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Cathar · 05-01-2005, 02:28 AM

Water-cooling has just matured, that's all.

When the first cars, aeroplanes, etc, etc, (you name it) were first introduced most everyone was a DIY and there were huge leaps and bounds made in technology and in making them better and more efficient.

Eventually though it gets to a point where, sure, even today someone can DIY up their own car and plane, but the modern day mass produced equivalent is going to be miles better than anything someone can whip up in their garage, unless the DIY person is both exceptionally skilled, has a LOT of time and money on their hands - which basically means the ability to match any of the production quality techniques being used in mass production, and then decides to NOT make the trade-offs of convenience that mass-production involves.

Now if one looks at the history of most any invention/technology, we can see exactly the same patterns with water-cooling. Sure, there are DIYists and hobbyists about, but generally the things that they can produce are of yester-year quality. Mass-production has moved on.

It's not a lost art - it's just progressed beyond the point whereby a hobbyist in a garage can easily produce something as effective as the better mass-produced items on the market, and so such items tend to be appreciated more for their sentimental value ("I built it with my own two hands!"), rather than on their technical merit.

05-01-2005, 02:28 AM	#16
Cathar Thermophile Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 2,538	Water-cooling has just matured, that's all. When the first cars, aeroplanes, etc, etc, (you name it) were first introduced most everyone was a DIY and there were huge leaps and bounds made in technology and in making them better and more efficient. Eventually though it gets to a point where, sure, even today someone can DIY up their own car and plane, but the modern day mass produced equivalent is going to be miles better than anything someone can whip up in their garage, unless the DIY person is both exceptionally skilled, has a LOT of time and money on their hands - which basically means the ability to match any of the production quality techniques being used in mass production, and then decides to NOT make the trade-offs of convenience that mass-production involves. Now if one looks at the history of most any invention/technology, we can see exactly the same patterns with water-cooling. Sure, there are DIYists and hobbyists about, but generally the things that they can produce are of yester-year quality. Mass-production has moved on. It's not a lost art - it's just progressed beyond the point whereby a hobbyist in a garage can easily produce something as effective as the better mass-produced items on the market, and so such items tend to be appreciated more for their sentimental value ("I built it with my own two hands!"), rather than on their technical merit.