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- Dec 25, 2006
I'm potentially going to order a water cooling system after Christmas, and I was wondering what would be best for me. I can either get a PA120.2 or PA120.3, I would prefer to get the 120.2 if possible because I'm also getting a new case for the setup and upgrading the the case for the 120.3 is another $130 plus cost of the bigger rad.
The cases are either the MM H2GO for ~$170 or the U2-UFO for ~$300. The H2GO would be fore the dual rad, and the U2-UFO for the triple. What I was wondering is, would a dual rad be powerful enough for a Q6600 (I'll eventually pump upwards of 1.6v through it if I can keep temps under control), G92 8800GTS 512, and potentially my NB?
Would I see a significant difference with the triple rad, enough to warrant upwards of $150 more in price? Would I see a benefit of running a dual-dual rad setup (1 in the front, 1 in the back), or would I suffer from poor flow rate/pressure?
Other components (block, pump, res, etc.) are still undecided, but will definitely be on the higher-end side of things. If it's any help, I don't hate noise, but it's not great. I'm running a 114cfm Panaflo rated at something around 50dBa right now, and on a scale of annoyance (out of 10) it's probably an 8... Something a little quieter than that would be nice
Sorry this is all over the place, but anything you can do to help my decision is greatly appreciated
The cases are either the MM H2GO for ~$170 or the U2-UFO for ~$300. The H2GO would be fore the dual rad, and the U2-UFO for the triple. What I was wondering is, would a dual rad be powerful enough for a Q6600 (I'll eventually pump upwards of 1.6v through it if I can keep temps under control), G92 8800GTS 512, and potentially my NB?
Would I see a significant difference with the triple rad, enough to warrant upwards of $150 more in price? Would I see a benefit of running a dual-dual rad setup (1 in the front, 1 in the back), or would I suffer from poor flow rate/pressure?
Other components (block, pump, res, etc.) are still undecided, but will definitely be on the higher-end side of things. If it's any help, I don't hate noise, but it's not great. I'm running a 114cfm Panaflo rated at something around 50dBa right now, and on a scale of annoyance (out of 10) it's probably an 8... Something a little quieter than that would be nice
Sorry this is all over the place, but anything you can do to help my decision is greatly appreciated