one bix or two

ukdan · Jun 7, 2004

hi all, I have 1 black ice extreme rad in the back of a new case im building, what i need to know is will i see much improvement if i add another to the lower front. the case is an antec super lan boy.

BlueMan · Jun 7, 2004

people will tell you to get heater cores. they'll lower temps more than the BIX's if you can afford the space

ukdan · Jun 7, 2004

there just not available at the moment where i am (in the uk and car heater cores are all ally here), so the best option i have at the mo is a bix.

RC64 · Jun 8, 2004

Hey, ukdan you are putting wcing in the same case as me

I still have to take the rivets out to remove the front drive cage. I am planning on placing a BIX in the back and then either another BIX in the front or a jr-120 heatercore. I am going to be cooling cpu, nb, and gpu and I think having the 2 rads will definitely help.

SatanSkin · Jun 8, 2004

Why not get a dual BIX for the back and put that single up front. I imagine that should help quite a bit.

Tabrin · Jun 8, 2004

This is kinda but not unrelated, but if you've got a series system with a CPU and GPU/NB blocks, would having [RAD-pump-CPU-rad-GPU-NB to the first rad] do anything beneficial? It's not like the NB/GPU get that hot, but...eh. Just idle pondering.

ukdan · Jun 8, 2004

SatanSkin said:
Why not get a dual BIX for the back and put that single up front. I imagine that should help quite a bit.

Not enough room on the back for a dual. Any way panic over ive just managed to find a rad identical to a jr120 so all i need to do now is work out my routing. any suggestions?

ukdan · Jun 8, 2004

Im thinking pump-front rad-t.line-cpu-gpu-rear rad-pump-front rad or
front rad-t.line-cpu-rear rad-gpu-pump-front rad

ukdan · Jun 8, 2004

RC64 said:
Hey, ukdan you are putting wcing in the same case as me I still have to take the rivets out to remove the front drive cage. I am planning on placing a BIX in the back and then either another BIX in the front or a jr-120 heatercore. I am going to be cooling cpu, nb, and gpu and I think having the 2 rads will definitely help.

heres some pics of what ive done so far....

RC64 · Jun 8, 2004

Looks sweet ukdan. You are much further along than I am lol. The routing I am planing on doing is pump->front rad->cpu->nb->back rad->gpu->res->back ot pump. The pump and res will be in the front after the rad and will be next to eachother. I am using 3/8 tubing with coolsleeves except for pump inlet and outlet which will be 1/2. Using the 3/8 with coolsleeves seems to really help with routing.

ukdan · Jun 9, 2004

well i ordered a identical heater core to a jr120 and a blinking dual 120mm arrived so i have to wait another two days for the correct one to come.
any one else have an opinion on what my routing should be?

ukdan · Jun 9, 2004

by the way im cooling cpu and gpu only with swiftech blocks and pump

Ancient_1 · Jun 9, 2004

The best routing would be what is easiest/uses the least tubing.
I would guess you would get an additional 2°C drop in CPU temps.

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