Anybody know how well a 200mm radiator would perform?

[TheMagicalWallaby]

I am just curious because I am looking at a case that I would put dual 200mm radiators in just for fun instead of a triple 120 or 140mm radiator. Anybody know how this would perform in comparison to other sizes? How about a single 200mm radiator?

 

[DHFF]

that is one huge rad. LOL. tell me this thing isnt going to be mounted internally 😀

 

[Eduello]

For the sake of simplicity, lets assume that the radiators are equally thick, the fin density is equal, and they're made out of the same material.
120mm * 120mm = 14400mm^2
140mm * 140mm = 19600mm^2
200mm * 200mm = 40000mm^2

This means that a triple 120mm radiator has 43200mm^2, a triple 140mm has 58800mm^2, a single 200mm has 40000mm^2, and a dual 200mm has 80000mm^2 of surface area.
In this case more surface area = more heat dissipation, so the dual 200mm radiator is easily the best one.

 

[gear999]

There's a 200mm radiator? I have a 200mm case fan and I think its big but a radiator? It's a custom water cooling setup, right?

 

[Eduello]

There's a 200mm radiator? I have a 200mm case fan and I think its big but a radiator? It's a custom water cooling setup, right?

200mm is nothing 😀

 

[DHFF]

I think I drooled a little.

 

[TheMagicalWallaby]

There's a 200mm radiator? I have a 200mm case fan and I think its big but a radiator? It's a custom water cooling setup, right?

http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g30/c95/s1586/list/p1/Liquid_Cooling-PC_Water_Cooling_Radiators-200mm_Dual-Page1.html

 

[TheMagicalWallaby]

I think I should get a 1080mm radiator lol.

 

[Eduello]

I think I should get a 1080mm radiator lol.

:lol:

 

[TheMagicalWallaby]

Alright thanks, now I can know what radiators to use to cool my ram! Two 200mm rads shall do.

 

[Eduello]

Alright thanks, now I can know what radiators to use to cool my ram! Two 200mm rads shall do.

RAM? I don't think two 200mm rads can handle it... I'd say two of those would be barely enough for a single 80GB HDD.

 

[TheMagicalWallaby]

Alright thanks, now I can know what radiators to use to cool my ram! Two 200mm rads shall do.

RAM? I don't think two 200mm rads can handle it... I'd say two of those would be barely enough for a single 80GB HDD.

Well there goes my whole plan. What do you think I should use? Or should I go to liquid nitrogen. My HDD is overclocked to 4.7GHz and I don't know if nine 360mm rads would cut it or not.

 

[Eduello]

Liquid nitrogen should do, although you might want to hire a servant to add more of it when needed.

 

[TheMagicalWallaby]

Liquid nitrogen should do, although you might want to hire a servant to add more of it when needed.

Alright thanks, I have hired a person for each day of the week. Thanks again!

 

[Eduello]

No problemo

 

[DHFF]

You are going about it all the wrong way, just take the entire rig up to the ISS and bolt it to the outside of the Station. Nice and crisp up there in empty space. Of course you will want to set up a relay to your own dedicated satellite in order to transmit everything to and from you terminal here on Earth but really, whats a few million when you are talking about the best PC cooling around?

 

[TheMagicalWallaby]

You are going about it all the wrong way, just take the entire rig up to the ISS and bolt it to the outside of the Station. Nice and crisp up there in empty space. Of course you will want to set up a relay to your own dedicated satellite in order to transmit everything to and from you terminal here on Earth but really, whats a few million when you are talking about the best PC cooling around?

I will probably do that with my moon house when that is built.

 

[DHFF]

only problem with moon houses is the lag. takes 6 seconds for a signal to make a round trip to an from the moon. you ever try to play an MMO game on the moon? it aint pretty let me tell you that.