Can I mix 2 radiator brands?

[Virtualnate]

Hi everyone, so I have an obsidian 500d case. I want to watercool my rog strix 1080 ti oc and my 8700k (already delidded). 

 

Has anyone ever tried using two different brands in the same case? I want to buy the hardware labs sr360 (54mm thick)in a push pull config, and an alphacool nexxxos 280 (30mm thick, because the obsidian doesn't have clearance for a push pull on top) 

 

Both are full copper rads, so there shouldn't be a problem? 

[Skiiwee29]

Since both are copper, you will have no issues with mixing brands. The only problems is with mixing metals, but since they are both full copper, you should be just fine. 

[Virtualnate]

Thanks for the quick reply, now, a lot of people prefer hardware labs, but how is the performance compared to the nexxxos? I initially thought hardware labs is better, but they don't have 45 or 30mm rads in their sr line, so if HL rads outperform alphacool by just a bit I might as well just go with a 30mm 280 and 45mm 360 from alphacool. What do you think? 

[Virtualnate]

If I end up getting the 360 (54mm thick) from hardware labs I will do a push pull, it will be about half an inch away from the end of the graphics card, will it be OK like that? 

[Neo-revo]

Even mixing copper tube and brass tube is fine provided you aren't adding in aluminium still.   

 

[Neo-revo]

1 hour ago, Virtualnate said:

If I end up getting the 360 (54mm thick) from hardware labs I will do a push pull, it will be about half an inch away from the end of the graphics card, will it be OK like that? 

Depends on how you wire manage. That is close so I would get as much as I could installed first before putting the radiator in