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Unread 12-29-2003, 04:44 AM   #36
lolito_fr
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So the highest temp of that graph is after a long while of 100% stress?
The graph gives you the cpu temperature in relation to the water temperature. Ideally you would want the cpu temp to be as close as possible to the water temp. Here you can see that this is not the case (and never will be, no matter what waterblock you use).
The graph shows that the difference between these two temperatures is not constant

At the moment, my radiator is just a large bucket of water. From the graph, you see that if the water never rises above 30°C, then the CPU will never rise above 42°C (this is pretty much the case now)

If I used a really efficient (large) radiator instead of a bucket, then the water wouldn't go much above the air temperature (17-18°C), so the CPU would remain below 35°C.
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