water cooling noob

[shamgar03]

so whats the difference between a heatercore and a radiator? Heatercore's just more dense?

 

[shamgar03]

A guy named 2fresh sells custom made radiators o the hardocp forums , heres the link : Cool Rad. How do you think his stuff compares to other - comercial radiators?

 

[Mrvile]

A heatercore is bigger and a little harder to work with (it doesn't come with screwholes or tube fittings). They're generally much cheaper though.

 

[S Random]

question: once you turn off your comp, does all the liquid in the water cooling system drain into the reservoir?

 

[NINaudio]

Originally posted by: shamgar03
A guy named 2fresh sells custom made radiators o the hardocp forums , heres the link : Cool Rad. How do you think his stuff compares to other - comercial radiators?

What he's selling looks like any heater core you could get from a junkyrad. They usually work quite well at cooling, but don't look as nice as a black ice radiator (if you care about that at all), and may require stronger fans.

S Random: Once you shut your pc off the water should pretty much just stay where it is unless you have it draining into the top of your reservoir, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone do that before.....

 

[Tyrant222]

the heatercore will cool very well, better than the ones by HWLabs. but like mentioned they will need strong >100 cfm fans and custom mounting.