good stuff bobkoure.
Point taken about the rated comment.
I remounted the block many times because of the high temps. I really didn't believe the initial results, but DFI boards have had problems reporting temperatures so I just left it as a comparative review. The temp change between reseatings didn't change
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I did in fact dip the temp probe in the reserator at various depths to see what the reported tempratures were during testing and they usually were well below the diode reported temperatures. The temperature difference was consistent with the difference reported between temps on the 2.4 and the prescott.
Noise testing was a difficult one as I for one do not have regular access to a Hemi-Anechoic or Anechoic Chamber. I tested in the dead of the night with no other appliance on. The Samsung Spinpoint HDD was the noisiest device in the room. I tested at a distance of 1.5M with the reserator placed on a wooden floor to see if I could amplify vibration and I heard nothing. The only time you hear it is when you get closer than about 50cm, then it is the whooshing of water through the pump impeller.
Although some people could put down the "complete silence" disagreement down to semantics, once again, I stand corrected.