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Originally posted by gone_fishin
Reread my posts. I propose he could not tell the difference to come up with an order of block performance..A, B, C. What I said was he could only validate this by having a goal which matches his testing abillities eg. These blocks over here SEEM to perform good and these blocks over here do not SEEM to perform good.
The conclusions would then be a more honest representation of the testing abillities which are limited by the equiptment he possesses. And I mean that BOTH accuracy and precision are lacking here.
Good waterblock reviews are few and far between. A good proper approach at this introductory review by webmedic will leave the door open for more technical and accurate reviews by him in the future if he follows through with his desires to obtain better testing equiptment.
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All right, let's put aside the question of wether or not you would submit your block for WebMedic's test.
What I'm hearing from you, is that you expect WebMedic to run a short series of test, and declare a winner. So on to WebMedic: Is that what you intend to do?
I've stated it before, the best that you can do, is give out a performance curve for a block at different flow rates. Since you're only testing 3 flow rates (3 pumps), then I would tend to agree with Gone_Fishin, simply because you didn't make the effort to graph the WB's performance curve. 3 points on a graph won't do anything. 5 points might give us a rough idea, but it is rough.
If you were willing to graph the performance for at least ten (10) points, (i.e. 10 different flow rates), then you would have a serious testbed.
In any case, I happen to know that you are leaning towards a quick user type setup test. As long as you remember that what you're going to test will NOT declare a block a winner over any other, and that you specifically explain why, and that you make no point in stating that one block is best, then you've got yourself a decent test report.
Here's why: your tests are too specific. It's like trying out 4 different tires on your car, and a few months later report which one performed best, and wore out the least. For any car buff, ya'll know what I'm talking about
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1-you never use different tires on the same car.
2-The different tires will cause a car to pull towards one side or the other, wearing out another tire.
3-Each tire is designed differently, for a specific wear time
4-Each tire has a slightly different diameter.
It's the same thing with waterblocks. Each waterblock is designed differently. You can't use the same waterblock on the same computer, because you're only testing it for one set of variables. (i.e. a Maze 3 might perform better with an Eheim 1048, but a Swifty would beat it with an Eheim 1250).
In short, WebMedic, I'll take in your results, but I'll keep in mind that each block was tested for only a few circumstances. I can interpret the data (where most can't) to figure out what I need to know.