BillA: The way I see it, I agree that MaskedGeek has some misconceptions, and that he doesn't have accurate enough data/testing to prove that Alu would perform at par with Copper. I know better, you know better, and I would think that most people know better too.
The point is that Alu does have its place. It's not useless, it's not a waste of time and/or money, but there is a disadvantage, in that it will *never* perform as well at Copper, it's just theoretically impossible, and as testing would show, the truth.
I'm glad that you're not following him everywhere to put him down.
Anyways, this thread should get back on topic. Now that we know the truth about Al vs Cu, would anyone be willing to buy an Aluminium waterblock, knowing that its purpose is to get you watercooled, so that your computer can run quietly, but with the understanding that it will not give you the ability to overclock your computer nearly as well as a Copper block?
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