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Help choosing 3x120mm radiator

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Hipcrostino

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Well ive found a few tipes of radiators around and wondered which would be best. There are sites where i can get water cooling parts, so without going to lots of trouble, these are the only places i can get these parts. Please recommend any parts also.

While im at it, what is a good 8800GTS water block?

I will be cooling my Q6600 (apogee gtx) and mabye my 8800. I want to be able to upgrade to NB cooling in the future, but probably wont. for this reason I want to go with a 3x120mm rad.

Links for rads.
Black Ice 360 GT II http://www.pccasegear.com/prod3979.htm
Black Ice 360 XFLOW http://www.pccasegear.com/prod3982.htm
Swifttech MCR320 http://www.cool-z.com.au/zenshop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_8&products_id=26

Would the extra flow of the single pass rad be better than the dual pass effect?
 
Swiftech MCR is the second best rad on the market and handily beats the Black Ice rads. The MCR rads offer the best price/performance ratio, and getting a triple is a wise idea.

Dual pass will net you up to 20% better performance over single pass with the flow rates associated with our setups. It is only in extremely high flow rates that a single pass can perform better.

If you are going to watercool, include your GPU in the loop as it will see the largest benefit temps-wise from watercooling. The Swiftech MCW60 with some ramsinks is a good block. Full cover blocks aren't necessary and will net you no benefit over a MCW60 with ramsinks.
 
Here's a compare:

AquaGratix x1800/x1900 full block for GPU(active), rams(passive) and VRM(passive):
44 idle and 74 load in a 26c room.

Thermaltake Brazing Series Waterblock with 9cm fan blowing air to rams and vrm
41 idle and 51 load in a 26c room.

And that's with the crappy Thermaltake BigWater 745 kit but with only the 240mm rad.
 
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