[jaydee]

Seems to me we are all to concerned with temps when testing cooling products. I am losing focus on why temps are such a big concern. Sure the cooling system is supposed to cool your system and finding out which one cool better has been the focus all this time...... But why?

Why don't we base our opinions on how well a computer performs with the cooling system as opposed to what a temp probe tells us? In this day and age it would be hard to find a cooler that simply did not work to the point your system will not work under normal conditions with a stock system. If the plain all aluminum heat sink and fan that comes stock with the CPU works fine then I can't see how even cheap after market cooler wouldn't work.


So I guess my question is why not just do simple performance tests with cooling products for reviews instead of highly technical orientated reviews that most don't understand and the results are, in reality, not all that useful for most if any in the end?

Run normal computer tasks to games and then maybe CPU Burn and other benchmarks. Overclock and then repeat.

Base performance on noise, ease of install, looks, construction, cost and over all usability.

It just seems to me temps are not as relevant anymore. The 3 comps I got setup now I haven't even checked the temps and honestly don't care until I have to.


I think these reviews would be easier for staff and more useful for the end user.

And speaking of end users we could setup a data base of user reviews of product parts and even service from the company.

If someone still wants to try and figure out the thermal capacity and performance of a cooler on what ever test bed they choose then fine to. I just don't see it useful or relevant to most.