New Thermochill, pa140.3

[Baleful]

Found this (http://www.gilgamesh.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=239) earlier.

Looks pretty nice from the pics, the paint job looks alot better than the standard TC as well.

I only wish there were better 140 fans.

[RedRaider]

Nice find...:up:

I have known for a fact they also have a 120.4 and a triple pass 120.3 with G1/4 and 15mm spacing...:fact:

[Septim]

well about time...

and if going with a shroud, a DIY wider base shroud with 120mm fan is still viable...

[Ricey]

The age old problem with finding proper cases to fit all these radiators.

[Xilikon]

Looks like the new prototype have 15mm fan spacing. I guess they decided to follow the market standard.

Great find indeed ;)

[Ricey]

And there goes the advantage accrued from having wider fan spacing.

Good luck to all the schlubs that just bought expensive MM cases with 25 mm spacing. The good part is that whatever surplus PAs out there would probably be discounted.

[Big_Daddy]

Hey, who you calling a schlub? :)

[Ricey]

Hey, who you calling a schlub? :)

At least its still a couple notches above a schmuck :)

[Big_Daddy]

better than pond scum..

Hey, btw. :welcome2: back

[ballz0r]

sweet... 140.3 is a great size for a rad... same surface area as a 120.4 but easier to fit

:up:

[Kayin]

I'll upgrade at 140.4. Right now, there isn't much can fade my CPU loop... Even my shitty ass block performs when given a GTX480... Imagine a real one...

[Cutless009]

speaking of, my noobish self got a Q9650 to 4.5ghz on a HWLABS GTX360, 35c idle 45c full load for 2 hours. I get the feeling someone who knew what the fuck they were doing could get it to 5ghz or better, I cant even figure out how to OC my ram so itll quit bottlenecking the cpu :rolleyes:

[HESmelaugh]

sweet... 140.3 is a great size for a rad... same surface area as a 120.4 but easier to fit

:up:

What he said. :)

[zlojack]

Nice find...:up:

I have known for a fact they also have a 120.4 and a triple pass 120.3 with G1/4 and 15mm spacing...:fact:

That sounds like it might be nice for my next project, whenever I actually start it.

[smee]

That sounds like it might be nice for my next project, whenever I actually start it.

I love how we hardware enthusiasts are doing our builds, and then in the middle of it where already thinking of our next build.... xD

And anyhow, a build is NEVER really FINISHED, theres always new hardware coming out...

Dang nice 140.3 rad.....

[RedRaider]

Zlojack...

I heard from a VERY RELIABLE source that the triple pass 120.3 on a low heat load loop performs similar to a standard PA120.3, but dump multiple components into the loop and it really starts to shine...:)

[zlojack]

Interesting stuff there, Red. Thanks for the heads up!
I'm thinking about doing multiple rad loops, so maybe the regular dual-pass rads will be good for my application.

[Bigtime]

Zlojack...

I heard from a VERY RELIABLE source that the triple pass 120.3 on a low heat load loop performs similar to a standard PA120.3, but dump multiple components into the loop and it really starts to shine...:)Don't all radiators perform pretty similarly on low loads? :p

[Ricey]

Does anyone even need Thermochill for modest heat loads? There are a ton of thin rads that work just as well with low heat loads.

[zlojack]

Unfortunately, my i7 920 doesn't know the meaning of the words "low heat load"

[Ricey]

If you were to take your video card and chipset out of the loop, then you will have a twin double plus one single. It'll keep your cpu happy.

[zlojack]

Yeah, but the video cards overheat as well and the vreg is hot.

My ultimate solution is to move to a bigger case with more rad capacity, but that will be sometime in the future.

[smee]

Does anyone even need Thermochill for modest heat loads? There are a ton of thin rads that work just as well with low heat loads.

I have sitting here 2x MCR320, 2x MCR220 and an MCR120 on the way for my i7 build.
Planning on two loops, WAY cheaper than a TC/DD/Feser/XSPC rad, more bang for buck IMO, and for a little guy like me.... don't have all the money in the world for spendin', so these rad's fit the bill and always will for me. :D

[Ricey]

I have sitting here 2x MCR320, 2x MCR220 and an MCR120 on the way for my i7 build.
Planning on two loops, WAY cheaper than a TC/DD/Feser/XSPC rad, more bang for buck IMO, and for a little guy like me.... don't have all the money in the world for spendin', so these rad's fit the bill and always will for me. :D

The only thing I see constant is a $50 MCR. I see a $250 Thermochill on the horizon.

[Ricey]

Yeah, but the video cards overheat as well and the vreg is hot.

My ultimate solution is to move to a bigger case with more rad capacity, but that will be sometime in the future.


Yeah they are hot, but I spent six hours of straight gaming yesterday at 4 MP, with cards back to back in a case with zero airflow, and the cards clocked at 730/1650/2800. Nary a hiccup.

I did five back-to-back loops of 3D Mark Vantage. Now, if that works...

Sometimes, the big fin at the back of the Honda Civic doesn't make the Honda Civic go any faster.

[zlojack]

Yeah they are hot, but I spent six hours of straight gaming yesterday at 4 MP, with cards back to back in a case with zero airflow, and the cards clocked at 730/1650/2800. Nary a hiccup.

I did five back-to-back loops of 3D Mark Vantage. Now, if that works...
Mine won't do anything overclocked. They crash :(

Pure stock so far. Are yours the regular model, or the SC or something?

[Ricey]

Vanilla.. vanilla.. 648s. Two EVGAs. I also have a 260/216 in the same mobo. BFG light OC coming anytime now. I hear the BFGs overclock even more ferociously than EVGA, but that's a generalization.

I wanted Superclocks because newegg had them for $5 extra, but they sold out real fast.

I wasn't going to spend $50 extra for SSCs.

I repeat again. 730 Mhz on the core, 1650 Mhz on the shader and 1400/2800 Mhz on the memory.

This on the worst of all mobos... a 6sucky80i Asuck Stinker Crap Extreme.

Its in a LL G70. Perhaps you need to ditch that case of yours.

[zlojack]

Hmm...sounds like you got some nice cards and I got some not-so-nice ones.

[smee]

The only thing I see constant is a $50 MCR. I see a $250 Thermochill on the horizon.

Lol, but if you get what I'm saying (or maybe i'm just not understanding you statement...), 2 PA120.3 $100 rad's will not have as much cooling potential as all the MCR's i have...

However, if what your saying is that $50 MCR's will always be the good stuff, yet $250 will be norm for these 'high end' rad's, then I agree. :D

[Ricey]

Hmm...sounds like you got some nice cards and I got some not-so-nice ones.

I don't, for one moment, believe that.

I don't buy fairy tales. I have gone through six different G2XX cards in the past three weeks. All of them are fabulous overclockers, even those I got from Worst Buy.

[zlojack]

Well, I don't know what else it could be. I can get mine up to maybe 670/1512/1269. Sometimes a bit higher for a single benchmark, but generally if I go higher for games I get artifacts.

My GTX 260 Core 216 SC was a good overclocker.

[Ricey]

Lol, but if you get what I'm saying (or maybe i'm just not understanding you statement...), 2 PA120.3 $100 rad's will not have as much cooling potential as all the MCR's i have...

However, if what your saying is that $50 MCR's will always be the good stuff, yet $250 will be norm for these 'high end' rad's, then I agree. :D


I like to speak in code :)

What I am saying that the realm of the high end will always be illogical. When one super high end rad costs four times the price of a high end rad and performs 20% better, and yet two high end rads perform 1.8x as well as a super high end rad, at 40% of the cost.... :)

[smee]

I like to speak in code :)

What I am saying that the realm of the high end will always be illogical. When one super high end rad costs four times the price of a high end rad and performs 20% better, and yet two high end rads perform 1.8x as well as a super high end rad, at 40% of the cost.... :)

Ooh, gotcha.
Yep agreed.

Also knowing that I only paid $135 for all my rad's... :)