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Originally Posted by JWFokker
Can anyone testify to a measurable performance difference between a Black Ice Pro and a Black Ice Xtreme rad?
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I've used the thinner one in place of the thicker one in systems I've built where the focus was low/no noise. The thinner ones have less resistance to airflow and , if you're using undervolted axial fans (which are poor performers pressure-wise) this is the one to get.
My one data point is a single-120 pro vs a single-120 xtreme. Using a panaflo L1A (5V) the diode numbers were slightly lower with the pro. Note that these are
diode (MBM) numbers and so are semi worthless, except that they were on the same system and I'd changed nothing else - hadn't even removed/remounted the block. I'd theorize that either the resistance in the xtreme was high enough that my (pitiful) airflow was stalled, or temps were actually lower with the xtreme, contrary to my diode readings.
The last time I mentioned this here, someone told me I was full of s**t. I don't happen to think I am (at least not on this issue
), but feel free to do a search for this thread, see me get beaten up and maybe get both sides of this.
Bob