Edited for clarity.:. Right iv got a black ice pro triple. im wondering if anyone has any experience with this rad and whether its any good. its going to be cooling a A64 4400x2 2x inno3d 6800 ultra's 3 harddisks, all seagates and 2 elheim 1048's its will have a single pull with 3 low speed fans it, will it be alright? opinions?
You make no sense whatsoever, is my opinion. I take it you want to know the capacity of a Black Ice Pro III? Go to HWLAbs site, get the BTU rating and multiply by 0.29 to get capacity in Watts. Then find out the Watts of each component you want to cool. And what does: mean?
I think he means in his loop he has: Athlon64 4400 X2 2x GeForce 6800 Ultras 3x Hard Drives 2x Eheim 1048
Calculate the Watts. We have about 85W for each CPU, 78W for each GPU, and if you do the HDDs, 16W each. Forget the pumps, that is negligable. Total: 374 Watts. Go to HWLAbs site, get the BTU rating for the BIP3 and multiply by 0.29 to get capacity in Watts at 100CFM through the rad. Now consider the CFM of your fans (do not add them together!), cut by 50% roughly to get the actual flow through the rad. Divide maximum wattage by CFM. This is a very rough (and probably not very accurate) way of doing it, but it gives you a ballpark figure.
