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HAL-9000 · 06-01-2004, 09:19 PM

I've been watching this thread develop all day from my work computer with much amusement. I definitely know I'm on the right forum for tech proficient posters given the shellacking the kid got over his crap review. But you guys are brutal to the extreme!

IMO, the first thing I look for when coming across a waterblock (or even aircooler) review is to see if they even bothered to mention the ambient temp in their test environment. Without that, the temps posted are meaningless in regards to actual thermal ability of the cooling gadget. If I'm in Antarctica in a blizzard, I'm gonna get better CPU temps from my ThermalTake OEM cooler than my tits up Cascade rig sitting outside of a tent in the Sahara...c'mon testers!

The fact a significant plurality of testers don't even mention the ambient, is a testament to genreral clueless nature of cooling knowledge out there, even in the "enthusiast" community.

I like phaestus's reviews because he measures the D/T, with water in temp as the starting point. I don't even need to see how hot the CPU die gets with that information. But I can see a guy who looks around for reviews which just mention the CPU die temps getting confused looking at "The Chart" here.

06-01-2004, 09:19 PM	#30
HAL-9000 Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2004 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 202	You guys are brutal!...but right I've been watching this thread develop all day from my work computer with much amusement. I definitely know I'm on the right forum for tech proficient posters given the shellacking the kid got over his crap review. But you guys are brutal to the extreme! IMO, the first thing I look for when coming across a waterblock (or even aircooler) review is to see if they even bothered to mention the ambient temp in their test environment. Without that, the temps posted are meaningless in regards to actual thermal ability of the cooling gadget. If I'm in Antarctica in a blizzard, I'm gonna get better CPU temps from my ThermalTake OEM cooler than my tits up Cascade rig sitting outside of a tent in the Sahara...c'mon testers! The fact a significant plurality of testers don't even mention the ambient, is a testament to genreral clueless nature of cooling knowledge out there, even in the "enthusiast" community. I like phaestus's reviews because he measures the D/T, with water in temp as the starting point. I don't even need to see how hot the CPU die gets with that information. But I can see a guy who looks around for reviews which just mention the CPU die temps getting confused looking at "The Chart" here. Last edited by HAL-9000; 06-01-2004 at 10:39 PM.