[Fly]

Hi Guys,

As much as it pains me to join a forum to defend myself from faceless insults and criticism; I suppose I have no choice. I'm Fly, Fred hunt, the reviewer for bit tech that some of you guys have felt the need to comment about without knowing all the facts. In fact, next time you decide to call somebody's work crap, how about having the courage to say it to his face so that he may have the chance to defend himself.

Anyway, here goes...

Originally Posted by satanicoo

First Lets talk about the review.

A nice normal review up to the page 4. But then:

"Although there was scratch damage from the packaging, this should make absolutely no difference to the conductivity of the surface as they are just hairline scratches that the heat transfer compound will fill. I suppose you could take them out with some extra fine Wet and Dry sandpaper if they really do bug you, but it’s not a major issue."

Well that depends. For me it is a MAJOR issue, getting a waterblock all scratched because of bad packaging.

If you look at the photograph a few inches above you will see how shiny the heat sink actually is; mirror like. The scratches are made to look worse than they actually are by the lighting (you can't even feel them when running your nail across the surface). If you actually know what thermal compound does, you would have understood the end of the first sentence.

Then it goes ok until page 7... he should get it tested against a aquarius 2 or something like that, not an air block.

Why? The Thermalright SP-94 is one of the most common good coolers on the market with its fair share of awards and reviews. The kit is not aimed at the ultimate hardcore overclocker, but at the user entering watercooling looking for silence and ease of assembly.

Page 8: Here is a proof that the diode temperature is not correct, does not state if a CPU is cooler with one block than the other.

Why?
Because althout the zalman DOES show a lower temperature, the SP-94 is able to overclock more, wich is the PROOF it is cooling the CPU more efficiently.

Once again, if you had read the review you would see that the other components in the case are causing instability by overheating. This is not because of the Reserator's inability to shift heat, but because of its inability to shift air.

Page 9: bunch of crap... really.

Care to elaborate?

So in my opinion, it isnt that bad of a review, althout it covers only basic stuff, probably he just doesnt know how and doesnt test better, wich is good.

And how would you have done it then?

Originally Posted by gone_fishin

The review is crap, the system is overpriced.

That review was crap. If you are going to come around here quoting shitty reviews to prop up your views, then you have a lot to learn.

They did a review which was based upon their bullshit figures from a bullshit testing routine that the thing performs better than something else. Without that, all they could say is that it looks pretty. The basis of their review is flawed, no matter how many pages of fine literary bullshit they throw at you.

Did I mention it sucks?

Crap? Bullshit? Shitty? Sucks? All this bad Karma and not one valid reason to back it up. You, my friend, should try to support your flow of insults by at least enlightening us with some of your self awarded genius.

Originally Posted by AngryAlpaca

The bittech review is poorly done and poorly measured. It is irrelevant. If the Reserator was on par with the SP94, Zalman would call it ultra-high performance, but it isn't.

Poorly done? Poorly measured? Care to explain?

And by the way, the Reserator is on par with the SP-94 unless you fit it with an ear busting Delta Screamer, which I'm afraid a silence seeker is not likely to do.

Any advice for my next literary masterpiece?


As always, you can contact me on fly@bit-tech.net . I am open to suggestions, for discussions and anything other than insults and name-calling.

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Fred Hunt
Reviews Editor
bit-tech.net