Recommend me a radiator

[GTengineer]

I am going to need a new radiator for a future overclocked Q6600. I will also be cooling my NB (650i) chip which gets pretty hot too. Can you guys recommend a good radiator? I don't care about noise only performance and I would like to keep it around $60.

Right now I have a car's evaporator with a single 120mm fan on it and even with my C2D @ 3.1-3.4GHz and NB ... the water feels pretty warm when I am number crunching for a few hours.

Thanks!

[eightballrj]

Used PA series radiator or MCR 320 from swiftech. They are the closest to the PA series without paying PA prices.

[inkfx]

MCR320 is where it's at. I got mine for only $40 and keeps my CPU and GPU nice and chilly.

[GTengineer]

MCR320 is where it's at. I got mine for only $40 and keeps my CPU and GPU nice and chilly.

thanks for the brief replys guys.... I was actually looking at the MCR320.

inkfx, where did you find it for $40? I found it at the swiftec website for $56

[downer]

If you aren't into looks you could always go to autozone or another auto parts store and ask to look at their heater-core stock. You could probably get something that fits two 120mm fans for around $20-25.

[GTengineer]

If you aren't into looks you could always go to autozone or another auto parts store and ask to look at their heater-core stock. You could probably get something that fits two 120mm fans for around $20-25.


Thats what I have right now, I had to modify it (weld) so I could fit the 1/4" tubing and had to make a casing for it. I am really not looking forward to doing that again because I don't have much time anymore. Here is my current setup, it is all home made except for the swiftec water block.

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Which brings me to my next question do these "computer" radiators come ready to hook up the 120mm fans and tubing? Or do I need to buy something else?

[downer]

You can attach the fans right to the radiator. I'm not sure what barbs come with the radiator. The swiftech has threaded holes, so you can change out the barbs as needed. I couldn't find what size barbs they actually include with the radiator.

[MrLarkins]

black ice pro II 2x120mm

[Big Mike]

My BIX III ran great cooling an X1900XT/Opteron at 3 ghz and Nforce4 NB with antec tricools, i left them at max but even at minimum they got the job done (they weren't that loud even at max)