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Originally Posted by pauldenton
jaydee116 i'm not defending it, i'm really complaining about the availability (or not) of stuff here  but i do think you're not taking account of the fact that as a printed mag it's totally UK centered... |
I don;t care were it is printed from to be honest.
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personally i've always found printed media to be hopelessly out of date in the PC field - hence why i haven't bought any ever since i got adsl..... 
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I don't know about that. They all seem to have the newest products in them. Get to read a lot being I spend way to much time in layovers in airports.
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Cars>watercooling again??
i'm not a driver, but it strikes me that.....
1) there is 1 generation between the kit they should have had and the one they used.... so that would imply a 2003 mustang to 2004 corvette comparison. i don't know about printed car mags, but TV car shows i've seen seem to be full of "comparing a new car to existing similar cars" items....
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Actually no!!! The block used is a couple generations old. It isn't even the final version of the 5000 series blocks for christ sake. If that kind of stuff is still found in the market place as NEW then they need to rethink their product line.
BTW the final version, THE ONE PH TESTED 5000A (the one in the review is the older original 5000), has a different top and was a couple C better than the one in the CustomPC review! So now we are talking 4ish C. Now do you understand what I am getting at? This kit is well over 8 months old and couple revisions old plus a whole new block to replace it old. It is just crazy this made it into a current review.
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well for that to be of use the reason for their weird results would need to be determined.....
pHaestus has 2-2.5C between a 5000 and a 6000 - i doubt their mildly overclocked p4 would have enough extra heat to up that much - so if we say 3C better that would still leave the swiftech way underperforming all the others... unless the reason for it's freak result is determined and corrected...
hmm - don't suppose they could have had the fans turned right down??
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Who knows. My personal opinion will be with held though being I got no factual basis for it.