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Originally Posted by Cathar
It really is tantamount to having sex with a 1/16" thick rubber condom. Sure, the job is getting done, but all sensitivity, finesse, and control is effectively dead.
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Simply brilliant.
Honestly it's easier for CPU manufacturers and resellers to have IHSes on chips nowadays. It's not your old 1700+ Athalon with a small aluminum heatsink. Most noobs (manufacturers too) would crush their core, and boom, there goes a $400 chip and none of the blame falls on the manufacturer or reseller.
I feel as if watercooling is getting to a point where we cannot improve upon it much more. It's like trying to set the world record for a 50m sprint among hundreds of other world class runners. However, we always repeat the general cycle in CPU technology. Underdeveloped hot-running chip>More efficient chip>Prime chip for overclocking and enthusiast use>Pushing the same technology to it's limits>Revising the technology and repeating the cycle. Remember the transition from the late P3 days to the Early P4s? The first P4s couldn't even hold a candle to the later chips that came down the line. I see the same thing happening as more and more cores are stuffed onto a single CPU.
However, I feel as if there are other areas to be improved on, such as GPU cooling and pumping technology. It's really a search for a pump with good pressure, high flow rates and something that doesn't dump too much heat into the water.