Maltese

This is my first post and opportunity to get into water cooling.

My 1st Question: Is a LARGE Passive Radiator better than a smaller Active/Fan Radiator?

Please keep in mind I would to cool an AMD 4800+X2 & (2) 7800 GTX 512MB in SLI mode.

I know that I will have to add 2 more waterblocks for the gfx cards... with this information in mind - please take a look at the following 3 Stacker Ready2Go setups from AlphaCool.

Original Stacker w/PASSIVE SIDE: http://www.alphacool.de/xt/product_i...id=2205&cPath=
Technical data:
Case: Coolermaster Stacker Black
CPU cooler: NexXxoS XP Rev.2
Mountings AMD XP, AMD 64 and Opteron, Intel 478 and Socket 775
Radiator: Cape Cora 10, with 10 individual profiles Cape Cora 142 Black
Fan: none
Pump: AGB Eheim 1000 Station 230V
Hose: 10mm
Connections: fittings

2nd Gen Stacker w/ (2) FAN+ACTIVE BACK: http://www.alphacool.de/xt/product_i...id=3581&cPath=
Technical data:
Case: Coolermaster Stacker "Server"
CPU cooler: NexXxoS XP Rev.2
Mountings AMD XP, AMD 64 and Opteron, Intel 478 and Socket 775
Radiator: NexXxoS Pro II
Fan: 2x Alphacool 120x120x25mm 1200rpm
Pump: AGB Eheim 600 Station 230V
Hose: 10mm
Connections: fittings

1st Gen Stacker w/ (3) FAN+Active TOP: http://www.alphacool.de/xt/product_i...id=2190&cPath=
Technical data:
Case: Coolermaster Stacker Black
CPU cooler: NexXxoS XP Rev.2
Mountings AMD XP, AMD 64 and Opteron, Intel 478 and Socket 775
Radiator: NexXxoS Pro III
Fan: 3x Alphacool 120x120x25mm 1200rpm
Pump: AGB Eheim 600 Station 230V
Hose: 10mm
Connections: fittings

Bottom line...what would you buy and why?

Thank you very much!

-Malt

jmke

Active > Passive; 99% of the time, the slighest bit of airflow over a radiator will make a large difference.

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