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Originally Posted by pHaestus
Hmm if all 5 top blocks are close together in performance on a die sim then mounting issues on motherboards and "tippiness" and cost and even appearance become even MORE important to look at, right?
Another of my dilemmas
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I was meaning more torwards the end users results with the top 5ish blocks. Their results are hardly going to be noticeably different providing they mount the thing right. I think most significant temp drops after using a new block are more from a better mount as opposed to actual block performance.
However the 5 blocks (nopt limited to 5, just a number out my ass) performance on the die sim is still pretty damn close. To close to measure accurately from the average Joe.
Also IMO 1-3C means jack and I think more people are caring less about the absolute best they can get because they end up spending $300 for a block that gains 1-2C yet their overall system performance has not noticeably changed. That $300 could be better served on more memory, vid card, faster CPU ect...
I personally think this Apogee block (providing performance is as advertised) is kick ass. Low restriction, high performance and priced well (not to mention I am a pin grid fan boy). Looks are the only down side I can see and it looks professional, appeals to me, as opposed to bling which the average enthusiast seems to be after these days.
Anyway I am way to tired to think.