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Originally Posted by blue_fire
Ok this is going to be hard to explain without sounding like a fanboy but here goes. Before i was a koolance supporter i was a dd and swiftech advocate and used a thermochill and a bonneville heater core. Problem with that is that the exposed copper WILL and i do mean there is nothing you can do about it, corrode. Face it, corrosive exposed metals corrode. Im sorry to say this cause it does make me feel fanboyish, but in the thremochill, the copper tubes do corrode. I ran my system with fluid xp(original) and after about 2 months or so i saw my temps just jump 1 degree. I cut my rad in half and most of it was black. i had an exposed copper block that was very dirty too. The point of koolance stuff is so that it IS computable with ALL other vendors becuase there blocks WILL NOT corrode because they are plated with gold(this DOES NOT impact cooling.) The copper radiators are three metals: Copper, Brass, and aluminum. Backburn and Demigod both have all koolance equipment, and 120.3s. It works amazing(but since they don't have any other exposed metal's corrosion is a minimum). Koolance blocks may not give you better idle temps, but a 3.6Ghz on load you will see pretty much the best temps(that we have tested with. We have tested this with a maze 4 and a st storm). 1/4" does not impact cooling hardly at all(maybe a degree) but the only thing you need to cool with 1/4" is vregs, sb, nb, ram, back of mobo, and hdd's. If you use a quad spitter you can get all of those using one 1/2" outlet(from proc or cards) and your system will scream. 1/2" is what i recommend for block and cards cause it just looks way cool. Also personally zipties and tiedowns on barbs look kinda noobish and the klance compression fittings will get a better seal anyways. I hope this clears some issues up. I personally don't care witch brands you go with as long as you get the BEST possible performance for your money. cause if your not than your getting ripped off.
EDIT: I wish you could come up and see our shop, then we would have more time to talk and be able to give you excellent examples instead of just pics, and kinda get a better idea of what you want.
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Don't make me get Marci from Themochill in here
If you have corrosion it is because you are mixing metals and you are not using proper additives. I have 4 Thermochill rads in three rigs and a few Blace Ice rads in rigs as well . . .no corrosion. Blocks: All copper. No corrosion.
As far as the compression fittings; I would not use them unless they work with Tyon 3606 (I think that is the part number) tubing . . .Use barbs instead. I have had bad experiences with compression fittings myself. With a barb you can look at it and see what is going on.