Overall his rant smacks of the "good enough" attitude.
Really I wonder if he would've been better off with just simple air-cooling.
I get people who appreciate the lapping of my waterblocks, and I get people who complain about all the (fine) scratches left by the 600-grit. In a similar fashion there are those who are perfectly content with their Koolance kit and still understand its limitations, then there are those who fanatically believe the Koolance's reported temperature and that it's the best thing on the planet, and then there are those who understand the truth.
This can be summed up as 3 types of people:
1) Those who fanatically believe the hype and the bullshit presented by their chosen piece of equipment and will ignorantly fight tooth and nail to defend its position
2) Those who understand the limitations of their equipment, but are happy to accept it for what it is
3) Those who rationally assess (and measure) the strengths and weaknesses of what goes into their kit, and rationally accept the price/performance reality of their undertakings, and are willing to spend the money for what others may perceive as relatively minor gains.
Basically it all boils down to one's level of expectation, and that is purely an individual based perspective. I believe that M. C. Misiolek falls into category 1, but likes to think that he's in category 2. (I shudder at the memory of when I, too, was once like this).
|