatall_Ironside]

I've seen Hardware Labs L-series rads go pretty cheap over on Performance PCs.

 

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Hardware+Labs+Black+Ice+L-Series

[Havardr]

Bought this today on fleabay. A 240mm copper radiator. 

You can find 360 copper radiators there also.

Gonna water cool an old 4790k and two 980ti's with an old Swiftech H220 kit and ebay barb fittings, hoseclamps, tubes and reservoir.

 

[Mick Naughty]

What ever pops up on ebay that you can afford.

[Chubkin]

Go on AliExpress, you could probably find something there for a good price if you're willing to wait a few weeks for the rad to ship