Here Here!!! 100% agree on the cost issue!
If you ask me, DangerDen should be performing these tests, so should resellers. It certainly would be in their interest.
Of course we'd still need impartial testers... like you pHaestus (sorry about the PH thing)!
About the temp probes, and accuracy:
My point was that since the rigs out there are all going to be slightly different, and if the variation in those results range in the +/- 3 degrees (as an example), given the exact same equipment, then the temp probes you're using right now would do just fine. We just don't have those numbers. What we have, is most people reporting their results within a +/- 1C, with few reporting at +/- 0.1C, so definitely, you would need at least +/- 1C accuracy.
The next step would be for you to go through the exercise of determining the sources of error in the testing conditions, and equating them in terms of a percentage. If for example, you found that a change in humidity from 20% to 80% (95% plus is common here in Houston, Texas) affects results by .3 degrees, then that's the accuracy of the test: 0.3 degrees. So you get a temp probe that measures +/- .1 degrees, and state your results with that accuracy. If ambiant temp also affect results, then the margin of error is ADDED to the previous one.
CPU compression is another one of those "beyond my control" variables. I think that the best thing to do is to just describe what the WB comes with, and specifically describe how you set it up (i.e. spring screws turned way down, then turned back 1/2 turn).
You've mentionned the pump induced heat many times, but I've been ignoring you! It's a good case for controlled environment testing, like you said.
Yes, the user wants to know what's best, but what's best for one, may not be best for another. If there's one thing that I found to be consistant, is that everyone is different! We have people in this forum from all over Europe, and they certainly don't have access to the same supplies that we do.
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