Have you considered the possibility that kits the swiftech setup should beat (like the Zalman resorator) were attualy gaining an advantage from something? ie the problerm was not with the swiftech test but with the others?
You relly NEED to test each kit at least 3 times to draw a valid conclusion (thats middle school sceince
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On the resorator issue you say -
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We then leave the CPU loaded until the temp peaks (maxes out) and record this temp.
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How do you know its peaked? how long do you leave it before you diside its at its highest? The resorator would be very sensitve to this point. It could take a very long time to get to its equlibrium tempreture due to the large res capacity. If you diside its maxed out before it is then its going to scew results in its favor.
also i assume you controled airflow over the resorator somehow? its going to make a differance having it neer a fan or for that matter in direct sunlight?