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Originally Posted by spinky
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NO...!!!...
The reason I posted the graph was to primarily illustarte how the Reserator water temps responded to input power. Yes, you "can" calculate C/W values from the data presented but that was not my intent. C/W values will vary greatly from thermal die sim to sim mainly do to different die surface areas, insulation and mounting techniques. Both Joe (Overclockers.com), pH and I believe BillA use a much smaller die size (modelled on the Athlon cores of several years ago).
So NO, the C/W values are NOT comparable and no, the Reserator does not perform better than the HydroCool 200 (~4 deg C lower on XP-2400 in Whisper mode).