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Waterlogged · Apr 7, 2009, 02:40 AM

Hate to double post but I had to leave in a rush for work and forgot to mention some things.

I don't have an i7 but from everything I've seen over @ XS, there haven't been to many i7's that have run "cool". They've all been pretty "warm" (very loose usage of the word

), I doubt that a single 120 rad would give acceptable temps. It would probably be best to at least consider a 2 x 120 rad as a "minimum requirement". If your really strapped for room, Swiftech has stackable MCR120's on their site that should give a little less cooling power than a standard 2x 120. Another thing to consider is that smaller cases already have worse air flow than the bigger "closet cases" (as I call them) so this also has to be factored into rad selection for acceptable temps.

Apr 7, 2009, 02:40 AM	#8
Waterlogged Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The UDE of Pitatopia Posts: 11 (0.01/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hate to double post but I had to leave in a rush for work and forgot to mention some things. I don't have an i7 but from everything I've seen over @ XS, there haven't been to many i7's that have run "cool". They've all been pretty "warm" (very loose usage of the word), I doubt that a single 120 rad would give acceptable temps. It would probably be best to at least consider a 2 x 120 rad as a "minimum requirement". If your really strapped for room, Swiftech has stackable MCR120's on their site that should give a little less cooling power than a standard 2x 120. Another thing to consider is that smaller cases already have worse air flow than the bigger "closet cases" (as I call them) so this also has to be factored into rad selection for acceptable temps.