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I need to get your input on a few upcoming purchases.
I'm about to start a new build for a mATX case, and I've decided I want to undertake the challenge of a water-cooled highly-clocked rig in a mATX format. I need advice on radiators and fans.
1. I need to know the best radiator for a single 120mm fan. Price be damned. Even if it's only fractionally better than a competitor, I'd like to get rid of every bit of heat possible.
2. Ditto, but for a 2x80mm radiator. Cost doesn't matter.
I need to get these radiators so I can test fit them and mod the case to fit the rads. Once the case mods are complete, then I will begin ordering the rest of the rig.
3. Not as important at this point, but I need some good advice on fans for the rads. Noctua's 120mm fans have been reviewed as very silent but they don't produce the pressure necessary to cool a water loop. However, I see that they have a new fan specifically for high-pressure-low-noise requirements:
http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/noctua-nf-p12-1300-120mm-fan.html
Will it work? This rig needs to be as silent as possible. It will have many quiet fans spinning to cool the radiators and other areas of the case, but I need to make sure they are spinning slowly enough that they are quiet while still providing enough airflow through the rad fins to keep the water cool. I need one 120mm fan in a pull configuration for the single 120mm rad.
4. Everyone is always looking for a good silent 120mm fan. What about 80mm fans? I know they are noisier, but I'm looking for some high-quality, silent 80mm fans. Decent airflow and pressure are a must. I plan on having four of them in a push-pull setup at low RPM through a 2x80mm rad.
I am using this case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119088
I'm about to start a new build for a mATX case, and I've decided I want to undertake the challenge of a water-cooled highly-clocked rig in a mATX format. I need advice on radiators and fans.
1. I need to know the best radiator for a single 120mm fan. Price be damned. Even if it's only fractionally better than a competitor, I'd like to get rid of every bit of heat possible.
2. Ditto, but for a 2x80mm radiator. Cost doesn't matter.
I need to get these radiators so I can test fit them and mod the case to fit the rads. Once the case mods are complete, then I will begin ordering the rest of the rig.
3. Not as important at this point, but I need some good advice on fans for the rads. Noctua's 120mm fans have been reviewed as very silent but they don't produce the pressure necessary to cool a water loop. However, I see that they have a new fan specifically for high-pressure-low-noise requirements:
http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/noctua-nf-p12-1300-120mm-fan.html
Will it work? This rig needs to be as silent as possible. It will have many quiet fans spinning to cool the radiators and other areas of the case, but I need to make sure they are spinning slowly enough that they are quiet while still providing enough airflow through the rad fins to keep the water cool. I need one 120mm fan in a pull configuration for the single 120mm rad.
4. Everyone is always looking for a good silent 120mm fan. What about 80mm fans? I know they are noisier, but I'm looking for some high-quality, silent 80mm fans. Decent airflow and pressure are a must. I plan on having four of them in a push-pull setup at low RPM through a 2x80mm rad.
I am using this case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119088