nightic
you make more of the differences than warranted; there are simply 2 groups with different design philosophies
- the US is performance driven (the vocal part of the market anyway), Europeans are more appreciative of the phrase adequate
and you are trying to reconcile 2 very different test methodologies, whose purpose is quite different as well
WRT the design issues:
when the system design goal is the minimum CPU temp, then the component selection will trend in a certain direction (bigger);
- but if the system design goal is only adequacy, then the system designer has the opportunity to make different tradeoffs not possible when going for the minimum CPU temp
adequacy here is defined as keeping the CPU within the thermal guidelines set by the chip mfgr
WRT the testing issues:
do not be confused by performance claims supported by ineptly designed test setups and procedures (select the conclusion and test to produce said results)
-> every time you see a component's performance curve indicating improved performance with a higher flow rate, accept that that component can never perform better at a lower flow rate
-> since both wbs and rads always perform better at higher flow rates, it should be accepted that a higher flow system will always have a higher performance capability (assuming appropriate component selection)
the actual cooling capability of a system will depend on the capability of the components, and their compatibility wrt achieving the system design goals
where the Europeans have gone adrift is their focus on system testing, and the attempt to extract specific component performance characteristics therefrom
- not all European testing is bad, it is simply system testing which can characterize the limiting component in the system; NOT the performance capability of any single component
look at that French testing of kits, not badly done
conclusion ? bigger rads are superior to smaller rads (doh)
-> note: this is an absolutely valid conclusion to a series of system tests
what conclusion can be drawn wrt the wbs involved ?
none, too many other factors not isolated (pump, rad, mounting variations, etc.)
for sure the European low flow systems ‘work’, how well depends on YOUR yardstick
is there a balance ?
well, halfway between ¼” and ½” is . . . . . 3/8” ID, what a coincidence
lol
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