Blackeagle
10-16-2003, 11:38 AM
I have some thoughts on this topic for those here.
Many blocks today have aluminum tops. A very few use it in other ways. Yet most testing at sites uses straight distilled water for all blocks they test, regardless if this is realistic for day to day use or not. Is not this sort of testing misleading at best?
Should not testing of all blocks making use of aluminum in any manner where it contacts the water have a blend of anti-freeze for corrosion protection? Even when they are being compared to blocks not useing aluminum and running straight distilled water?
Now I relize this would be a noticable performance hit for the blocks having aluminum tops. I would consider this a fair testing as these blocks would be tested as they would need to be run for day to day use.
And if testing were done in this manner would it not spur companys that use aluminum to reconsider its' machining cost advantage vs it's performance loss instead of just the risk to consumers systems when it corrodes?
This became more of a interest as I'm looking around for a GPU block. I'd buy the Swifty except for that aluminum top. I don't like the idea of having to degrade my coolant for the whole system to protect aginst that top. So now I'm looking at the D-Tek and Silverprop GPU blocks.
By the way does anyone know of any tests on those two GPU blocks?
What are the thoughts on this testing method vs what is done now?
Many blocks today have aluminum tops. A very few use it in other ways. Yet most testing at sites uses straight distilled water for all blocks they test, regardless if this is realistic for day to day use or not. Is not this sort of testing misleading at best?
Should not testing of all blocks making use of aluminum in any manner where it contacts the water have a blend of anti-freeze for corrosion protection? Even when they are being compared to blocks not useing aluminum and running straight distilled water?
Now I relize this would be a noticable performance hit for the blocks having aluminum tops. I would consider this a fair testing as these blocks would be tested as they would need to be run for day to day use.
And if testing were done in this manner would it not spur companys that use aluminum to reconsider its' machining cost advantage vs it's performance loss instead of just the risk to consumers systems when it corrodes?
This became more of a interest as I'm looking around for a GPU block. I'd buy the Swifty except for that aluminum top. I don't like the idea of having to degrade my coolant for the whole system to protect aginst that top. So now I'm looking at the D-Tek and Silverprop GPU blocks.
By the way does anyone know of any tests on those two GPU blocks?
What are the thoughts on this testing method vs what is done now?