Rad Grills - Which one?

[GavX]

Well I need some Rad grills for the 240mm rad on the side of my Antec 900, but I am sotmr between 2:

Number 1

Or

Number 2

The second one is a bit more OTT, but fits more with the theme of the case. Airflow will be more restricted though as the honeycomb is the best grill AFAIK. Technical-ness aside, which one do you prefere?

 

[ai_01]

2nd one hands down, for performance get the 1st but ur not gonna see much.

Most water cooling setups are gonna preform about the same, it all matters about the chip that your OC'in. The only time it matters is if you crunch on everything, from the best rad, best block for your setup, tubing, airflow, head flow of the pump, the delta that you need etc, and only from there will you might be able to clock + or - 100 more mhz on a cpu or 20 + or 1 more mhz on a gpu usually.

 

[GavX]

So thats one for both (a mate recommended first for performance, but I think the second is better for the "ZOMG its an afterburner!" effect) but will probably order whatever one is most recommended tomorrow some time, as right now they just have plain silver fan bracket things which look a bit ugly. Thing is with the second that it will cover up most of the fan workings, which will hlep with looks I think. Ta ai_01

 

[DTSBasketball]

Agreed with him 2 gets my vote.

 

[GavX]

Right, well time to go make my order I guess! Thanks