Which Rad should I get?

Hi guys,

Long time water guy, but I'm in need of some suggestions for a rad(s) in my new case. I'm currently using a NZXT H630 (white) case and I'm not sure which rad I should get. My previous setup was an old Coolermaster CM stacker with a '77' Bonneville rad (yup old school) and a swiftech MCP655. Pump which is still in great shape, so I'll be using it for this. I plan on just watercooling the CPU but would like to have in place a big rad to add a reference block on a grafx card or 2 if I decide to do that. The bonnevile rad worked great for cooling an AMD 965 and my current AMD 8350 with a 5870. I'm currently using 2-7970's non-reference so they'll be air until I upgrade them.

I'll be upgrading from an AMD 990FX board to the new intel X99 when they become available, but that shouldn't matter too much with a custom loop for this case. So, anyone have a suggestions if you were doing this build? Money isn't really an object, as I just want a nice looking, clean, efficient build.

Many thanks for any suggestions, as I'm new to purpose built rads and specific fans.

Cheers!

I would get two Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 360mm radiators and put one up top and one in the front, assuming you don't mind removing the HDD cages.

ATMINSIDE said:

I would get two Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 360mm radiators and put one up top and one in the front, assuming you don't mind removing the HDD cages.

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Thanks for the reply. I'm using 2-Sammy 250GB pro ssd drives in raid 0 for OS duties, and 2-WD Black mechanicals for storage. Would a 240 in the front work pretty well instead of a 360? That way I can keep one cage for the storage drives.

Bishoff said:

I'm currently using a NZXT H630 (white) case.

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Perhaps cut a hole for a Rad to mount on the outside of the side panel. That will help tremendously with case air flow and you won't have to move your HDDs.

Bishoff said:

Thanks for the reply. I'm using 2-Sammy 250GB pro ssd drives in raid 0 for OS duties, and 2-WD Black mechanicals for storage. Would a 240 in the front work pretty well instead of a 360? That way I can keep one cage for the storage drives.

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Yeah, you could even do a 240mm Monsta in the bottom of the case if you wanted.

ShrimpBrime said:

Perhaps cut a hole for a Rad to mount on the outside of the side panel. That will help tremendously with case air flow and you won't have to move your HDDs.

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There's room for 120.9 worth of radiator in this case, there is zero reason to mount them outside...

ATMINSIDE said:

Yeah, you could even do a 240mm Monsta in the bottom of the case if you wanted.



There's room for 120.9 worth of radiator in this case, there is zero reason to mount them outside...

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I was thinking more about that case flow than the side panel mounting outside... Running a TJ07 case myself I already know what it means to "have" room inside lol

ATMINSIDE said:

Yeah, you could even do a 240mm Monsta in the bottom of the case if you wanted.

There's room for 120.9 worth of radiator in this case, there is zero reason to mount them outside...

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except for epeen....

imagine TWO MO-RA3's placed in a parallel angle to form the base of a pedestal for the PC...

RnRollie said:

except for epeen....

imagine TWO MO-RA3's placed in a parallel angle to form the base of a pedestal for the PC...

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I like the way YOU think!!

Yea as big as this case is, I'm not too keen on mounting a rad on the outside...but that Mora3 looks very interesting...

I'm using the Watercool MO RA3 420 Pro together with a XSPC RX360. The Mo RA3 is externally mounted but a BEAST!

I use an mora mounted to the back of my desk out of sight, I work at a podium type desk, I stand up to work and with this setup nobody has any idea there is a monster rad in the house.

Alright I went ahead and picked up this bad boy. Once I add graphics card (s) in the loop I'll pick up another rad to add, but I'm digging the white.

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/1...stom_Painted_White.html?id=mkyLfR7o&mv_pc=220

Bishoff said:

Alright I went ahead and picked up this bad boy. Once I add graphics card (s) in the loop I'll pick up another rad to add, but I'm digging the white.

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/1...stom_Painted_White.html?id=mkyLfR7o&mv_pc=220

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Welcome to OCFs and congrats on your choice! Should match your case nicely. I'd look for the 120.2 version for the front. You should handle a CPU + 2 high end GPU's nicely with that setup. I would look at some premium pricey fans in your case than. Noiseblockers eLoop B12s PWM.

GTXJackBauer said:

Welcome to OCFs and congrats on your choice! Should match your case nicely. I'd look for the 120.2 version for the front. You should handle a CPU + 2 high end GPU's nicely with that setup. I would look at some premium pricey fans in your case than. Noiseblockers eLoop B12s PWM.

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Thanks mate I appreciate the welcome & recommendation. I'll check the fans out and look forward to getting back in the water game

GTXJackBauer said:

Welcome to OCFs and congrats on your choice! Should match your case nicely. I'd look for the 120.2 version for the front. You should handle a CPU + 2 high end GPU's nicely with that setup. I would look at some premium pricey fans in your case than. Noiseblockers eLoop B12s PWM.

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Ok so I have the UT60 120.3, 3-Noiseblocker Eloop B-12 PWM's and the swiftech PWM splitter. I'm still using the front 200mm and 140 rear exhaust stock NZXT case fans, with a fan controller. Should I go ahead and just swap out all the fans with the 120mm eloop b-12 PWM's all around? My thinking is it will be matched for noise levels and everythung will be run with the PWM functionality or should I keep a 140 exhaust? I'm thinking I should grab 5 more eloops to swap out and for a 120.2 rad which will go in the front...maybe even another UT60 120.3 but I really don't want to lose my hdd cage and storage drive(s)

Am I the only person to recommend XSPC AX series? They are great rads and cheaper too. That is all I have ever used.