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Originally Posted by jaydee116
if the CPU was running cooler and more efficent it might make those parts run cooler aswell and add less heat. Thats interesting. If the block has a bigger mass or is wider, it might pick up more heat from those parts. Like the RBX though that is narrower it may be shielded more from those hot parts....
If this is the case then changing mobos out may contaminate the tests being those parts are closer or farther apart depending on the board.... Not what pH wants to hear. 
BAH, to much thinking. I am beyond tired. It was a long day at work today... |
The chiller is a reliable constant and so is the internal diode. This just leaves the MOBO and blocks as variables
In electronics cooling mag (JEDDC)precision testing usually involves encapsulating device front and back (circut card or mobo) with a water cooled setup to filter out the thermal noise.
In another set up they use copper wings/heat sinks attached to the mobo/card and set up on an islolated stand in a wind tunnel to cool the board to ambient for the same purpose as the water to filter thermal noise.
For simplicity's sakeI am an advocate of the bill adams test block - Watts in/ watts out with good degree of Accuracy. and you are not trying to extrapolate what all the test data means. Then use that as a baseline for "real world testing" and see if results hold up
After All what you really want to know is which configuration is better or worse right? Test block will tell you that. Otherwise unless test setup is more refined the best guess is just that, a guess.