Radiator choice

crank679

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hi, i want to put a water cooling loop in my system for cpu only i currently have an corsair H70 which i dont think is bad i just want cooler lol now as a kind o direct replacement for the H70 i was thinking of this rad http://www.hwlabs.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=9 as i want to keep cost down by not buying anything extra like fans or having to change to much inside the case, now the other rad is a 280mm rad for the roof of my corsair 650d and is the only 1 compatible as far as depth is concerned and this rad has the 20mm fan spacings required to fit inside the 650d for a 280mm rad http://www.hwlabs.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=26 the rad is thinner than i would want but the only 1 that will fit in my rig i have checked the mesurements and a 50mm rad would fit but i cant find 1 with 20mm fan spacings, so my question to you awesome guys is which would i be better to go for performance the 120mm rad would be push pull and the 280 would be push only , the reason its a 280 is i already have 2 140mm fans in the roof so yeah thanks guys any help appreciated
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From what I've read and the stuff posted on here, most people wouldn't recommend a single 120 rad - as it doesn't really give you any great performance leap over a decent air cooler.
 
I just did some Googleing to check things out and I found this

http://forum.watercoolinguk.co.uk/index.php?/topic/17929-corsair-650d/

I'd give it a read because it looks like you can't fit a 280 rad.

Looks like you would be better off getting a 240mm rad and a couple of 120mm fans.

hey yeah the rad he got isnt gonna fit as it has 15/16mm spacings for the fan

but the 280mm i linked will fit it has 20mm an spacings which is what the 650d needs to fit a 280 rad.

as far as i know hardwarelabs are the only brand that do the 20mm fan spacings on the 280mm rad.

so im assuming that i should go for the 280mm
 
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