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Heavy_Equipment · 09-01-2002, 12:50 PM

One thing I wanted to add in regard to Joe's waterblock roundup.

I was using a Z3 at the time he did his testing, and I have to admit, the numbers I was seeing here at home, and what Joe was reporting, were amazingly close.

I think we're getting to the point, with the current generation of water blocks, (...from established, knowledgable block makers) with regards to design experience, and the material at hand, where it's almost as simple as picking the one that is most visually appealing.

A +/- of 2C in testing is far greater than the degree of separation we could possibly see between any good blocks.

If anybody can get block A, to get impressive numbers, on an AMD running at 2 GHz, then it is a good enough measure for me to consider block A.

Now, if B, C, D, and F also appear to run at the same temp as block A, within the margin of error, while block E is running a few C hotter,(greater than 4C, @ +/- 2C) the testing is a valid way to remove the sub-par from the rest of the pack. Of course, the results would have to be reproducable.

09-01-2002, 12:50 PM	#116
Heavy_Equipment Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Posts: 282	One thing I wanted to add in regard to Joe's waterblock roundup. I was using a Z3 at the time he did his testing, and I have to admit, the numbers I was seeing here at home, and what Joe was reporting, were amazingly close. I think we're getting to the point, with the current generation of water blocks, (...from established, knowledgable block makers) with regards to design experience, and the material at hand, where it's almost as simple as picking the one that is most visually appealing. A +/- of 2C in testing is far greater than the degree of separation we could possibly see between any good blocks. If anybody can get block A, to get impressive numbers, on an AMD running at 2 GHz, then it is a good enough measure for me to consider block A. Now, if B, C, D, and F also appear to run at the same temp as block A, within the margin of error, while block E is running a few C hotter,(greater than 4C, @ +/- 2C) the testing is a valid way to remove the sub-par from the rest of the pack. Of course, the results would have to be reproducable.