HW Labs Black Ice GTX M160 Dual 80mm Radiator

BigBig5 · May 23, 2012

I am planning a water cooled mini-itx build. Will the HW Labs Black Ice GTX M160 Dual 80mm Radiator be enough for to cool a AMD A8-3850 Llano 2.9GHz and a HD 6750.

Here is the build http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166426

nleksan · May 24, 2012

I am not an expert, but I would suggest going with a 240mm rad if you have the space. 160x80 is not much surface area at all, and when you add in the low airflow of 80mm fans... It just seems insufficient.

MT Alex · May 24, 2012

It's not so much the low airflow from an 80mm fan, some are real leaf blowers, it's just that 80mm fans tend to sound like...well...leaf blowers. I'm guessing an itx build would have some type of multimedia purpose. In that case, you'd want something quiet.

System Name	Unname Blue
Processor	AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0GH Black Edition
Motherboard	BIOSTAR TA790GXB A2+
Cooling	be quiet! Dark Rock PRO 3 & 5x be quiet! PURE WINGS 2 140mm
Memory	8GB (4x2GB) Corsair XMS2
Video Card(s)	Sapphire R9 270X Dual-X 4GB GDDR5 OC
Storage	SSD: ADATA SP600 256GB & HDD: 500GB
Display(s)	Acer G6 Series G236HLBbd Black 23" & HP S2031 20"
Case	Fractal Design ARC Midi R2
Power Supply	Siverstone DA650 Newer Model
Mouse	Coloer Master CMStorm Devastator MS2K
Keyboard	Coloer Master CMStorm Devastator MB24
Software	Windows 7 Pro x64

System Name	Cogito Ergo Switch
Processor	i7 3930K @ 4.8Ghz
Motherboard	Asus Rampage IV Extreme
Cooling	Custom Water (CPU/MB/GPU Blocks, 420+240rads PP)
Memory	16GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z 2133 9-11-10-27 @ 2380 9-10-10-28
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX670 FTW 2GB SLI @ 1344core/7648mem + EVGA 650Ti PhysX
Storage	Samsung 830 256GB SSD (Boot) + 1TB WD10EZEX (Games/Apps) + 1TB WD10EALX (Prog) + 2x 320GB WD/HGST
Display(s)	Dell U2412HM + U2312HM + 2x P2212Hbe + Viewsonic 21.5" 1680x1050
Case	NZXT Switch 810 White - MODDED
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium HD PCI-Express
Power Supply	NZXT HALE90 850W - Custom Sleeved Cables (White, No Heatshrink)
Software	Windows7 Pro x64

HW Labs Black Ice GTX M160 Dual 80mm Radiator

BigBig5

nleksan

MT Alex