From Liquid3D
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Keith Suppe (Liquid3D) to me, Dano, jmke
Show options 5:09am (9 hours ago)
I have already taken your concerns into consideration. I apologize for
implying there was a nefarious motive behind your letter to DD, if in fact
there was none. I hope you were able to see in my original attached email to
DD, I never intended on using the TDX because I thought the NexXxos would
have been a better choice. That should have been suffcient to prove my true
motivation based on the fact it was sent before I'd even powered up the
pump. To be honest I was wrong, because NexXxos isn't a block which requires
as much head-feet as the LAING pump offers. I was unaware of the head-feet
of the DDC when I'd written DD originally, otherwise NeXXxos wouldn't have
been considered. Pertaining to TDX impingment properties, "isolated cup"
designs are better served by higher pressure pumps (in my opinion). I did
try to exlplain in the review the absence of a water-pressure gauge was my
failure as a reviewer, and therefore reviewing a pump was made doubly
difficult. I will have a water-pressure gauge soon, along with a
professionally made simulated die, and other sorely needed test equipment if
your truly concerned.
I so far as ProCooling I've actually learned from their criticims, even
though they derived from an unhealthy place, disgiused as constructive. It's
not that I believe ProCooling to be lacking in their methodology, only that
a site which consider's itself a "leader" in watercooling-tests should act
as such. I've found their slanderous Forum attacks to be misleading in their
true motivations. Because of their personal attacks which had nothing to do
with wanting to improve the state of watercooling testing, I thought such
bias may have effected their reviews since at one time the Cascade
continually dominated their charts. Stating that, had me loose my position
at Extreme Resources, however; that was no great loss given they folded
after knowing me for two years. The issue is simple, having an employee from
Swiftech (Bill A), the Designer of Cascade (Stew F.), and a ProCooling
reviewer (Derek), consistantly commiserating in their forums does more
damage to that site then they know. It's a violation of the oldest unwritten
rule where public forums and manufacturer's are concerned. Professionals
remain absent from public forus for so many obvious reasons. There are
manufacturer specific sections in forums for this, and even then there's
boundries. ProCooling has argued aginst me it brings experience to the site.
This is an insult to the intelligent PC-enthusiats's many of whom have more
knowledge then their pofessional counterparts. After all, wasn't Stew once
just a PC-Enthusiast with an idea, and access to a machine shop? Wasn't Bill
A once a PC-Enthusiast? Do you honestly belaive Bill A recaived a PhD in
"Watercooling" or that most of his experience derived from experimentation?
They don't offer courses in watercooling in EE programs. Phaestus doesn't
have formal training in thermodynamics so his maintaining he's on the same
level is just silly. Anyone can claim to have a PhD, that doesn't mean
they're well trained, or even intelligent. I'm sure you've seen this much in
life. For example, ever meet a doctor or lawyer who was an idiot?
The best scientists, writer's, and philosopher's knew themselves first. They
all began with a thirst for knowledge, a willingness to ask questions, and
took the risk to postulate theroies which may have been unpopular. Later in
life they truly became great once they exorcised such petty character
defects as false pride, and/or a superiority complex. To put it simply, if
your less of a nasty-little-cuss, your going to attract more humility and
make the world a better place. I don't hate the ProCooling inner circle, I
dislike character traits they seem to encourage among each other.
By the way, if your intending to post this letter in the Forums, please post
it in it's entirety.
Sincerely Keith (Liquid3D) Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays.
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