a few questions about water cooling

[kikkler]

will two radiators lead to a signifacant temperature reduction?(compared to one radiator)
what about one radiator with two fans? (and I'm not talking about a radiator that was especially designed for this, like the Black Ice Xtreme II for example).
I keep hearing that 1/2 tubing cools better than 3/8. Is there any reason to go with 3/8? as they both cost about the same.
Will spending the extra $ and going with the Eheim 1260 over the 1250 be a wise decision ? and how does the hydor L30 compare to those two ?

I'll probebly have 2 water blocks - CPU and GPU
thanks

[Drake]

The water can only be as cool as the air blowing through the radiators, so unless you have enormous amounts of heat to disperse two radiators are not needed.

[darksaint]

Well 2 rads is good if you plan on upgrading to a tec system at some point.

Also Ehiem is a good choise. 1260 is good if you have a lot of tubing or huge rads. I have a 1250 and 2 heater cores (chevett) 3 blocks and about 7 feet of tubing at 1/2 inch. I have alot of water move. I should have gone with the 1260. But it seems to be fine with the 1250.

The down side to them is the fact they take up alot of room.

It would be wise to add 2 fans to your rad. It pushes and pulls the air. Just make sure the fans are the same.

[Kabooka]

darksaint,

Post a pic of that, how'd you fit two heater cores in your case???

I had to use a shoehorn and some of grandmas vaseline :D

[darksaint]

my case is one of the HUGE echo servers.
It's like 15 inches wide, 21 tall, and 22 deep.

I'll have to get one of my friends to loan me a digi. But i just got done painting the bezel with flex primer. The case will be ready for my color coat by thursday.

I'll post pics of it hen i get it put back together.

[ralf_c]

that sound like a case to have some real fun modding.